Official suspended over lost al-Qaeda papers
THE official at the centre of a police investigation into the loss of secret government documents about al-Qaeda has been suspended from his job, the Cabinet Office said last night. It is understood the two documents both marked "Secret" relate to al-Qaeda in Pakistan and the security situation in Iraq and were lost on Tuesday. The documents were handed to the BBC, which reported details of the security breach.
Posted by: Fred 2008-06-12 |