The Editor of the Guardian has today admitted in Parliament to sending the names of British Intelligence agents overseas to multiple locations around the world.
Furthermore, when asked by Members of the Home Affairs Select Committee whether he had read all of the documents he had distributed overseas, he replied ‘no’.
Julian Smith MP commented:
“Tonight Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger has admitted that the Guardian sent tens of thousands of documents abroad containing the names of women and men who, night and day, protect him, his family and those of his employees.
“These files remain all around the world protected only by journalists and so threatening the security of those who protect the UK.
“Mr Rusbridger made no apology and showed no sympathy for the safety of UK intelligence agents and their families whose lives have been exposed by his reckless actions.
“The Guardian Editor also accepted that the flights of those who carried these documents were paid for by the Guardian and did not deny that the UK taxpayer funded them as they have been accounted for as a business expense.
"I will now be writing to Mr Rusbridger to ask him if he will tell GCHQ the names of all agents he has compromised in this fashion. If he is prepared to give bloggers and newspapers the names en masse, he can at least tell the agents themselves."