MoD denies it tried to burn documents

[Judi Lynn]

MoD denies it tried to burn documents

Martin Bright and Kamal Ahmed
Sunday August 3, 2003
The Observer

The Ministry of Defence confirmed last night that a document at the centre of a security breach three days after the suicide of government weapons adviser David Kelly had been passed to police investigating the death of the scientist.
But the MoD fiercely denied allegations that it had attempted to burn or shred a 'media plan' relating to Kelly at their Whitehall headquarters.

The Daily Telegraph reported that officials were preparing to incinerate a media strategy dealing with the fallout from the Kelly affair when they were spotted by security guards.

The incident revolves around the troubled department of Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon, whose officials have been accused of releasing Kelly's name to the media.

The MoD confirmed there had been a security breach on 20 July when guards discovered that a document referring to Kelly had been mistakenly placed in a 'burn bag' to be taken for incineration. The incident would normally have been dealt with internally, but the guards took the unusual step of alerting the Ministry of Defence Police. (snip/...)

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,6903,1011394,00.html

[Democat]

1. Nixon accidentally lost some of those tapes too

Who is stupid enough to believe this?

[jamesinca]

2. Ah the cat is back in the litter box

and he is covering up shit. These people are busier than a cat in the litter box don't you think?