FC: U.K. royals fret their security info is revealed online

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2064000/2064388.stm

   Tuesday, 25 June, 2002, 10:36 GMT 11:36
   UK security details 'listed  on web'

   Police footage of the 2 May disorder at Millwall football club Were
   security frequencies used by Millwall hooligans?

   The safety of the Royal Family and top politicians is at risk because
   classified security details are being published on the internet, it
   has been revealed.

   Radio scanning enthusiast Paul Wey is intercepting Special Branch and
   other communications and publishing their details on internet news
   groups, BBC Radio 4's Today programme has learned.

   An intelligence source said Mr Wey was a "menace", whose actions could
   help terrorists commit atrocities and may have already been used to
   counter police operations.

   [...]




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