‘MI5 is being accused of a cover-up for failing to
disclose to a parliamentary watchdog that it bugged the leader of the July 7
suicide bombers discussing the building of a bomb months before the London
attacks.

MI5 had secret tape recordings of Mohammad Sidique Khan, the gang leader,
talking about how to build the device and then leave the country because there
would be a lot of police activity. 

However, despite the recordings,
MI5 allowed him to escape the net. Transcripts of the tapes were never shown to
the parliamentary intelligence and security committee (ISC), which investigated
the attacks. 

The disclosures prompted
allegations of a “whitewash” from politicians and victims of the attacks this
weekend. 

Last week the committee, whose
members are appointed by Tony Blair and report to him, cleared MI5 of blame
after it failed to thwart the attacks, which killed 52 innocent people and
injured more than 700. It concluded that MI5 had no reason to suspect Khan of
plotting attacks in Britain. He was regarded as “peripheral” to higher
priorities.’ 

Spies ‘Hid’
Bomber Tape From MPs