It's not about Intelligence but about Patriotism.

Following the twin bomb attacks in Hyderabad on 21 February our most revered Home Minister rushed out to assure us that they had received Intelligence that terrorists were planning attacks but nothing specific, hence the bombings could not be prevented and lives saved. We thought that it was the responsibility of police and Intelligence services to work round the clock to apprehend the criminals before they had a chance to kill. This is the same Home Minister who thinks that all Hindus are terrorists and, while body parts were being collected for funerals, the Congress was insisting that he had merely expressed regret for his remark but definitely had not apologised. Of course. Anyone can make a mistake but it takes character to apologise. We also remember that the Congress Loudmouth still insists that Hindu terrorists killed Hemant Karkare, Chief of Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad on 26 November, 2008. The Intelligence Bureau issued 3 terror alerts on 16, 19 and 20 February especially cautioning cities which have been hit previously and mentioned the Indian Mujahiddeen in one alert. HT, 23 February. Hyderabad has been attacked twice in 2002 and 2007 and the alert was discussed at a fortnightly meeting of the Multi Agency Centre at Hyderabad and was attended by senior officers of Andhra Pradesh Police. A senior MHA official said," This should have rung a bell, especially since the police knew that parts of the city had been surveyed by the IM." But the Police Commissioner, Anurag Sharma said smugly," We received an alert which stated that there could be possible terrorist strike in cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Hubli. There was no actionable intelligence available, specifically for Hyderabad." Police are controlled by state governments who have consistently blocked a National Counter Terrorism Centre which would gather intelligence and carry out counter strikes. They say that it will reduce their power. An MHA official said," Intelligence is about joining the dots. After Kashmir, Hyderabad was the only city which saw protests after Afzal's hanging. Security should have been stepped up, especially since the same area ( Dilsukhnagar ) has been targeted in the past." Indian politicians welcome terrorist attacks because it gives them an excuse for a police state which forces law abiding citizens to avail of biometric cards, to provide address proof for every service while they swank around as VIPs protected by a posse of policemen and allow Pakistanis free entry into India. While our Home Minister was helpless because of lack of " specific intelligence ", 9 men were being sentenced to prison terms from 8 to 16 years in Britain for planning terrorist attacks. British police had been following them and collecting evidence for a long time. It is not about intelligence. It is about patriotism. Sadly, Mir Jafar still lives.