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    I've just seen the following on the Guardian website which gives cause for concern:

    ''Britain's most senior anti-terrorism officer today accused the Conservatives of trying to undermine the inquiry into a series of Whitehall leaks after a newspaper published an article that he claimed endangered his family.
    The Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, Bob Quick, alleged that the Tories and their supporters were "mobilised...in a wholly corrupt way" against his investigation into the MP Damian Green's relationship with a Home Office civil servant.
    The Tories reacted furiously to the allegations, saying they had "played no part whatsoever" in the article's publication and demanding that Quick retract the "baseless, political attacks".
    Quick claimed he had been forced to move his children out of his home amid security fears after the Mail on Sunday published details about a business run by his wife, Judith, and staffed by former police officers.
    He later issued a statement retracting his comment about corruption, saying it had been made while trying to move his family.
    The article raised questions over the officer's judgment after it emerged that his wife's wedding car hire business, including his personal seven-litre 130mph Jensen sports car, was being run from his home.
    Promotional photographs on the company website show classic cars parked on the front driveway.
    There is no suggestion that the Quicks have done anything wrong.
    Today, the Met officer responded to the newspaper article saying: "It is an attempt to undermine an investigation which is legitimate. The Tory machinery and their press friends are mobilised against this investigation in a wholly corrupt way, and I feel very disappointed in the country I am living in."
    As the head of the Home Office leaks probe, Quick approved the controversial arrest of frontbencher Green and the raid on his parliamentary office on November 27.
    The ensuing row saw opposition MPs make claims of political interference in policing and raise questions about whether officers had abused their powers.
    Quick said there had been a series of "entirely untrue" allegations about his inquiry in the national media.
    Condemning on today 's newspaper report, he said: "I think it is a very spiteful act, possibly to intimidate me away from investigating Mr Green, and I feel it has put my family at risk."
    Quick said he would consult his solicitor about taking further action.''

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