Craig Murray [former British ambassador to Uzbekistan]

I have been reading very carefully through all the
Sunday newspapers to try and analyse the truth
from all the scores of pages claiming to detail
the so-called bomb plot. Unlike the great herd of
so-called security experts doing the media
analysis, I have the advantage of having had the
very highest security clearances myself, having
done a huge amount of professional intelligence
analysis, and having been inside the spin machine.

So this, I believe, is the true story.

None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb.
None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not even
have passports, which given the efficiency of the
UK Passport Agency would mean they couldn't be a
plane bomber for quite some time.

In the absence of bombs and airline tickets, and
in many cases passports, it could be pretty
difficult to convince a jury beyond reasonable
doubt that individuals intended to go through with
suicide bombings, whatever rash stuff they may
have bragged in internet chat rooms.

What is more, many of those arrested had been
under surveillance for over a year - like
thousands of other British Muslims. And not just
Muslims. Like me. Nothing from that surveillance
had indicated the need for early arrests.

More here: http://www.craigmurray.co.uk/index.html

He was "our man" in Uzbeckistan, and when he pointed out that maybe it was not a good idea to be doing business with that country's President (who has opponents boiled alive) he was swiftly silenced and removed from his post.

It's ONLY dictators and mass murderers (like Saddam) who don't kow-tow to Washington that are a problem, apparently ! For the rest it's business as usual (with US aid).

PS - Uzbeckistan let the Yankers build an airbase there - from which it is very convenient to bomb Afghanistan (and keep a very close eye on Moscow too).