MoD Issues Videos Warning Twitter Generation that 'Careless Talk Costs Lives'

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Ministry of Defence has issued "Careless talk costs lives"-style public information videos on YouTube, warning servicemen and women and their families of the security risks involved in using social networking websites.

In one, a mother learns from her son, an airman, that he is expecting a"VVIP" visit at his base. She writes on Facebook: "Mark is ok and enjoying his first week at FOB Jackson. Very excited by VVIP visit." Then the doorbell rings, and a figure in a balaclava, camouflage gear and crossed bandoliers comes in and drinks a cup of tea with her while looking at her son's baby photos. On-screen text warns: "It may not just be friends and family reading your status updates". » | Tom Chivers | Tuesday, June 14, 2011

UK Gives Libyans Bomb Lessons
THE SUNDAY TIMES: BRITAIN has been secretly training Libyan security officers in the methods used by terrorists to make bombs.

At least 20 Libyan police officers have attended explosives training courses at a specialist counter-terrorism school in Wiltshire.

They were taught how terrorists obtain, handle and use explosives and the electronic components of bomb-making, and how they construct improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

The training was approved in advance by the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office. >>> David Leppard | Sunday, September 20, 2009

Pressure Mounts on Ministers After Claims MoD Administered Payments to Prince Bandar
THE GUARDIAN:
· BBC says officials processed payments
· Goldsmith refuses to answer questions
Pressure was mounting on ministers for full disclosure of the government's role in Britain's biggest arms deal last night after claims that the Ministry of Defence directly administered payments of more than £1bn to Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia.

The MoD refused to address the specific allegations, made in BBC's Panorama, while the attorney general, Lord Goldsmith, continued to stonewall questions over his role in the affair. BAE, the weapons manufacuturer at the centre of the controversy, remained silent. MoD accused over role in Bandar's £1bn (more) | David Leigh and Rob Evans

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