Spy watchdog: UK under threat from jihadi bomb makers with ‘devilish technical skill’

July 5, 2014 Britain faces a new attack from jihadi bomb makers with the skill to make explosive devices concealed in mobile phones and tablet computers, parliament’s intelligence watchdog says today. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, the chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, warns that the British public has grown complacent about the threat of a…

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    Terror attacks: Parliament: Ministers step up Muslim hearts and minds campaign: Home secretary vows not to push through new laws: Praise for Islamic groups who condemned attacks

    The home secretary, Jacqui Smith, relaunched the government’s hearts and minds campaign aimed at Britain’s Muslims yesterday, promising she would not rush through anti-terror legislation that might leave them feeling isolated in response to the foiled bomb attacks in Glasgow and London. But she and Lord Carlile, the independent reviewer of anti-terrorism legislation, hinted that…

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