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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Just because the news agencies haven't reported it doesn't mean it wasn't. And why take the chance. If they recieved word from the upper terrorist planners, I am sure it could have been implemented in mere days.
Most justice systems work on the basis that once a crime has been comitted, especially serious ones, they are arrested for it.
Law enforcement doesn't wait until a more serious crime is about to be commited if they have information that it will likely happen. If someone is planning a murder, all evidence they need to collect is proof that the person was taking the attempts to carry out the deed. They don't wait until 5 minutes before the action to arrest the person. Come on people.
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That's the thing, the UK authorities had already waited for months as they kept tabs and spied on the group. They contrasted this with U.S. methods in which the slightest whiff of trouble, they will go out and arrest the guys immediately.
The UK operation was already many many months in planning and waiting, much more than American authorities would have done since they wanted to catch as many as possible.
They were, according to American standards "waiting until 5 minutes before the action to arrest the person".