However, it did acknowledge "that failure, by the RUC, to pass on intelligence to prison authorities in April 1997 may have contributed to the chain of events leading to the death of Billy Wright eight months later".
For their part, West Midlands Police say that in general their officers pass on relevant intelligence to Ofcom as the agency repsonsible for tackling transmissions.
The 10 suspects held in the US are accused of trying to blend into American society and cultivate contacts among policy makers in order to pass information on to Russian intelligence.
Where the material originates outside the UK, the Internet Watch Foundation will attempt to trace the source and pass details to the National Criminal Intelligence Service.
Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate's Judiciary Committee and a member of its Intelligence Committee that must pass on the Lake nomination, had said at the outset of the hearings that he hoped to be able to support the president's choice for DCI.
Bush will focus on a key element of his plan for the new department: a division to analyze intelligence about potential terrorist threats and then pass on recommendations for action by other divisions within the department.