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Subject:    [ISN] Third Laptop With Sensitive Files Stolen in the UK.
From:       William Knowles <wk () C4I ! ORG>
Date:       2000-04-06 4:59:58
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http://www.the-sun.co.uk/news/5631664

By JOHN KAY

A SENIOR Army officer has had a laptop computer stolen from under his
nose - the THIRD theft of sensitive files in a month.

The 50,000-a-year (U.K.P.) lieutenant colonel fell victim to an
opportunist thief at Heathrow Airport.

Military top brass admitted last night the incident was "incredibly
embarrassing".

And they said that the soldier was facing an internal disciplinary
probe. The robbery followed the loss of two security service laptops -
one from an MI5 agent at a London Tube station and one from a drunken
MI6 officer.

After those thefts were revealed exclusively by The Sun, all
Government departments were ordered to tighten precautions against
crooks out to snatch computers.

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