Originally Posted by
davidbfpo
The accidental leaving of two Top Secret documents on a commuter train, in an envelope, which is then handed into the BBC and then the police called is indeed a security issue. One document was a Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) assessment of AQ, the JIC being at the apex of the UK intelligence structure, with professionals attending, not elected politicians and oh yes, a CIA rep always attends.
A JIC assessment would normally never leave the office and would have a very strict circulation list. The document if taken out of the office should have remained in a steel briefcase and not read on a train.
Whether this is an amazing disinformation exercise - which I doubt - will not be known for years.
davidbfpo
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