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Of course, this is a security breach. It's a data breach. So what are the implications for the government
0:07
Good morning, Eamon. I mean, this is, not to put too fine a point on it, a national scandal and a disaster in so many sort of different planes
0:21
First of all, it's a PR disaster for the government and the Ministry of Defence
0:25
But more importantly, I think it's a moral and ethical disaster for all those involved in the cover up
0:33
And it places deep suspicion amongst people like me and all my former colleagues in the military and indeed in the wider population about how reputation management within the government is more important than making sure that people don't come into danger for this data leak
0:52
And I think that there's a great danger that the Royal Marines officer who made the mistake and it was a disastrous mistake is scapegoated for this
1:03
Whereas the real reason for this is systemic failures within the Ministry of Defence and the government's handling of data ysis
