London: London Mayor Boris Johnson says he has accepted the resignation of the top counterterrorism officer in the Metropolitan Police.
The mayor says Bob Quick, who was the senior police counter-terrorism officer in Britain, stepped down on Thursday after a security blunder forced police to move up the timing of an anti-terror operation in northern England.
On Wednesday, Quick was photographed clutching confidential documents that could clearly be seen as he arrived in Downing Street for a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
The documents showed details of a major anti-terror operation in northern England.
In subsequent anti-terror raids, police arrested a dozen men.
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