http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6493658.ece By David Leppard The Sunday Times June 14, 2009 DETAILS of one of Britain's most sensitive spy bases have been revealed after they were posted on the internet by the company that built it. In a security blunder that has irritated MI5, a publicity brochure placed online contains the address and full-colour pictures of its northern operations centre. The building was opened amid great secrecy last year. It was used as a base for Operation Pathway, when 12 terror suspects thought to have been planning attacks on shopping centres in Manchester, were arrested. They were later released for lack of evidence. In recent years MI5 has been happy to acknowledge the existence of its headquarters in London and Northern Ireland. They are large and located in cities, so spy chiefs considered it impractical to pretend they did not exist. By contrast the agency had been hoping to keep the existence of its 20m northern headquarters a secret. [...] _____________________________________________ Visit the InfoSec News security bookstore! http://www.shopinfosecnews.orgReceived on Tue Jun 16 2009 - 00:04:06 PDT
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