Sunday, July 05, 2009
Sawers
Sawers shown as Santa Claus in Facebook - by his wife.
IMO: Advertising free giveaways of classified information maybe, Concordski-style I would have hoped.
Terrorists and hostile intelligence services could trawl through Facebook and Twitter websites to uncover personal details of diplomats and civil servants who might end up in highly sensitive jobs. All members of the Armed Forces are warned about Facebook and other social networking sights. Although they are not banned from the website, they have been told not to include details that could compromise their security. The same warning has been issued at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, the Government’s eavesdropping centre in Cheltenham. Personnel will be reminded of it in a new circular this week in the wake of Lady Sawers’ Facebook entries.
Dame Stella Rimington was once photographed shopping near her home in London after she had been appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1991. She was advised to leave her family home for her personal safety and moved to a new address.
IMO: Interesting and quite droll. The Rimington case is understandable as at about that time, the Govt idea was to provide faux-transparency and by then the poor woman had retired anyway. Can't have made a lot of 'dash' if she still has to buy her own food at supermarkets, I suppose. Sawers less clear, but Iran seems over-confident at least at lower echelons, usually simplest to take such matters at face value nonetheless. Sawers may now have to relocate, either way.
IMO: Advertising free giveaways of classified information maybe, Concordski-style I would have hoped.
Terrorists and hostile intelligence services could trawl through Facebook and Twitter websites to uncover personal details of diplomats and civil servants who might end up in highly sensitive jobs. All members of the Armed Forces are warned about Facebook and other social networking sights. Although they are not banned from the website, they have been told not to include details that could compromise their security. The same warning has been issued at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, the Government’s eavesdropping centre in Cheltenham. Personnel will be reminded of it in a new circular this week in the wake of Lady Sawers’ Facebook entries.
Dame Stella Rimington was once photographed shopping near her home in London after she had been appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1991. She was advised to leave her family home for her personal safety and moved to a new address.
IMO: Interesting and quite droll. The Rimington case is understandable as at about that time, the Govt idea was to provide faux-transparency and by then the poor woman had retired anyway. Can't have made a lot of 'dash' if she still has to buy her own food at supermarkets, I suppose. Sawers less clear, but Iran seems over-confident at least at lower echelons, usually simplest to take such matters at face value nonetheless. Sawers may now have to relocate, either way.
# posted by uv : 8:40 PM
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