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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Intelligence committee demands to know why ministers kept them in the dark over Afghan data breach

Furious members of the parliamentary committee which deals with national security have written to ministers demanding to know why they were kept in the dark for two years over the Afghan data breach.

The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has a statutory duty to oversee and scrutinise intelligence matters but was not informed of the data breach, which affected up to 100,000 Afghans and cost the UK taxpayer billions, until a superinjunction was lifted on Tuesday.

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