Government minister dumps documents in park bins

Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin has got himself into hot water, after a British newspaper exposed he was in the habit of dumping private correspondence and sensitive documents detailing Al-Qaeda activities and secret service operations into park bins near Downing Street.

The Daily Mirror reported that some of the documents dumped by Letwin in St James’s Park, Westminster, close to Downing Street, contained the personal details of the minister’s constituents, including names, phone numbers, email contacts and postal addresses.

One discarded file was reported to carry the advisory:

“UK Parliament Disclaimer: This email is confidential to the intended recipient. If you have received it in error, please notify the…

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