British anti-leaking document leaked
Posted on: Monday, 5 October 2009, 18:42 CDT
A British government document advising officials on how to keep documents from leaking to the Internet has been published -- on the Internet.
The 2,400 page Defense Manual of Security, authored by the Ministry of Defense to help high-ranking military and defense officials keep documents safe from leaks, was published on Wikileaks, a Web site designed for anonymous leaks of documents from governments and other organizations, The Daily Telegraph reported Monday.
Leaks usually take the form of reports in the public media which appear to involve the unauthorized disclosure of official information (whether protectively marked or not) that causes political harm or embarrassment to either the U.K. Government or the Department concerned,
the document reads in its Leaks of Official Information
section.
The threat (of leakage) is less likely to arise from positive acts of counter-espionage, than from leakage of information through disaffected members of staff, or as a result of the attentions of an investigative journalist, or simply by accident or carelessness,
it reads.
Source: United Press International
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User Comments (4)
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Posted by Mark on 01/16/2010, 00:43 Im only posting this because I noticed the antispam thing was "copy". How ironic! |
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Posted by Josh on 12/30/2009, 09:38 Those responsible for sacking the leakers of the leaking documents have been sacked. |
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Posted by Andrew on 11/26/2009, 15:42 This....this gives me a headache. It does. |
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Posted by UK Spook on 10/27/2009, 10:45 It's the 'Ministry of Defence', not the Ministry of Defense. When we write Department of Defense, we use your crazy spelling - the least you could do is return the courtesy. Rant over. |
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