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| Violinia |
 Jun 15 2008, 01:12 PM
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Virtuoso  Group: Members Posts: 4063 Joined: 27-December 03 Member No.: 319  |
Am I alone in finding it a bit weird that all these files should be left on trains all of a sudden? Why would officials be carrying files around in any case when they can so easily be sent by email?
Am I being paranoid to detect the whiff of some hidden agenda or other? |
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| The Old Lady |
Jun 15 2008, 01:15 PM
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You are quite right Violinia. It's to take away attention from something more important that the powers that be don't want us to know or talk about. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif)
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| maggiemay |
Jun 15 2008, 02:30 PM
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Maestro Group: Members Posts: 18069 Joined: 12-January 04 From: S E England Member No.: 413 |
Yes - I thought it was bit odd too.
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| primrose |
Jun 15 2008, 03:27 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 31-August 07 From: London Member No.: 15347 |
Sending classified files by email leaves an audit trail which may be picked up by those responsible for enforcing security procedures. Taking them home in a brief case doesn't.
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| Rosemary7391 |
Jun 15 2008, 05:06 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 7834 Joined: 18-June 06 From: Durham Member No.: 7195 |
Once is careless. Twice, so soon after the first? I don't think so.
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| Wobby |
Jun 15 2008, 05:35 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Members Posts: 4108 Joined: 16-January 05 From: Leicestershire, East Midlands Member No.: 2957 |
Maybe some of them happened earlier, and were kept a secret, so they are just revealing everything that has gone wrong now while public opinion can't get any lower? Rather than leave it until closer to elections and then it being found out...?
Possibly they didn't were avoiding use of computers because of the loss of the CD in order that similar problems didn't occur (e.g. sending the e-mail to the wrong person by accident or something silly like that), but then it all went wrong anyway. And as primrose said, computers leave a trail, can be hacked, and even when disposed of can be prised for information. Papers, providing they are all burnt, cannot be traced or the information still seen. ~Wobby~ |
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| SaxFan |
Jun 15 2008, 05:57 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Banned Posts: 5684 Joined: 2-August 05 From: Norfolk, England Member No.: 4322 |
QUOTE(The Old Lady @ Jun 15 2008, 02:15 PM)  You are quite right Violinia. It's to take away attention from something more important that the powers that be don't want us to know or talk about. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) Bev. like rising prices, tanker driver strikes, rail strikes, increases in 'binge' drinking, increased taxes like we have never had before, inability to govern... all those things we shouldn't know about because it makes the government look incompetent ?? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) Violinia, you seem to be hitting upon topics that really hit home (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) well done. Violinia for PM yay! |
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| enharmonic |
Jun 15 2008, 06:16 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 288 Joined: 28-May 07 From: Devizes, Wiltshire Member No.: 11620 |
Surely the government would want to cover up such dangerous incompetence as leaving classified information on trains (that's the sort of thing I do, though fortunately I've never been put in charge of anything more classified than a shopping list).
These are two lapses which have come to light: how many others have gone unreported? |
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| primrose |
Jun 15 2008, 06:36 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 31-August 07 From: London Member No.: 15347 |
I don't often stick up for the Government, but you can't really blame them if civil servants ignore the rules about what you can and can't do with classified information. I think it's more interesting to ask why civil servants do things that are likely to land them in trouble. One possible answer is that, because of London property prices, they have to live so far from the office that they can't face commuting in every day, and therefore have to take their work home.
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| SaxFan |
Jun 15 2008, 08:27 PM
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Virtuoso Group: Banned Posts: 5684 Joined: 2-August 05 From: Norfolk, England Member No.: 4322 |
guess there isn't much leadership example from the top though... not really much integrity displayed - so in that way maybe civil servants can't be expected to show anything but dishonesty and deceit?
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