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Politics
David James

‘The most expensive email ever’: Idiot Brit screws up and sends email that costs the government $8 billion

We’ve all had bad days at work. You might have dropped a toner cartridge on the floor and made a huge mess, perhaps something expensive was stolen while you were on watch, or you clicked the wrong button and accidentally deleted an important file. Well, be assured that whatever you do will not be as bad as what this anonymous Brit did.

The unknown individual (and he should pray he stays anonymous) was a Royal Marine based at their Special Forces HQ in London, whose job was to verify applications by Afghans who’d assisted the British forces in the country and who now wanted to move to the United Kingdom. Given that Afghanistan is once again under Taliban control, these guides, translators, etc, are in danger of revenge attacks for collaborating.

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