US EditionDefence Secretary 'Unable to Say' if Anyone Killed After Afghan Data Breach
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 16 – The UK government secretly relocated over 18,500 Afghans at risk after a 2022 data breach exposed their identities, with the scheme costing around £400 million so far, officials said.
- Conservative ex-ministers did not strongly oppose plans to bring Afghan refugees to the UK after a data breach, according to James Heappey, a former armed forces minister.
- The data breach involved the release of details for nearly 19,000 Afghan individuals seeking refuge in 2022, becoming public after a superinjunction was lifted.
- A total of approximately 6,900 people are expected to be relocated under the Afghan Response Route, which has cost about £400 million so far.
- Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has requested intelligence assessments related to the breach for immediate review.
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The Afghan cover-up will haunt the UK
Few have fully grasped the enormous political implications of the Afghan Response Route (ARR) cover-up. This week’s crisis is going to metastasise continuously until it eats away at whatever political legitimacy remains of the decaying UK state. Who knew what? When did they find out? Why didn’t they speak out? These are questions that will undercut the credibility of many of Britain’s political leaders, not to mention the deep state’s countless …
MPs and journalists clash over secrecy in Afghan data breach fallout
Former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace says he didn’t want the 2022 Afghan resettlement data leak to be covered up by a superinjunction. But new claims posted on Bluesky by journalist Lewis Goodall suggest the government actively supported and repeatedly upheld the court-imposed gag, raising questions about transparency and accountability at the heart of Whitehall.
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