Met chief accuses Tories over probe

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Press Association

One of Britain's top policemen has accused the Conservatives of trying to undermine his Whitehall leaks inquiry after the publication of information that he said endangered his family.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick said he was forced to move his children out of his home amid security fears over a newspaper report giving details about his wife's business.

The senior officer alleged that the Tories and their supporters were "mobilised" against his investigation, which involved last month's arrest of Conservative front-bencher Damian Green.

Condemning the newspaper report, he said: "I think it is a very spiteful act, possibly to intimidate me away from investigating Mr Green, and I feel it has put my family at risk. It is an attempt to undermine an investigation which is legitimate."
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He said in a statement: "I regret and wish to retract my comment regarding corruption. The comment was made as I was in the act of having to move my family out of our home to a place of safety following the article in today's Mail on Sunday."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jsWS319prm6CEwQ55cMztQieHshw

[emad]

1. Mail on Sunday story that got up Bob Quick's nose:

Security scare over wedding car hire firm run from top terror police chief's home

Questions have been raised over the judgment of Britain’s top anti-terror police chief after it emerged that a wedding car hire business - including one of his own cars - is being run from his home.

Promotional photographs show classic cars parked on the front driveway of the home of Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick.

The business uses former police officers as chauffeurs for the stable of vintage Rolls-Royces.

Mr Quick, who sanctioned the highly controversial arrest of Tory MP Damian Green and the raid on his House of Commons office, has been told to carry out checks on publicity material and internet advertising for the business.

The senior policeman, who is in charge of combating the Al Qaeda threat, even hires out his personal seven-litre 130mph Jensen sports car through the business.

One senior Yard source said: ‘Bob Quick needs to ask himself whether he is happy that all this is out and about. There will need to be a review, bearing in mind his position. He needs to review all of this.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1099168/Security-scare-wedding-car-hire-firm-run-terror-police-chiefs-home.html

[non sociopath skin]

2. So what about this, then?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/22/bob-quick-david-cameron-row

The Skin

[Albus]

3. He must have been threatened or bribed

The evil Tory bastards must have got to him somehow.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

4. I think you're trying too hard n/t

[Albus]

6. you can never try too hard fella

[emad]

5. Abour time the Mail on Sunday was raided...

A national rag publishing the private address and house photo of the country's top anti-terror cop?

Beggars belief.

And as for their sanctimonious posturings about Damian Green - ahead of any decision by the CPS viz the ongoing investigation - humbug. Somebody on the Tory front benches clearly shitting themselves for some reason or another.

[Albus]

7. did they publish his address? Bastards!

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. It is the nearest thing to an actual national security problem in this fiasco so far

Still, it's "power without responsibility", isn't it?