02-08-2009, 10:22 AM
<b>CIA warns Barack Obama that British terrorists are the biggest threat to the US</b> <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->They believe that a <b>British-born Pakistani extremist entering the US under the visa waiver programme is the most likely source of another terrorist spectacular on American soil</b>.
Intelligence briefings for Mr Obama have detailed a dramatic escalation in American espionage in Britain, where the <b>CIA has recruited record numbers of informants in the Pakistani community to monitor the 2,000 terrorist suspects identified by MI5</b>, the British security service.
A British intelligence source revealed that a staggering<b> four out of 10 CIA operations designed to thwart direct attacks on the US are now conducted against targets in Britain.</b>
And a former CIA officer who has advised Mr Obama told The Sunday Telegraph that the<b> CIA has stepped up its efforts in the last month after the Mumbai massacre laid bare the threat from Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group behind the attacks, which has an extensive web of supporters in the UK. </b>
The CIA has already spent 18 months developing a network of agents in Britain to combat al-Qaeda, unprecedented in size within the borders of such a close ally, according to intelligence sources in both London and Washington.
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Intelligence briefings for Mr Obama have detailed a dramatic escalation in American espionage in Britain, where the <b>CIA has recruited record numbers of informants in the Pakistani community to monitor the 2,000 terrorist suspects identified by MI5</b>, the British security service.
A British intelligence source revealed that a staggering<b> four out of 10 CIA operations designed to thwart direct attacks on the US are now conducted against targets in Britain.</b>
And a former CIA officer who has advised Mr Obama told The Sunday Telegraph that the<b> CIA has stepped up its efforts in the last month after the Mumbai massacre laid bare the threat from Lashkar-e-Taiba, the militant group behind the attacks, which has an extensive web of supporters in the UK. </b>
The CIA has already spent 18 months developing a network of agents in Britain to combat al-Qaeda, unprecedented in size within the borders of such a close ally, according to intelligence sources in both London and Washington.
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