NYPD 'regrets giving bomb detail'

[Dstevo]

Now they are sorry for telling us?


NYPD 'regrets giving bomb detail'
The New York Police Department (NYPD) has admitted making a mistake by releasing details of the bombs that killed 56 people in London on 7 July.
Police commissioner Raymond Kelly told security consultants the devices were probably detonated using mobile phones.

He said they were made in Leeds from household chemicals like hair bleach and stored in a powerful refrigerator.

An official told BBC News the NYPD gave out the details erroneously believing they had been vetted by UK police.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne had initially said the information had been cleared for release by the British authorities.

He later admitted he had got this wrong and said he "regretted" the statement.

He added that it was normal for New York police to release such information, saying: "We do this routinely with information we have about the elements used in terrorist attacks around the world.

"We've been doing it for three-and-a-half years - long before the incidents in London - and it's helped us educate the public."

Commissioner Ray Kelly gave details of the bombs during a briefing for New York security industry bosses on information given to NYPD officers monitoring the investigation in London.

Commissioner Kelly said: "Initially it was thought that perhaps the materials were high-end military explosives that were smuggled - but it turns out not to be the case.

"It is more like these terrorists went to a hardware store or some beauty supply store."


In the flophouse where this was built in Leeds, they had commercial grade refrigerators to keep the materials cool
Michael Sheehan, NYPD deputy commissioner of counter-terrorism

The NYPD said investigators believed the bombs were made using a peroxide-based explosive that can be made from hair bleach and other ingredients.

The substances used in the failed 21 July bomb attacks were "similar but not necessarily the same", a spokesman said.

The bombs were transported to the outskirts of London in drink coolers stashed in the boot of two cars and detonated by mobile phones that had alarms set to 0850 BST, the officials added.

Deputy commissioner of counter-terrorism Michael Sheehan said: "In the flophouse where this was built in Leeds, they had commercial grade refrigerators to keep the materials cool."

The NYPD was troubled by information it had received about the bombers' links to "organisations" he added.

"We know those same types of organisations that they are affiliated with are very much present in New York City.

"That is something we are studying very, very carefully.

"This could happen here."

Scotland Yard has refused to comment on the NYPD claims.



Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/uk/4746835.stm

Published: 2005/08/04 17:15:39 GMT

© BBC MMV

[Alan Firminger]

I commented somewhere else on this forum that the release of pictures was to get material into the public domain in the UK.
Why do you suppose such a limited range of material sent to the NYPD ? The most interresting photograph in the mix is the picture of the underground train - so what about the other two underground trains and the bus ?
We are asked to believe that the MP sent this pathetic collection on the understanding of confidentiality to keep the NYPD informed.