Jean Charles de Menezes
Today ITN revealed that the Home Office has released a letter (under the Freedom of Information Act), written by Sir Ian Blair just hours after the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. In the letter, he ordered his officers to prevent the Independant Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigators from gaining access to examine the scene of the shooting at Stockwell Tube Station.
Today ITN revealed that the Home Office has released a letter (under the Freedom of Information Act), written by Sir Ian Blair just hours after the death of Jean Charles de Menezes. In the letter, he ordered his officers to prevent the Independant Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) investigators from gaining access to examine the scene of the shooting at Stockwell Tube Station..
Britain's top police officer allegedly stressed " a chief police officer should be able to suspend....[the part of the] Police Reform Act 2002 which requires us to suspend all information that the IPCC may require."
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In other words, he wanted to withhold information in the so-called interests of national security.
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To which the Permanent Under Secetary (PUS) at the Home Office replied "you don't have that power."
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Should Sir Ian fall upon his own 'truncheon', let us not forget that it was this blog that first called for his resignation, back as far as July 24th, 2005.
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Further details on the contents of the letter and reactions to it's release, can be found here :http://www.itv.com/news/index_13715.html
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