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Police chief quits over memo leak | Police chief quits over memo leak |
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Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer has resigned after inadvertently revealing details of a highly secret police operation. | Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer has resigned after inadvertently revealing details of a highly secret police operation. |
Mayor of London Boris Johnson said it was "with great sadness" that he had accepted Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick's resignation. | Mayor of London Boris Johnson said it was "with great sadness" that he had accepted Assistant Commissioner Bob Quick's resignation. |
Police had brought forward raids after Ast Com Quick revealed secret papers to photographers when arriving at No 10. | |
Twelve men are in custody after the swoop in north-west England. | |
Mr Johnson told BBC Radio 4's Today programme Ast Com Quick had a "very, very distinguished" career and that the incident had been "extremely unfortunate". | |
There had been no witch hunt or effort to hound him out, he said. | |
Assistant Commissioner John Yates will replace Mr Quick as head of counter-terrorism, he added. |