ICO probes BBC after secret British army unit's info LEAKED A BBC Panorama researcher who leaked confidential material from the programme's production company to the target of an investigation allegedly also leaked highly sensitive data about a secret British army unit. According to a report in the Independent, the UK's privacy regulator has been notified of what appears to be a …
"The one that was on telly last November?"
Not everything about the MRF was on that program - in particular the issue of MRF hit squads operating internationally (Did you think Mossad was the only group who conducted assassinations on foreign terrirtory?). There's a lot more unsavoury stuff to come out and I'd imagine the official secrets act will be used to keep some of it quiet for well past the normal 100 years on sensitive stuff.
@Alan Brown: I know that state-sanctioned murder goes on everywhere. Mossad are amateurs compared to some other players out there BTW.
This article referred to one particular murder squad in Northern Ireland, which is what I was referring to. Whether or not you see MRF operations in Northern Ireland as domestic or international probably depends on your political leanings
All the money that has been wasted on teaching "ICT" in this country and it is still the norm to copy and modify documents rather than use templates, style sheets, etc. The use of a template for the application form would have meant that there was minimal chance of needlessly copying unnecessary data.
@smudge
You have to read the original linked article in the Independent. Apparently the BBC has a form to request permission for undercover reporting. It seems that the Panorama team needed this for their Tower Hamlets story. Instead of creating a new document using an "undercover-application.template", the "MRF-undercover-application.document" was copied from the MRF folder to the TowerHamlets folder, modified and sold saved as "TowerHamlets-undercover-application.document". A junior member of the Panorama team copied the TowerHamlets folder (containing the "MRF-undercover-application.document") to a USB stck and gave it to the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
So apart from displaying poor security and Data Protection capability, there is also a lack of competency in using basic office software.
All the money that has been wasted on teaching "ICT" in this country =
This bit is about bullets and target practice.
it is still the norm to copy and modify documents rather than use templates, style sheets, etc. =
Some militants prefer home made or modified (or maybe secret service modifations (not clear, more data required.))
The use of a template for the application form would have meant that there was minimal chance of needlessly copying unnecessary data. =
The weapons used can still be traced if care is not taken.
So the BBC loses data on a secret British death squad and the big media kerfuffle is about the BBC's failure?
Not a criticism solely of The Reg, but of every media outlet out there which seems to be prefer embarrassing the Beeb rather than holding the powers that be to account.
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Given that the specific information leaked was that the British Army is prepared to conspire with Racists thugs to murder British citizens on the streets of Britain - then it's hardly likely to encourage Islamic terrorism is it?
It's like "leaking" to the USSR that Britain posses nuclear weapons !
The plan basically went like this, undercover units would shoot unarmed loyalist civilians in the street, then loyalist paramilitaries would retaliate and shoot republicans in turn. This would draw out the insurgents, then her Majesties forces would move in and annihilate the IRA, unfortunately the plan turned out to be bollocks.
Low Intensity Operations: "The purpose of this chapter is to examine the contribution which the army must be prepared to make as part of the overall government effort to overcome non-violent subversion"
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