> Infiltrated Government:
>
> Islamist extremists have infiltrated Government and key
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> utilities to pass sensitive information to terrorists, the security
> services have warned.
>
> Counter-terrorism officials say "insiders" or their associates are
> almost certainly working "undetected" in sensitive posts and are
> actively supporting the activities of extremists.
>
> In some cases, lifelong relationships between friends or relatives are
> being exploited to obtain crucial information from those in sensitive
> posts.
>
> The development is detailed in intelligence reports circulated to the
> Home Office, police and Whitehall officials.
>
> The London Underground, Gatwick airport and BT are cited as examples
> of organisations which have been targeted by individuals linked to
> terrorists.
>
> Officials say the idea of "penetrating the enemy is pervasive" for
> Islamist extremists.
>
> It is understood a number of suspected jihadists working in Government
> departments and the public services are being monitored by the
> security services.
>
> Details of the threat emerged months after the Daily Mail revealed
> fears that Scotland Yard has been infiltrated by individuals linked to
> extremist groups including Al Qaeda.
>
> Several police officers and civilian staff are being monitored amid
> claims they are long-term sleepers trying to gain sensitive
> information of use to terrorists.
>
> Some are even believed to have attended terror training camps in
> Pakistan or Afghanistan.
>
> Fanatics who infiltrate the Government or the "Critical National
> Infrastructure" - vital utilities such as water, electricity,
> transport and communications - have a number of objectives.
>
> These include trying to gain information on what the law enforcement
> agencies know about the activities of fellow Islamist extremists and
> how to evade the attention of police and the security services.
>
> They may also try to obtain information or intelligence to help them
> to carry out acts of terrorism.
>
> This involves getting access to premises or individuals "with the
> immediate purpose" of mounting an attack or obtaining sensitive
> information to facilitate a later atrocity.
>
> The extremists might also seek information which is of "indirect use"
> to the planning of a terrorist attack - such as getting access to
> banking information to raise money through fraud, gaining insider
> knowledge about airport security and surveillance measures on the
> London Underground.
>
> Security sources say there is evidence that UK-based terrorists have
> discussed the possibility of attacking national infrastructure targets
> with the help of a "sympathetic insider".
>
> MI5 has warned in the past that suspects with "strong links" to Osama
> bin Laden have tried to join the British security services and, in
> January last year, exiled radical Omar Bakri claimed that Islamist
> extremists were infiltrating the police and other public sector
> organisations.
>
> College teachers must be "vigilant" in tackling the threat posed by
> violent extremists who attempt to recruit teenage students to
> terrorism, ministers said yesterday.
>
> Al Qaeda supporters seek to "groom" impressionable young people and
> staff should be prepared to tell the police if they have concerns,
> draft Government guidance said.
>
> The guidance, published for consultation, is aimed at colleges
> teaching students aged 14 and over, including more than 700,000 aged
> 16 to 18, and follows similar guidelines for universities.
>
> EXAMPLE:
> A terrorist jailed for his involvement in a bomb attack on the Paris
> Metro later came to England and got a job as a traffic warden.
>
> Mustapha Boutarfa, 32, was arrested by Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist
> squad in 1996 and extradited from Britain to France two years later.
>
> He stood trial for his auxiliary role in the 1995 attack on the St
> Michel station by a notorious Islamist militant group, in which eight
> were killed and 80 wounded, and was given a two-year prison sentence.
>
> But after his release, Boutarfa, who held dual French and Algerian
> nationality, managed to get back into the UK with his wife and
> children and secured the job as a parking attendant in Richmond-upon-
> Thames, Surrey, with NCP Services.
>
> Boutarfa's secret would probably never have come to light had he not
> accused a van driver of assaulting him in a row over a parking ticket
> in October 2005.
>
> It led to the sensational disclosure about his past in open court.
>
> That case was then dropped and he was charged with fraud but walked
> away with a 12-month suspended sentence. He has quit his job.
>
> It is still not clear how he was allowed back into Britain.
> Source: Morning Intel News Brief via UK Security News Wire