Cock-up: Recriminations begin

The fallout has begun as it becomes clear the Met police focused their big showy terrorism bust on two innocent men (and shooting one of them during the arrest).

"The men, who had been held under the Terrorism Act 2000 and questioned on suspicion of terrorism involvement, were released shortly before 2030 BST on Friday. Through the week outcry at the arrest of the men developed into a protest about the tactics and the way information was leaked out which may have been misleading. ...Of particular concern, he said was "how we find ourselves with one of the brothers shot and quite a lot of the slander, quite honestly, which has been out in the press""

And the police say that the investigation continues -- that they're still looking for the chemical weapon -- implying that the men aren't really innocent. That's unfair too. Just apologize.