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14/10/2011
Tory MP Caught Dumping Documents In Park Bin
A Cabinet Office Minister has been caught repeatedly dumping official documents in park waste paper bins.
The Daily Mirror pictured Oliver Letwin, one of the main advisors to David Cameron, disposing of papers at a park close to Downing Street on five different occasions. Some of the documents are believed to contain official letters dealing with intelligence and counter-terrorism.
The newspaper printed a picture of Mr Letwin apparently dropping the documents into a bin while talking on a mobile phone. They claimed the correspondence contained details of terrorism, national security and constituents' private details.
One document was said to describe how intelligence chiefs "failed to get the truth" on Britain's involvement in controversial terrorist interrogations.
The Mirror said Mr Letwin's actions amounted to a "security breach", but a spokesman for the minister insisted that the papers did not contain any sensitive material.
"Oliver Letwin does some of his parliamentary and constituency correspondence in the park before going to work and sometimes disposes of copies of letters there. They are not documents of a sensitive nature," the spokesman said.
(DW)
The Daily Mirror pictured Oliver Letwin, one of the main advisors to David Cameron, disposing of papers at a park close to Downing Street on five different occasions. Some of the documents are believed to contain official letters dealing with intelligence and counter-terrorism.
The newspaper printed a picture of Mr Letwin apparently dropping the documents into a bin while talking on a mobile phone. They claimed the correspondence contained details of terrorism, national security and constituents' private details.
One document was said to describe how intelligence chiefs "failed to get the truth" on Britain's involvement in controversial terrorist interrogations.
The Mirror said Mr Letwin's actions amounted to a "security breach", but a spokesman for the minister insisted that the papers did not contain any sensitive material.
"Oliver Letwin does some of his parliamentary and constituency correspondence in the park before going to work and sometimes disposes of copies of letters there. They are not documents of a sensitive nature," the spokesman said.
(DW)
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