The BBC is reporting: Al-Qaeda ‘bid to infiltrate MI5′.

Al-Qaeda sympathisers have been trying to infiltrate the British security service MI5, the BBC has learned.

Whitehall officials confirmed what some had long suspected, says BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner.

But those with al-Qaeda sympathies had been weeded out during a six- to eight- month vetting process, officials added.

Meanwhile anti-terrorism police probing the 7 July London bombings say people who knew the attacks were being planned could face prosecution.

Officers at a Scotland Yard briefing also said they continued to be very concerned by the intelligence picture, with 70 investigations continuing.

Some of the intelligence received was described as “very sinister”.

The first anniversary of the bombings of London will be marked on Friday by a national two-minute silence.

The silence, at 1200 BST, is part of a day of events to commemorate the attacks and remember the 52 victims.

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