| | FT.com / World / UK - Watchdog gives Met chief boost (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | With the family of Mr de Menezes again demanding Sir Ian's resignation, Len Duvall, the Metropolitan Police Authority chairman, gave unquestioned support to the force and its commissioner, saying that at the time of the shooting, on July 22, London was on high alert and that calculated risks had to be taken. |
 | | Mr Duvall said in a statement that "the brave, hardworking and professional men and women" of the Met who were spearheading anti-terrorist operations "deserve our continuing and wholehearted support". |
 | | Sir Ian also gave an interview in which he firmly rejected claims from lawyers of the victim's family of a cover-up. |
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