A Bangladeshi man was arrested in Cornwall on suspicion of Syria-related terrorist activity. The head of Britain’s GCHQ warned that US-based Internet services “have become the command-and-control networks of choice for terrorists and criminals,” and said the GCHQ, MI5, and the Secret Intelligence Service will need more cooperation from the private sector. A government audit of alleged corruption in east London’s Tower Hamlets found improper diversion of funds to Bangladeshi and Somali groups; witnesses in a case on Tower Hamlets elections say they have been threatened. A Cabinet official said the borough’s administration had allowed “allegations of extremism, homophobia and anti-Semitism” to fester unchallenged.
