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My jaw dropped when I heard Andy Coulson Loading... (Leveson inquiry, 11 May), saying he "may have had" unsupervised access to top secret intelligence while working for David Cameron Loading... , even though he didn't have the appropriate security clearance. When I was an RAF officer, I'd have been arrested and charged under the Official Secrets Act if I'd allowed friends or colleagues access to classified material th...
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My jaw dropped when I heard Andy Coulson (Leveson inquiry, 11 May), saying he "may have had" unsupervised access to top secret intelligence while working for David Cameron, even though he didn't have the appropriate security clearance. When I was an RAF officer, I'd have been arrested and charged under the Official Secrets Act if I'd allowed friends or colleagues access to classified material they didn't have security clearance to see.

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