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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/mi5-could-have-missed-77-clues.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A double-decker bus destroyed by a terrorist attack in London's Tavistock Square on July 7, 2005" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-mi5-could-have-missed-77-clues.jpg" alt="A double-decker bus destroyed by a terrorist attack in London's Tavistock Square on July 7, 2005"/></a></p>
<p>MI5 may have failed to pull together crucial &#8220;threads&#8221; which could have revealed the 7/7 ringleader&#8217;s transformation from an associate of terrorists to &#8220;prime conspirator and murderer&#8221;, an inquest has heard.</p>
<p>Mohammed Sidique Khan, 30, was monitored by surveillance officers meeting known and suspected extremists in the years before he and his three conspirators unleashed carnage on London&#8217;s transport network.</p>
<p>But despite a wealth of information including tape recordings and photographs, he was only identified in the aftermath of the worst single terrorist atrocity committed on British soil.</p>
<p>As the inquests turned to the question of whether the attacks that day could have been prevented, Hugo Keith QC suggested greater surveillance may have led police to recognise Khan, potentially averting the deaths of 52 innocent people.</p>
<p>In the run-up to 7/7, Khan &#8211; though not identified by name &#8211; was linked to Omar Khyam, one of the fertiliser bomb plotters. But, as a peripheral contact, he was not the subject of intense investigation. He was also linked to Tafazal Mohammed, an associate of suspected extremist Martin McDaid.</p>
<p>Raising the issue of surveillance, Mr Keith said: &#8220;One issue that my Lady may need to explore, in particular with the Security Service, is whether it is fair to say that the threads of Mohammed Sidique Khan&#8217;s graduation from an associate of terrorists to prime conspirator and murderer were in fact there to see. Was it simply a question of tying threads together?&#8221;</p>
<p>The hearing was told how Khan met Khyam in Crawley, West Sussex, in 2004, and also at Islamabad Airport, in 2003, after they travelled to Pakistan to attend a terrorist training camp. However, security services failed to identify him on these occasions.</p>
<p>At the airport meeting, at which Shehzad Tanweer, 22, was also present, the two would-be bombers were simply referred to only as &#8220;D&#8221; and &#8220;E&#8221;.</p>
<p>In April 2003, Mr McDaid was seen to get into a blue BMW which was subsequently found to be registered to a Sidique Khan, of 11 Gregory Street, Batley, West Yorkshire. However, this information, known to West Yorkshire Police, was not passed on to the Security Service.</p>
<p>As he outlined the role played by the authorities, Mr Keith warned: &#8220;There is, not surprisingly, nothing to suggest that the Security Service or police, whether it be the Metropolitan Police or the West Yorkshire Police, had any inkling of what was to befall London on July 7, 2005. It would be nonsensical and insulting to the dedicated people and individuals and bodies who protect our national security to suggest otherwise.&#8221;</p>
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