Bob Quick resigns after documents are blown up
Posted on Sunday, April 12th, 2009 by Home Office WatchCategory: Uncategorized
Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick, the Met’s anti-terror chief, has resigned after being photographed entering Downing Street with a secret document in clear view.
After press cameras zoomed in on the sensitive information, a raid of several addresses and workplaces in the North West had to be brought forward.
From the Telegraph:
Mr Quick, who is in overall charge of Britain’s anti-terrorism strategy, had gone to Downing Street to brief the Home Secretary on the latest developments in what had been a top secret operation.
The briefing note showed details of the locations and manner of the intended arrests by “dynamic entry — firearms”. It also showed where the suspects would have been held and the names of the six senior officers in charge of the operation.
Shortly after lunchtime, newspapers and broadcasters were contacted by the D-Notice Committee in an attempt to prevent the picture being published, though Mr Quick’s actions had caused such alarm the committee was initially able to tell editors only that they “might be in possession” of a photograph that compromised national security, without saying what it was.
It was not long before the operation had to take place.
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