NEWS 29th
January
Fears over top-secret papers left strewn by Boris
Johnson revealed
By National
Newsdesk
Security fears were expressed around Boris and Carrie
Johnson's flat
A
"FRAT house" atmosphere in Boris Johnson's flat and laxness around
security led to restrictions on where top-secret papers could be viewed, it has
been claimed.
Highly
classified material was left lying around in 11 Downing Street where it could
be read by any visitor, reported The Times.
Sue Gray,
who is investigating lockdown parties held in Downing Street, found that some
of Carrie Johnson’s friends had access to a Pin code giving access to the
private flat above 11 Downing Street, according to claims being made in
Whitehall.
Then top
adviser Dominic Cummings is said to have found “STRAP” material lying around
the flat in early 2020 – highly classified documents which only named
individuals can view often requiring security clearance above Top Secret.
The
National: File photo dated 25/5/2020 of Dominic Cummings who claims that Boris
Johnson's Downing Street is now a branch of the "entertainment
industry", with a lack of serious focus on important issues. The Prime
Minister's former chief aide used
The papers
can easily be spotted as they are printed on pink paper, and were also
allegedly found at the upstairs quarters in Chequers, the Prime Minister’s
country house.
Cummings
and Johnson’s principal private secretary Martin Reynolds responded by having
Johnson sign sensitive papers in his office before they were returned to a safe
location.
One source
told The Times that Johnson’s ministerial box with crucial documents was left
outside his flat’s door on Saturdays, “often” from the morning until evening.
Another
described the scene in 11 Downing Street where Carrie entertained friends as “a
frat house”.
A former No
10 official said: “Cummings was dismayed that very highly classified STRAP
material was not kept in the PM’s box but was lying around the flat, and
upstairs in Chequers, in such a way that Carrie could see it and potentially
her journalist friends and other guests when they were invited to the flat and
Chequers. There had been a series of leaks of national security issues.”
A spokesman
for No 10 did not say whether the extra security measures around the papers
were still in place.
He said:
“We do not comment on security matters.”
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