Grant Shapps defends Afghan data leak superinjunction that gagged media for two years
Sir Grant Shapps advocated the government’s decision to conceal the disastrous Afghan data leakage from the public and decided that the decision has saved life.
The former Defense Secretary should not be in place as long as there is a superior who prevents reporting of the leak, but the state has things that the state must secretly do, ”he said.
Sir Grant broke his silence days after the public announcement of the data violation, and told Sir Grant BBC Radio 4. Today Program: “The people understand that there are time to act in the most maximalist way to stop the murder and execution of people, and that is properly.
Orum I don’t think it should continue as long as it is. But when I came, the problem was there. I worked with it and as a result, I think we saved lives. ”
British spies and special forces soldiers come after it is at risk by the disaster Afghan data leakage of tens of thousands of soldiers.
In February 2022, a violation of a Ministry of Defense officials, the connections to the British forces under the risk of retaliation at the risk of retaliation of the Afghans who want to escape the details of the UK.
Glunder resulted in 16,000 Afghan affected by the evacuation of the data violation to the UK, and about 8,000 would come and cause an unprecedented two -year superior of his wife, which prevented any details.
Now, defense resources, MI6 spies, SAS, MPs, government ministers and other senior military figures, including the names of more than 100 British government staff has emerged.
Most recently Defense Minister John Healey told his deputies on Tuesday, “In a small number of cases, parliamentary members, senior military officers and government officials support the application”.
In the meantime, an influential deputy, the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC), asked for answers about why they were not informed about the Afghan data leakage.
Mr Shapps said that the effective committee was kept in the dark because “From time to time, things that should be hidden, stopped staying completely hidden after going to more people”.
He said: “In fact, you may claim that this circle should be wider, but in the end, the number one priority was to make sure that we protect their lives and that people were not killed.
“It is a very sharp decision to give, and the more you open it, the more likely it is.”
ISC President said that the Afghan data leak on Friday was “serious constitutional problems”.
Lord Beamish, speaking in BBC Radio Scotland, said that despite the disclosure of more than 100 British names, including SIZS and SAS operators, the ISC was not aware of the violation.
“You must understand how our committee gets their powers in the first place,” he said.
“The Justice and Security Law 2013 brought closed hearings to the court for intelligence cases – for this, the Quid Pro Quo was the authority to assure the ISC, to see the information legally, to secure the public and parliamentary security services.
“Someone in the government chose to ignore it and to go down the legal way, so I think there are serious constitutional problems here.”
Sir Grant said that he would do the same thing over and over again ”, including not to tell ISC. “I would pass through hot coals to protect these lives,” he said.
“If something had come out, it would have been at risk,” he added.
Sir Grant also hit the labor, claiming that Superinjunction would be lifted earlier and thought it was “for longer than the current government”. When Sir Keir Starmer learned about the data violation, he said that he was “angry ve and that the former ministrs of Tor were“ serious questions to be answered about the scandal.
