TruePublica Editor: There appears
now to be a reason why officials in the USA were able to name the
Manchester Arena suicide bomber within four hours of the event. The
FBI knew exactly who the perpetrator was and were able to leak huge
amounts of data to the American press, much to the vocal frustration of
British intelligence. Here’s why:
By Laura Tiernan – Explosive
allegations have emerged that the UK’s MI5 intelligence agency had
prior warning of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi planning a
terrorist atrocity.
On May 22, Abedi detonated a shrapnel-laden improvised explosive
device outside a performance in Manchester by American singer Ariana
Grande, killing 22 people, many of whom were children, and wounding 116.