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| Police to review MP leaks inquiry | Police to review MP leaks inquiry |
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| A top police officer is to investigate the handling of the inquiry into Home Office leaks which led to the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green. | A top police officer is to investigate the handling of the inquiry into Home Office leaks which led to the arrest of Tory MP Damian Green. |
| British Transport Police chief constable Ian Johnston will report to the Metropolitan Police in two weeks. | British Transport Police chief constable Ian Johnston will report to the Metropolitan Police in two weeks. |
| MPs are angry that Mr Green, the shadow immigration minister, was held while his Commons office was searched. | MPs are angry that Mr Green, the shadow immigration minister, was held while his Commons office was searched. |
| Ministers have said it would have been wrong to interfere in the inquiry and deny prior knowledge of the arrest. | Ministers have said it would have been wrong to interfere in the inquiry and deny prior knowledge of the arrest. |
| Officers from the Met's anti-terror squad arrested Mr Green last Thursday and held him for nine hours. | Officers from the Met's anti-terror squad arrested Mr Green last Thursday and held him for nine hours. |
| They also searched all his homes and offices. | They also searched all his homes and offices. |
| The Conservatives say the behaviour was heavy-handed, as the inquiry was into leaks of information not related to national security or covered by the Official Secrets Act. | |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has denied any prior knowledge of Mr Green's arrest, which relates to information passed by Home Office worker Christopher Galley. | |
| The Met's acting commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, said: "I am properly concerned about the issues being raised within the continuing debate surrounding the ongoing investigation into the leaking of government information. | The Met's acting commissioner, Sir Paul Stephenson, said: "I am properly concerned about the issues being raised within the continuing debate surrounding the ongoing investigation into the leaking of government information. |
| "I have therefore appointed Ian Johnston, Chairman of ACPO [Association of Chief Police Officers] Crime Committee and Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, to conduct an urgent review of our decisions, actions and handling of the investigation to date and to provide me with an interim report within seven days and a final report within two weeks. | "I have therefore appointed Ian Johnston, Chairman of ACPO [Association of Chief Police Officers] Crime Committee and Chief Constable of the British Transport Police, to conduct an urgent review of our decisions, actions and handling of the investigation to date and to provide me with an interim report within seven days and a final report within two weeks. |
| "In the meantime the investigation team will be meeting with the CPS to review progress and consider next steps." | "In the meantime the investigation team will be meeting with the CPS to review progress and consider next steps." |