MI5 intelligence failures revealed

Journalists today unanimously criticised MI5 for its failure to be as clever as them. The criticism comes after the conviction yesterday of five terrorists over the foiled fertiliser bomb plot. However newspapers are demanding a better standard of counter-terrorism after journalists identified preventable errors during the investigation which resulted in security services letting the July 7 bombers slip through their fingers. MI5 responded today by agreeing to consult newspaper security correspondents before any future terrorist investigation.