Fed: Terrorists could be planning new attacks - AFP=2
Mr Keelty said that as the investigation progressed in time, it became harder to catchthe remaining suspects.
"It has slowed down and it has become more difficult," he said.
"Obviously the longer the time difference between when the bombing occurred and whenthe arrests were made, the longer people have got to assimilate themselves into otherparts of the region."
The early successes of the investigation had also had an impact on fugitive suspectswho had become more difficult to locate.
"That doesn't remove our resolve from trying to track them down," Mr Keelty said.
Each suspect who is tracked down, however, builds on the picture of terrorist organisationJemaah Islamiah in the region.
It was Mr Keelty's hope that in five years time, authorities would not look back onthe Bali bomb blasts and say they wish they had done more.
In time, the federal police would release more details of the investigation and terroristplots that had been foiled in the wake of the October blasts.
But first they wanted to maximise any tactical advantages.
"We want to take every operational advantage that we might have."
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