Comments on: MI5 Chief Cuts And Runs http://www.the4thbomb.com/mi5-chief-cuts-and-runs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mi5-chief-cuts-and-runs The Book That Shook MI5 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:14:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: daniel77 http://www.the4thbomb.com/mi5-chief-cuts-and-runs/comment-page-1/#comment-164 daniel77 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:50:29 +0000 http://the4thbomb.com/blog/?p=8#comment-164 If you're trying to suggest Ms Manningham-Buller had no knowledge of the London attacks, that alone would make it a failure of the highest order requiring her immediate dismissal (but we all know what really happened. ;) ) Even though she emptied her desk two weeks after The 4th Bomb launched in December, filling such a senior post takes time, hence the March/April <em>departure</em>, around the same time the government's cabinet has a 'reshuffle' of persons not up to the job. <a href="http://www.the4thbomb.com/good-riddance-eliza-manningham-buller/" rel="nofollow">Good Riddance Elizabeth Manningham-Buller!</a> If you’re trying to suggest Ms Manningham-Buller had no knowledge of the London attacks, that alone would make it a failure of the highest order requiring her immediate dismissal (but we all know what really happened. ;) )
Even though she emptied her desk two weeks after The 4th Bomb launched in December, filling such a senior post takes time, hence the March/April departure, around the same time the government’s cabinet has a ‘reshuffle’ of persons not up to the job.

Good Riddance Elizabeth Manningham-Buller!

]]> By: Heather http://www.the4thbomb.com/mi5-chief-cuts-and-runs/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Heather Tue, 19 Dec 2006 13:59:00 +0000 http://the4thbomb.com/blog/?p=8#comment-25 Good site, no surprises by the evidence... babylonia Britannia will be...what she will be... Good site, no surprises by the evidence… babylonia Britannia will be…what she will be…

]]> By: Martin http://www.the4thbomb.com/mi5-chief-cuts-and-runs/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Martin Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:25:00 +0000 http://the4thbomb.com/blog/?p=8#comment-21 It's about time she went. She seems to think MI5's role is to tell us how many terrorists are in Britain & ready to attack rather than act covertly & prevent terror.<br /><br />What's the status of your book? Have you found a publisher yet?<br /><br />Do you have anything in print or available to purchase yet? Is there an ebook version in PDF that I can buy?<br /><br />Cheers. It’s about time she went. She seems to think MI5′s role is to tell us how many terrorists are in Britain & ready to attack rather than act covertly & prevent terror.

What’s the status of your book? Have you found a publisher yet?

Do you have anything in print or available to purchase yet? Is there an ebook version in PDF that I can buy?

Cheers.

]]> By: Watching Them, Watching Us http://www.the4thbomb.com/mi5-chief-cuts-and-runs/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Watching Them, Watching Us Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:49:00 +0000 http://the4thbomb.com/blog/?p=8#comment-19 What is so "hurried" about Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller's annoucement of her retirement next April ?<br />She will then have held the office of Director General of the Security Service MI5 for just <b>over four and a half years</b>. The average period in office of her 12 previous post-World War 2 predecessors is <b>five years</b>, so how is this unusual ?<br /><br />All the media reports claim that she had set her resignation date back in 2005, <b>before</b> the July attacks.<br />There is no question that the timing of the announcement, which was entirely within the control of the Government's spin doctors, is suspicious, given the other "bad news" stories which have been spun this week.<br /><br />What makes you think that the full story about any failings in MI5 etc. investigations and tracking of terrorist suspects, before the July 2005 attacks, is really due to be revealed next year ?<br /><br />If the Sunday Times is to be believed, the front runner to replace Dame Eliza is Jonathan Evans, who is the deputy Director General specifically tasked with tracking Al Quaeda.<br /><br />If there were mistakes and failings, he must surely share the blame, and could even be directly responsible for them. What is so “hurried” about Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller’s annoucement of her retirement next April ?
She will then have held the office of Director General of the Security Service MI5 for just over four and a half years. The average period in office of her 12 previous post-World War 2 predecessors is five years, so how is this unusual ?

All the media reports claim that she had set her resignation date back in 2005, before the July attacks.
There is no question that the timing of the announcement, which was entirely within the control of the Government’s spin doctors, is suspicious, given the other “bad news” stories which have been spun this week.

What makes you think that the full story about any failings in MI5 etc. investigations and tracking of terrorist suspects, before the July 2005 attacks, is really due to be revealed next year ?

If the Sunday Times is to be believed, the front runner to replace Dame Eliza is Jonathan Evans, who is the deputy Director General specifically tasked with tracking Al Quaeda.

If there were mistakes and failings, he must surely share the blame, and could even be directly responsible for them.

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