Secret government documents on al Qaeda and Iraq were left on a commuter train, prompting a major police investigation into the latest in a series of high-level security breaches, British officials said today.
The documents belonged to a senior intelligence official in the Cabinet office and were found by a passenger on a London commuter train Tuesday. The envelope was then passed to the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Seven pages stamped “UK Top Secret” included the latest government intelligence assessment on al Qaeda and Iraq’s security forces, the BBC said. The documents were also stamped “for UK/US/Canadian and Australian eyes only…”
The intelligence official was still working at the Cabinet office, pending a police investigation.
If the War on Terror wasn’t already a criminal farce, the Brits could lead us by the hand into six more choruses of “There are fairies in the bottom of my garden, tra-la – and they’re carrying AK-47’s”.
So, this person who found what appeared to be secret government docs….a British citizen I presume…gave them to the BBC.
By what definition is this not treason?
if you think about it. The yahoos working for the govt are no better than the people you have working with you at your job. People get lazy and comfortable and they make mistakes like any job. The difference is that their mistakes effect more people
>>By what definition is this not treason?
Does giving something to the BBC constitute aiding and abetting enemies of the state?
Has Britannia fallen so far under the influence of Dumbya that passing along goods from the lost and found constitutes treason? Christ, weren’t the CCTVs on every corner and in every bedroom enough for the bastards?
Cripes, #1. How can you take these idiots and their playing-at-soldiers seriously enough to ask that question?
You qualify for full-time duty at the Dubya Library, next year. In charge of crayons.
#1 – Da. In Soviet Russia it WOULD be treason.
So much misinformation so little time to repar it all.
There is no such group as “Al Qaeda”.
There is a group that calls themselves the “World Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders”.
“Al Qaeda” is a CIA codename for this group. They have never, until perhaps recently, used it themselves.
Bin Laden is NOT the head of this group.
Ayman al-Zawahiri is the founder and leader.
Bin Laden had money, so they let him pretend to be second in command.
He was probably with a biker chick like the Canadian guy. Or worse yet, he was praying and got distracted.
So, if I find CIA documents on a bus that give details of secret operations, I should do what….compromise the security of my country?
You guys are fucking idiots.
#8
You are so right. These DU moonbats screamed about the BS Valerie Plame case but have no problem with dropping of secret documents on the NY Times doorstep.
@#8 Probably, as thing go, passing them to the BBC is the most patriotic thing to do…
Remember those “cooked” reports the US had to justify invading Iraq. Were those to be lost in a train and passed to the NYtimes, maybe there wouldn’t have been an Iraq war. And maybe, you guys would still be pumping those SUVs full of cheap oil…
#10, and how would YOU or ME be even remotely qualified to make a decision like that? otoh, hindsight is easy.
This isn’t about al qaeda or whatever. There’s a principle here. Whoever can’t see it should never hold a job where information is proprietary. Although GWBush corrupted the idea, in this case you truly are either with your government or against it.
Just to point out:
I’m always against my Government. By principle.