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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Archie Mitchell

Ben Wallace takes ‘complete responsibility’ for Afghan leak — but refuses to apologise for superinjunction

Sir Ben Wallace has said he takes complete responsibility for the catastrophic data breach at the Ministry of Defence which put the lives of up to 100,000 Afghans at risk.

Sir Ben was defence secretary when a spreadsheet containing the personal information of nearly 19,000 Afghans was released “in error” in February 2022.

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