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For most of the last two years, we�*ve had to disrupt six late—stage attack plots. the taliban takeover of afghanistan has changed the landscape. the m15 chief warned this would embolden those wanting to carry out attacks and he said there was a risk that the country could once again become a safe haven for groups planning more sophisticated attacks. even if the taliban is absolutely in good faith about wanting to prevent terrorism being exported from afghanistan, that will be a difficult ta...

Ken mccallum said the threat of terrorism in the uk remains "a real and enduring thing", with 31 late—stage attack plots foiled in the last four years. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera reports. for 20 years, surveillance and security have become ever more entwined in our lives — a sign of a threat that has not gone away, as the head of m15 told the bbc today. we do face a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against terrorism. this is a real problem and in the ...

Gordon corera reports. for 20 years, surveillance and security have become ever more entwined in our lives — a sign of a threat that has not gone away, as the head of m15 told the bbc today. we do face a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against terrorism. this is a real problem and in the last four years, for example, working with the police, my organisation has disrupted 31 late—stage attack plots in great britain. a new counterterrorism operations centre was laun...

Celebration after celebration, the smile has become bigger and more disbelieving. nine wins under her belt all in straight sets. this teenager qualify from kent is now just one precious win away from the most unexpected grand slam glory. the head of m15 has warned that recent events in afghanistan will have "heartened and emboldened" extremists. 20 years after the 9/11 attacks, ken mccallum said the threat of terrorism in the uk remains "a real and enduring thing". he said 31late—stage attack ...

The m15 warning comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. well have more that in a moment, but first, heres our security correspondent gordon corera on ken mccallums comments. for 20 years, surveillance and security have become ever more entwined in our lives — a sign of a threat that has not gone away, as the head of m15 told the bbc today. we do face a consistent global struggle to defeat extremism and to guard against terrorism. this is a real problem and in the last fou...

And in the last four years, for example, working with the police, my organisation has disrupted 31 late—stage attack plots in great britain. a new counterterrorism operations centre was launched this summer by m15 and the police but the threats have also been changing. since 9/11, we have had a continued evolving huge challenge with islamist extremist terrorism. we have the rise of extreme right—wing terrorism and we have definitely a resurgence of sharp and complex state threats. the only m...

Man could have been working on his own. >> dagen: this is something the counterterrorism policing team in britain has been aware of, on the lookout for, despite britain lowering the terrorist threat level just earlier this month to substantial from seve severe. neil basu, the head of the counterterrorism policing force, we heard from earlier, said at that point that there were still 800 live counterterrorism investigations at that point. 24 attack plots have been thwarted since the westminster a...

A draft of the briefing that day said that the president was being subjected to these aggressive interrogations, provided "almost no information that could be used to locate former colleagues or disrupt attack plots. so weve been torturing that guy, but theyve got nothing from him. that section of the daily brief needed to be changed immediately. >> ultimately, that line was

He was being tortured by interrogators. a draft of the briefing that day said that the president was being subjected to these aggressive interrogations, provided "almost no information that could be used to locate former colleagues or disrupt attack plots. so weve been torturing that guy, but theyve got nothing from him. that section of the daily brief needed to be changed immediately.

Year ago. but reports indicating he was very much involved with the al-qaedas planning. and according to the washington post, investigators sifting through documents and other evidence found the compound in pakistan are founding information about an attack plots and some of them reportedly in the works and peter doocy with the news how from washington. >> its been almost a year since operation geronimo and the presidents chief counterterrorism advisor made clear today that al-qaeda didnt die wit...