"Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said she is irritated with the US for
releasing information about the Manchester bomber before UK police would
have liked.
Ms Rudd said the British had wanted to control the flow of information
to "keep the element of surprise".
She told BBC Radio 4's Today programme she had been very clear with
Washington "that it should not happen again".
"Information about the bomber's identity first emerged in the US - with
American TV networks CBS and NBC naming Abedi as the suspect.
Ms Rudd was asked whether she would be looking at how information
sharing may have resulted in the premature release of details the
British police and security services had not wanted in the public domain.
The home secretary told Today: "Yes, quite frankly.
"The British police have been very clear they want to control the flow
of information in order to protect operational integrity - the element
of surprise - so it is irritating if it gets released from other
sources, and I've been very clear with our friends that that should not
happen again."
Pressed on whether the Americans had compromised the investigation, she
said: "I wouldn't go that far, but I can say they are perfectly clear
about the situation and that it shouldn't happen again."
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