The fact that MI5 were unaware of Michael Adebolajo's postings until after the killing will boost the intelligence agencies' claims that they need more information from internet service providers.
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A key element of the report is likely to be the extent to which Lee Rigby's murderers Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale left online clues to what they were planning. Tom Whitehead reported earlier this month that Adebolajo in particular may have been active online
Vital internet activities of Lee Rigby murderer Michael Adebolajo that could have revealed his horrific plans were not flagged up to MI5 by overseas Internet companies, a major report is expected to reveal next week.
In the months leading up to the brutal murder in May last year, some of Adebolajo's online behaviour could have pointed to his intentions but the Security Service was only aware of them after the outrage.
An investigation by the parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) will also show that more intrusive surveillance of Adebolajo would not have been justified because he was not deemed a high enough risk, the Daily Telegraph understands.
But the long-awaited report is also expected to highlight the basic and random nature of the attack and is likely to stop short of saying Drummer Rigby's death was preventable.
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Tom Whitehead, the Telegraph's security editor, reports that MI5 can monitor fewer than 50 terrorist suspects around the clock because of limited resources.
MI5 can monitor fewer than 50 terrorist suspects around the clock, it can be disclosed, ahead of a report into the Lee Rigby murder that will highlight the limitations in watching terrorists in Britain.
Restricted resources mean only a fraction of the hundreds of suspected Islamist extremists at large can be subject to intensive 24/7 surveillance at any one time.
It comes as a parliamentary investigation ordered by David Cameron into the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby by two Islamist fanatics is expected to conclude there is little MI5 could have done to prevent his death on the day.
The 25-year-old, who had a son, was run down and hacked to death by Michael Adebolajo, 29, and his accomplice, Michael Adebowale, 22, near his barracks in Woolwich, south-east London, in May last year.
The killers chose him at random after driving around the area looking for a soldier.
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Good morning and welcome to the Telegraph's coverage of the Parliamentary Intelligence and Security Committee report into whether the security services could have done anything to prevent the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich on May 22, 2013.
The report will be published at 11am, and at the same time the chairman of the committee, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, and other committee members will hold a press conference to discuss the contents of the report.
The committee includes some of Parliament's most heavyweight MPs and Lords, among them Hazel Blears, Sir Menzies Campbell, the Marquess of Lothian (Michael Ancram) and Lord Butler of Brockwell, author of the Butler Report into the Blair government's intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction.
Tom Whitehead, the Telegraph's Security Editor, will be at the press conference. You can follow him on Twitter @whiteheadtom
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