General Article Inquiries differ on why the 2017 Manchester bombing wasn’t prevented – here’s why

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Inquiries differ on why the 2017 Manchester bombing wasn’t prevented – here’s why

Jamie Gaskarth, The Open University

How can you hold the intelligence and security services accountable, when what they do is secret? The third and final report from the public inquiry into the 2017 Manchester arena bombing is a useful guide.

Sir John Saunders, the retired judge in charge of the inquiry, has given a damning verdict on how government agencies handled the case of Salman Abedi, the man who set off ...

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