Submission + - MI5 launches terrorist threat email service
globeFOX writes: "MI5 launches terrorist threat email service
EMAIL alerts warning of any increase in the terrorist threat will be sent out to members of the public under a new system launched by the MI5 security service.
Internet users will be able to register on the MI5 website to receive automatic updates notifying them of any change to the threat level — currently assessed as "severe", the second highest rating. As well as signing up for the updates, members of the public will also be able to register to be notified of any new information posted on the MI5 website.
The move comes amid fresh demands for an independent inquiry into the July 7 bombings after claims that the head of MI5 told MPs the day before that the country faced no imminent terrorist threat.
MI5 director-general Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller gave the assurance to a gathering of Labour whips less than 24 hours before suicide bombers hit the capital, it was reported yesterday.
Dame Eliza, who is stepping down within months, recently warned of the continuing danger of a major attack in the UK by al-Qaida or related organisations.
Details of the threat level — assessed by the Government's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre — have been on the MI5 and Home Office websites since August.
The move prompted considerable public interest and a Whitehall source said the email updates were intended to build on that system. At the same time, it is seen as a further contribution to the Government's policy of keeping the public informed about the dangers of a terror attack.
Yorkshire Post 10 January 2007
I wonder what M15 could tell us that would not already be splashed across all media..."
EMAIL alerts warning of any increase in the terrorist threat will be sent out to members of the public under a new system launched by the MI5 security service.
Internet users will be able to register on the MI5 website to receive automatic updates notifying them of any change to the threat level — currently assessed as "severe", the second highest rating. As well as signing up for the updates, members of the public will also be able to register to be notified of any new information posted on the MI5 website.
The move comes amid fresh demands for an independent inquiry into the July 7 bombings after claims that the head of MI5 told MPs the day before that the country faced no imminent terrorist threat.
MI5 director-general Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller gave the assurance to a gathering of Labour whips less than 24 hours before suicide bombers hit the capital, it was reported yesterday.
Dame Eliza, who is stepping down within months, recently warned of the continuing danger of a major attack in the UK by al-Qaida or related organisations.
Details of the threat level — assessed by the Government's Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre — have been on the MI5 and Home Office websites since August.
The move prompted considerable public interest and a Whitehall source said the email updates were intended to build on that system. At the same time, it is seen as a further contribution to the Government's policy of keeping the public informed about the dangers of a terror attack.
Yorkshire Post 10 January 2007
I wonder what M15 could tell us that would not already be splashed across all media..."