Military

Deny, delete and delay: the secrecy operation inside special forces

After allegations emerged of unarmed men and boys being murdered in Afghanistan, the special forces closed ranks when the military police investigated

Are we supposed to believe no one noticed Afghan leak email for 18 months?

It’s inconceivable that no one who got the email raised the alarm, writes former UK national armaments director

Keep calm – and cover up?

It took 18 months to raise the alarm over a ministry of defence data leak which named 19,000 Afghans and more than 100 members of the special forces and spies. Why did it take so long?