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British PM May Cracks Down on Brexit Leaks

posted by martyb on Monday December 05 2016, @06:53AM   Printer-friendly
from the sticking-a-finger-in-the-dike dept.

n1 writes:

British Prime Minister Theresa May is cracking down on unauthorized leaks by ministers and civil servants on her Brexit plans, a leaked memo to the Mail on Sunday newspaper said.

Cabinet Secretary Jeremy Heywood has written to senior officials to tell them that May wants to "urgently tighten security processes" and that anyone found to have leaked sensitive information will be dismissed, according to the memo.

A spokeswoman for May said: "We don't comment on leaked documents."

In his letter dated Nov. 28, Heywood said: "Leaking is corrosive and undermines trust and good government."

"Anyone found to have leaked sensitive information will be dismissed even where there is no compromise of national security."

Source: Reuters

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @09:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @09:19PM (#437390)

    What is the difference between a leaker and a whistleblower?

    A leak may or may not be intentional, whistleblowing always is intentional. A leak may or may not be intended to uncover wrongdoing, whistleblowing is intended to uncover wrongdoing.

    Is that clear enough? Basically whistleblowing is a subset of leaking.