Civil liberties may have to be "eroded" to protect Britons from terrorism, the head of security service MI5 has said.
In a speech made in the Netherlands on 1 September and put online by MI5, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller said the world had changed and a debate was needed.
She said the July London bombings were a "shock", which MI5 and police were "disappointed" they could not prevent.
But ex-MI5 agent David Shayler said any liberties lost would be hard to regain and could make "martyrs" of terrorists.
Read On: MI5 head warns on civil liberties
In a speech made in the Netherlands on 1 September and put online by MI5, Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller said the world had changed and a debate was needed.
She said the July London bombings were a "shock", which MI5 and police were "disappointed" they could not prevent.
But ex-MI5 agent David Shayler said any liberties lost would be hard to regain and could make "martyrs" of terrorists.
Read On: MI5 head warns on civil liberties
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