It's not like he's the US President or something

The latest in the embarrassing revelations about the killing of the Brazilian non-would-be-suicide-bomber, Jean Charles de Menezes:

Senior detectives have told The Times that members of [Scotland] Yard’s anti-terrorist branch were sure that Mr de Menezes was not a terrorist in the early hours of Saturday morning. But Sir Ian was not informed until 10.30am that day, by which time he had given a television interview praising the police team hunting the July 21 bombers for "playing out of its socks".

"What no one knows is why nobody got him out of bed," the detectives said. "The Commissioner should have been told right away."

Just because not telling the boss is standard operating procedure in Dubya's White House doesn't mean it's good policy.