Classified Ministry of Defence Documents Found at Bus Stop
27th June 2021
Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent.
One set of documents discusses the likely Russian reaction to the ship’s passage through Ukrainian waters off the Crimea coast on Wednesday.
Another details plans for a possible UK military presence in Afghanistan after the US-led Nato operation there ends.
The government said an investigation had been launched.
Well, that’s all right, then.
The documents, almost 50 pages in all, were found in a soggy heap behind a bus stop in Kent early on Tuesday morning.
A member of the public, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted the BBC when he realised the sensitive nature of the contents.
Note: The BBC. Not the Ministry of Defence. (If you had found classified documents behind a bus station, would you have notified the Washington Post rather than the DOJ?)
This is why we can’t ever have nice things.