"We did make an error, the IPCC should have been called immediately," the police source was quoted as telling the daily.
After an exchange of views, Blair's request was overruled by the Home Office, which said the IPCC was legally obliged to investigate.
A statement from Scotland Yard on Wednesday showed -- contrary to normal practice -- IPCC investigators were kept away from Stockwell station for a further three days. In another blunder, the Daily Mirror reported that Metropolitan Police Commander Cressida Dick instructed officers tailing de Menezes to detain him before he entered the subway station. Despite the command, he was shot dead.
The IPCC was due to brief lawyers for de Menezes's family about the latest information yesterday.
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