Sir Richard Dearlove

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The President's Daily Brief · PDB Situation Report | February 28th, 2026: Former MI6 Chief Sounds Alarm On Iran & U.S. Combat Aircraft Move In · 28 Feb 2026 podcast

It is to sort of track an individual or two or three individuals who might be just on the edge of the visibility of the security service.

But the trouble is, you know as well as I do, that at any point in time, the security service has to prioritize 15, 20, 100, 200 targets.

and decide who are the real threats, who might be imminent.

So I imagine at the moment, the situation, because of what's happening in the Middle East with both Gaza and this buildup of US forces around Iran, it's a pretty challenging and difficult time to prioritize where the threats may come from.

Well, it has in a way.

I mean, we in the UK have had

significant demonstrations by Hamas sympathizers and that's been a real policing problem particularly in London and given the legal situation and the restraints on public support for Hamas as a terrorist group.

But on the other hand, like you, I'm surprised the terrorist incidents that haven't happened but have almost happened have really been by individuals who have been arrested.

I mean, we've just had a couple of arrests here in the UK, but they were clearly inspired, radicalized by Hamas, but they were lone wolves.

They were not part of any major terrorist organization.

So, you know, striking this balance is very complicated.

I think at the moment what's extraordinary is that ISIS, you know, which is a real problem, is in abeyance.

Politically, Hamas supporters are not.

There have been some radicalized individuals, but they're not organized centrally by any sort of Hamas brain.

So it's quite a complicated situation and we have a big Muslim diaspora, as you know.

And in fact, we have a by-election today in the UK.

I mean, maybe I shouldn't bring this up in the context of terrorism, but we have the Greens in this particular constituency who have gone heavily pro-Israel.

Palestine without expressing pro-Hamas in order to try to secure an extremist Muslim vote for a sort of highly left-wing extremist Green Party.

So, it'd be very interesting tonight to read the results of this election because it's the first time the Greens have held a by-election or have been represented in a by-election with a very, very large Muslim population.

And they've been really campaigning in the most cynical fashion to appeal to the Gaza-shocked Muslim community.

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