Defence Secretary "Deeply Uncomfortable" With Super Injunction Over Afghan Data Leak

Retreat from Afghanistan began as a farce, then it was a scandal, now it's a cover-up

In a massive cover-up, the Tory government of Rishi Sunak took out a superinjunction to gag the media from reporting a data breach that put 20,000 Afghans in danger.

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Defence Secretary "Deeply Uncomfortable" With Super Injunction Over Afghan Data Leak

John Healey has said a super injunction over a major data leak which put thousands of Afghan lives at risk made him feel "deeply uncomfortable".

Defence secretary issues apology over data breach which risked thousands of lives

Defence secretary John Healey has offered a "sincere apology” following a data breach that put the lives of nearly 100,000 Afghans at risk of being killed by the Taliban. Speaking to MPs in parliament on Tuesday (15 July), Mr Healey revealed that a leaked spreadsheet which contained the details of 25,000 Afghan asylum applicants, as well as MPs and senior military officers, was mistakenly sent out in February 2022. He said: “This serious data in…

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Retreat From Afghanistan Began As A Farce, Then It Was A Scandal, Now It's A Cover-up - Great Yorkshire Radio

The farce was when the then foreign secretary Dominic Raab remained on his holiday sunbed in Crete rather than return to work during the height of the evacuation crisis. Politics latest: Minister sorry after ‘extraordinary secrecy’ concealed data leak It was a scandal because around 200 people were killed in the chaos, with distressing pictures of terrified Afghans clinging to the wings of moving aeroplanes at Kabul airport. And now we learn tha…