LONDON — The British government says a senior intelligence official in the Cabinet office has been suspended after secret government documents were left on a commuter train.
The documents on Al Qaeda and Iraq were found by a passenger on a London commuter train Tuesday. The passenger gave the documents to the British Broadcasting Corp.
The government's decision to suspend the employee comes as police launch a major investigation into the security breach. An internal inquiry is also under way.
One of the documents was a seven-page report on Al Qaeda's weaknesses. The second document was top secret and contained an assessment of Iraq's security forces.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,365806,00.html

Which makes you wonder, why was it handed to the BBC? I suspect it was in fact stolen.

I have no doubt that their is more to this story than that posted, as usual. They have to make it sound juicy though for it be news I guess. Gotta love the AP.

Originally Posted by the_13th_redneck

Which makes you wonder, why was it handed to the BBC? I suspect it was in fact stolen.

I suspect it is more likely that it was left on the train by accident as stated but the person that found it figured the BBC paid better than the MOD.

Seems odd, in my experience Secret documents were taken from place to place by courier in secure cases usually locked to the carrier. Even if found the person would have breached several acts to find out what was in the case. Public transport was not used.

I know that was a long time ago, but I can't imagine that security requirements have got any more lax in that time.

This case seems more to me like it was someone who was authorized to have the docs but was too lackadaisical with them while in his possession. However, then again, this is assuming the whole factual story is known by this article.

Originally Posted by AikiRooster

However, then again, this is assuming the whole factual story is known by this article.

Yep,.. that's one big question, and I seriously doubt that they do.

Could have been in fact, unclassified information, in which case they just carry it around as usual. Maybe they were not secrets as the article claims.

I found the guilty party in the disappearance.

Originally Posted by AikiRooster

I found the guilty party in the disappearance.

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