MI5 Terror Alert Program Under Fire

Confidential details sent to MI5 by thousands of individuals and businesses have ended up with an American company specializing in supermarket mailshots.

The security service’s new email early warning system was designed to reassure the public in the wake of the July 7 bombings and the disclosure of a string of failed terror plots.

It was launched by the Home Office last week. The Government said it was part of a long-planned program to keep the public better informed about the terrorist threat.

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