Information Security News: WE EXPOSE BIGGEST ROYAL SECURITY SCANDAL EVER

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Nov 19 2003
WORLD EXCLUSIVE
By Jane Kerr
Royal Reporter
 
A SHOCKING royal security scandal has been exposed by a Mirror 
reporter working secretly as a footman.

Ryan Parry infiltrated the heart of Buckingham Palace for two months 
as police and senior staff prepared for the state visit of George 
Bush.

Parry, who used bogus references to get the job, was still in the 
Palace lastnight as Mr Bush arrived. He watched unchallenged as the 
president and his wife Laura were met by the Queen and Duke of 
Edinburgh in the Palace garden at around 8pm.
 
He had a full view from a pitch by the state dining room through a net 
curtain. Had he been a terrorist hell bent on assassinating the royals 
or Mr Bush, nothing could have stopped him.

Parry, who infiltrated the Palace two months ago, would have served 
breakfast today to the president’s chief aides, including national 
security adviser

Condoleezza Rice and US Secretary of State Colin Powell.

Bush's exact itinerary had been handed out to staff more than 90 
minutes before he arrived.

In the wrong hands the details could prove devastating.

Even the time the president - met by Prince Charles at Heathrow last 
night - was due to get up today, 5.30am, was given out.

But Parry walked out of his £11,881 job at the end of his shift last 
night, leaving his uniform on the bed in his room at the Palace.

The security scandal will send shock waves across the world. Our 
investigation exposes the serious flaws in the £10million security 
operation to protect Mr Bush.

Our probe began less than two months after police vowed royal security 
had been tightened following "comedy terrorist" Aaron Barscak's 
gatecrashing of Prince William's 21st birthday at Windsor Castle.

But it was the ease with which Parry, 26, got the job that is so 
shocking. His credentials were never properly checked, although a 
simple search on the internet would have shown his name and picture 
next to another Mirror investigation he carried out last summer into 
security at the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

He was able to wander freely in and out of the Palace often carrying 
luggage and electrical equipment. On duty he always had a camera in a 
pocket but was never searched.

Only hours before the president’s arrival, Parry was sent to lay out 
chocolates and fruit for the US leader and his following.

He was allowed into every room to deliver a medium box of Bendicks 
special chocolates, a glass jar of Charbonnel & Walker mints, a jar of 
chocolate digestives, a basket of fruit, a bowl of strawberries and 
cherries.

* Bush yesterday ditched plans to publicly meet relatives of British 
  victims of the September 11 attacks today at the memorial garden 
  outside the US Embassy. The event will now take place behind closed 
  doors inside the heavily-fortified embassy amid growing security 
  fears. 

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