MSNBC:

A senior British official knowledgeable about the case said British police were planning to continue to run surveillance for at least another week to try to obtain more evidence, while American officials pressured them to arrest the suspects sooner. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case.

In contrast to previous reports, the official suggested an attack was not imminent, saying the suspects had not yet purchased any airline tickets. In fact, some did not even have passports.

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Massive disruption to our travel industry, terror alert to “critical”, airports at a standstill. Why? Because the US intelligence community wanted to arrest people early when there is no immediate threat.

The British official said the Americans also argued over the timing of the arrest of suspected ringleader ***** in Pakistan, warning that if he was not taken into custody immediately, the U.S. would “render” him or pressure the Pakistani government to arrest him.

British security was concerned that ***** be taken into custody “in circumstances where there was due process,” according to the official, so that he could be tried in British courts. Ultimately, this official says, ***** was arrested over the objections of the British.

So, that could even cover arrested without due process and with the possibilty that a trial may not now be possible. I’ve deleted his name from the US based report as UK law is very strict about possibilities of prejudicing a trial.

I’m at work (see disruption to travel industry, above), so no analysis. Not sure I can be coherent about this one at the moment anyway.