Dubai seeks '11 Europeans' for Hamas killing

[Carsten Wiethoff]

From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...ports.html

“The UK is going through the motions of outrage, but our assessment is that they will do nothing,” said a source close to the Israeli government.

Could be.
I was not aware that something similar has happened in 1986.

From http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...ation.html

Britain’s relationship with the Israeli security service reached an all-time low in 1986, when the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher closed down Mossad’s UK operation in response to a series of incidents including the discovery of a bag of forged British passports which had been lost by a Mossad agent.
Mossad was only allowed to re-establish its presence in the UK after it promised not to abuse British passports in the future.

So what is the most likely explanation how Israel (or somebody else) can get into possession of a British passport with correct data but fake photo, signature and biometrics?
1. They have the know-how and machinery needed to create passports without any help from outside
2. They have a mole in the british passport creation pipeline to allow them to have passports created without the british noticing it
3. They have support from MI5/MI6 allowing them to produce passports, but only very few people know
4. They have official support and many people know, but they are lying now, because it is embarrassing

Any votes?