{"id":180313,"date":"2017-05-25T20:11:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/05\/25\/this-is-fed-up\/"},"modified":"2017-05-25T20:11:00","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T01:11:00","slug":"this-is-fed-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2017\/05\/25\/this-is-fed-up\/","title":{"rendered":"This is F%$#ed Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Various aspects of the US State security apparatus have been leaking so egregiously that the Manchester police has stopped sharing data with US agencies over the concert bombing<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Police investigating the Manchester Arena bomb attack have stopped sharing information with the US after leaks to the media.<\/span>

<\/span>UK officials were outraged when photos appearing to show debris from the attack appeared in the New York Times.<\/span>

<\/span>It came after the name of bomber Salman Abedi was leaked to US media just hours after the attack, which left 22 dead.<\/span>

<\/span>Theresa May said she would tell Donald Trump at a Nato meeting that shared intelligence “must remain secure”.<\/span>

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<\/span>Greater Manchester Police hope to resume normal intelligence relationships – a two-way flow of information – soon but is currently “furious”, the BBC understands.<\/span>

<\/span>Its chief constable Ian Hopkins said the recent leak had caused “much distress for families that are already suffering terribly with their loss.”.<\/span>

<\/span>The force – which is leading the investigation on the ground – gives its information to National Counter-Terrorism, which then shares it across government and – because of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing agreement – with the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.<\/span>

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<\/span>BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera says UK officials believe that US law enforcement rather than the White House is the likely culprit for the leaks.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The leaks do sound a lot like the FBI: The organization has a long tradition of grandstanding with the press.<\/p>\n

And I would note that it has happened before, and it only seems when it’s the FBI that’s involved in the investigation:<\/p>\n

Lord Blair, who was the head of the Metropolitan Police at the time of the bombings in London on 7 July 2005, said a similar leak had happened then.<\/span>

<\/span>“It’s a different world in which the US operate in terms of how they publish things and this is a very grievous breach but I’m afraid it’s the same as before,” he said.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is why my money is on the leaker being in the FBI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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