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Top-secret al-Qaeda documents casually left on train


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"Top-secret documents containing the latest government intelligence assessment on al-Qaeda have been left on a train in London.

A passenger on the train from Waterloo to Surrey spotted the orange cardboard envelope lying abandoned on a seat and handed the documents to the BBC.

A full-scale search had been launched by the Metropolitan Police.

Just seven pages long but classified as "UK Top Secret", the latest government intelligence assessment on al-Qaeda is so sensitive that every document is numbered and marked "for UK/US/Canadian and Australian eyes only", BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said."

You want us to believe that you can keep sensitive data about your citizens in the highest of security and yet you repeatedly demonstrate the contrary with breaches like this.
_Hayko

26 responses // Top-secret al-Qaeda documents casually left on train

  • watch this comment being used here, here and here
    http://www.timeout.com/london/features/2812.html
    Wow. That's incredible. As if finding prosthetic limbs and four-foot teddy bears on the UK train was weird enough...
    abbym0308
    1 response to this
  • Don't you just love that they handed it to the BBC first.
    dearmat23
    1 response to this
  • How irresponsible coming from such a figure.
    cerealforeal
  • they should of just given it to the gov. , thats what the bbc will do with it
    fuckbush
  • What was the guy doing with it on the train n the first place? You would think they wouldn't let it out of the building if it was that "sensitive" of materials
    Argon18
  • I'm wondering if this was eithera joke, or a distraction for something/body, probebly not always Al-Quidua for all we know. Heck, maybe even a publicity stunt for the finder.

    Thanks for posting Hayko, I'm giving this a green light for definate, I'm really curious of this...finding Al-Quida plans on a train, not an everday thing really is it!
    steadward
  • watch this comment being used here, here, here, here, here, and here
    What's a higher up government official like this riding public transportation? At least they're traveling green...
    TyMarshal
  • Can you trust that it is really anything of value? Seriously, it's like a Rovarian or Chenensky plant to "attempt" to give BS credibility, that's all.
    VoyagerFilms
    1 response to this
  • on a brighter note, at least he was traveling green.
    jakes_green
    1 response to this
  • Are we sure it wasn't left on purpose?
    huntre
    1 response to this
  • Tsch, amateurs.
    Dmitri_Molotov
  • I'm still not clear on the motive for having the papers found intentionally for the BBC, was it to give them some sort of legitimacy as "secrets" and have the "assessment" taken as valid by those they wanted to have the data?

    Wouldn't they be able to track where such information came from it was a "UK Top Secret?" It would have filing records and security logs detailing who had access to it and who had it last.

    At the very least even if it was a fake, they would have to have a "fall guy" to take the blame for leaving it on the train if they wanted it to be taken seriously.

    Also a convincing cover story for why he had it out of the building or wouldn't the people that they want to spread it to know it was false from the way they treated the matter?
    Argon18
  • it could've been worse like nude photos of the queen.
    yuck
    tasidude
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  • http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL117765722008...
    Reuters are reporting that the government has suspended a senior intelligence official who they believe left the top secret file on the train.
    mattbrawn
  • Secrets are the truths that are covered by lies to deceive the public. The only 'secret' is is that they need to cover up their lies of deception and fear.
    WorldPeaceTV
  • Great story Hayko!
    bennyfilm
  • what a nitwit! i once left my tennis racket on the tube....did anyone see the photo of all those lost umbrellas in lost property the other day?
    matlaroche
  • "The Cabinet Office said the official in question had been authorised to take the seven-page file out of the office providing strict security guidelines were observed."

    There's your cover story, so how do you prove it was or wasn't disinformation one way or the other?
    Argon18
  • That's rather suspicious. Perhaps they're trying to scramble what we know, and what we think we know; essentially blurring the lines between actual and actually. I'm really curious now, though! :)
    JaetheFirst

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