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Thomas Lund-Lack, 59, was charged by the Met's Counter Terrorism Command in connection with disclosures of information to a reporter.

Scotland Yard said Lund-Lack will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court.

The first charge related to "wilful misconduct in a judicial or public office", by disclosing secret documents to a Sunday Times journalist, knowing that the information from the document would be published.

In the second charge, Lund-Lack is charged with unlawful disclosure contrary to the Official Secrets Act 1989.

According to the charge, he "did without lawful authority make a damaging disclosure of information relating to security or intelligence, namely a Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) document", which had been in his possession by virtue of his position.

Police confirmed the leaked intelligence report in question was the basis for a Sunday Times article published on April 22, which said al Qaida leaders in Iraq were planning the first "large-scale" terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran.

According to the newspaper article, the JTAC report warned that one operative said he was planning an attack on "a par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki".

"While networks linked to AQ (al Qaida) Core pose the greatest threat to the UK, the intelligence during this quarter has highlighted the potential threat from other areas, particularly AQ-I (al Qaida in Iraq)," the newspaper quoted the report as saying.