Forwarded from: William Knowles <wk@private> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1549111,00.html Mark Honigsbaum August 15, 2005 The Guardian Security at the Sandhurst military academy in Surrey, where Prince Harry is training, came under renewed scrutiny yesterday after a tabloid newspaper claimed that an undercover reporter had come within touching distance of the prince on three occasions. The News of the World said its reporter had been able to gain access to Prince Harry's accommodation block after being issued with an "access all areas" security pass when he got a job in the academy's carpentry workshop. The journalist said he was able to get a job after providing a false employment history and bogus references. A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: "We take security at Sandhurst extremely seriously and will investigate these allegations." The alleged breach comes two months after the Sun allegedly gained access to Sandhurst and took video footage of the 20-year-old. The prince said at the time that the pictures were not of him. The News of the World, claimed its reporter got within touching distance of the prince three times: last Monday after a map-reading exercise, on Thursday after he had finished a run and on Friday as he moved belongings from his dorm. The newspaper also published pictures showing the route to Prince Harry's room. The reporter got a £12,000-a-year job as a maintenance man. Four weeks later he received a security pass and the security codes for the doors. The breach will embarrass the defence secretary, John Reid. Following the Sun's infiltration in June, Mr Reid instructed Sandhurst to change its security procedures. *==============================================================* "Communications without intelligence is noise; Intelligence without communications is irrelevant." Gen Alfred. M. Gray, USMC ================================================================ C4I.org - Computer Security, & Intelligence - http://www.c4i.org *==============================================================* _________________________________________ Attend ToorCon Sept 16-18th, 2005 Convention Center San Diego, California www.toorcon.org
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