'June report led UK to lower terror alert'
Britain's top intelligence and law enforcement officials concluded less than a month before the London bombings that there was no group with current intent and the capability to attack the UK, the New York Times reported yesterday, citing a confidential intelligence report.
The Times said authorities made their conclusion in the wake of a terror threat assessment by the Joint Terrorist Analysis Centre, which includes officials from Britain's top intelligence agencies, as well as Customs and the Metropolitan Police.
The assessment, according to the newspaper, prompted the British government to lower its formal threat assessment one level, from "severe defined" to "substantial."
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Asked to comment on the document, a senior British official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said according to the newspaper, "We do not discuss intelligence assessments."
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