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| Omagh information 'was shared' | Omagh information 'was shared' |
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| An official report has rejected claims that vital intelligence about the Omagh bombing was deliberately held back. | An official report has rejected claims that vital intelligence about the Omagh bombing was deliberately held back. |
| Intelligence Services Commissioner Sir Peter Gibson said information on the bombers was shared with police, but could not have stopped the 1998 attack. | Intelligence Services Commissioner Sir Peter Gibson said information on the bombers was shared with police, but could not have stopped the 1998 attack. |
| In his report, Sir Peter said details from telephone intercepts were passed on "promptly and fully" and in accordance with proper procedures. | In his report, Sir Peter said details from telephone intercepts were passed on "promptly and fully" and in accordance with proper procedures. |
| Twenty-nine people were killed when a Real IRA car bomb exploded in the town. | Twenty-nine people were killed when a Real IRA car bomb exploded in the town. |
| A BBC Panorama programme had claimed that intelligence officers based at GCHQ had monitored the bombers' phone calls, but had failed or refused to pass information to RUC detectives hunting the killers in the days following the attack. | |
| But Sir Peter said: "I am satisfied that in the days surrounding 15th August and on the day itself, to the extent that any relevant intelligence was derived from interception, it was shared with RUC HQ and Special Branch South promptly and fully, and done so with the latter in accordance with procedures agreed with Special Branch South." | |
| He also said there was no evidence before him that police in the Republic had warned the RUC of a likely attack. |