Officer punished for loss of secrets

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/07/21/timnwsnws01021.html

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003158974643279&pg=/et/00/7/21/noff21.html

July 21st 2000

A Royal Navy officer has been severely reprimanded for leaving top
secret documents and disks in the boot of his car, from which they
were stolen.

Commander Paul Lloyd, 39, admitted breaching security rules while
working on advice on the Navy's readiness for the year 2000 in June
last year. A court martial severely reprimanded Commander Lloyd.

The court was told that he left a laptop computer, several floppy
disks and confidential documents inside his car outside his lodgings
in Northwood, West London.

It was broken into and among the items stolen were three black floppy
disks, one of which contained secret information relating to a
exercise named Operation Hercules Casbah and a visit to East Africa.
Three printed documents which formed part of the contingency plan for
the Millennium entitled Operation Purple Wizard were also stolen as
well as an attachable hard disc drive.

The files and the floppy disks were recovered by members of the public
from a common near South Harrow, but the laptop computer and the hard
disc drive were not found.

The court was told that Commander Lloyd joined the Royal Navy in 1979
and was quickly promoted to commanding officer of HMS Cygnet, before
joining the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious as navigator.

Brigadier David Richards, commander joint forces, said Commander Lloyd
"was the one who would take his work home with him and cut the weekend
short".

Commodore Robert Bradshaw, president of the hearing panel,
acknowledged the officer's record but said: "The error of judgment and
ignoring of basic security procedures cannot be overlooked."


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