One former intelligence analyst at GCHQ told i the National Security Council is only able to focus on the 'crocodile nearest the canoe'
'Parents in Gaza unsure if their children will see tomorrow' warns UN as supplies dwindleOne former intelligence analyst at GCHQ told i the National Security Council is only able to focus on the ‘crocodile nearest the canoe’
The NSC has been meeting in recent weeks to discuss and prepare for the rising terror threat following increased tensions over the war in the Middle East,But five senior serving and former intelligence sources, including two who have contributed to NSC meetings, say the revolving door of prime ministers in 2022 and the under-resourcing of the Cabinet Office team which supports the body, has left it “under-performing” and “reactionary” to the threats it is in place to prepare for.
that the body had become “far too reactive” to emerging threats, which was impacting the UK’s preparedness. It comes after Rishi Sunak chaired a Cobra meeting in Downing Street last week to discuss the threat of domestic terrorism and risk of public disorder amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned that terrorism is being “accelerated” by events in the Middle East.‘s sources blamed the NSC’s unpreparedness for this threat on the change in governments, which all placed varying levels of importance on the body.
During the premiership of Mr Johnson, the chair of the national security committee, the former Labour foreign secretary Dame Margaret Beckett, accused the former prime minister of taking “a more relaxed approach to national security”. Dame Margaret pointed to an internal revamp which reduced the number of meetings with the NSC down to 12 for the year – twice as infrequent as his predecessor.
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