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Editorial
The terrorist attack on 7 July 2005 that claimed the lives of 52 Londoners, and the lack of any public inquiry has been condemned by the former assistant police Commissioner Andy Hayman in his new book "Terrorist Hunters".
52 innocent Londoners lost their lives on 7 July 2005, the government to date have blocked any attempts to conduct a public inquiry as to what exactly happened, why the secret service MI5 failed to intercept the suspects, and what measures can be taken to prevent such an act of terrorism happening again.
Andy Hayman the assistant Police commissioner at the time writes in his new book that the attack "was a complete bolt from nowhere, our worst-case scenario". It was revealed at the time that "there were no intelligence that had predicted today's events".
Hayman calls for a public inquiry with the following words:
“The Government’s insistence that there will not be a public inquiry into 7/7 is not a runner”.
“There has been no overview, no pulling together of each strand of review, no one can be sure if key issues have been missed.” – Andy Hayman
However information since the incident contradicts the statements made by Andy Hayman that Scotland Yard had no intelligence on the acts with information at the time that the Israeli Embassy in London was notified in advance, resulting in (at the time) Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining in his hotel room rather than make his way to the hotel adjacent to the site of the first explosion, a Liverpool Street train station, where he was to address and economic summit.
The silence in London after the acts was deafening for many, some call it stoicism, some still regard it a conspiracy.
It has also been confirmed by various reports that the previous Commissioner of the Met Police Sir Ian Blair, who lead Scotland Yard at the time of the 7/7 attack was paid £580,000 in the last eight months he was in office. Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman announced his retirement from his job as Specialist Operations Directorate, including the Counter Terrorist Command in December 2007 with this statement: "This role requires total commitment in both time and effort and has a considerable impact on your personal life, your family and friends. It also puts you in the spotlight, often in ways that are very hurtful. Recent weeks have seen a series of leaks and unfounded accusations about me, which I have and will continue to refute strongly."
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