Tomorrow's front page: 'Top-secret planning documents of MI6's HQ have gone missing in a shocking security gaffe'
More than 100 papers, detailing layout and security measures, vanished from the building, which has featured in James Bond films like Skyfall.Building giants Balfour Beatty have been sacked from renovating MI6’s HQ after the papers disappearedThe secret documents were supposed to have been kept in a secure room during work at the HQOne source said last night: “To lose such sensitive documents was grossly irresponsible.
It comes after the new Tory Government last week announced proposals to strengthen UK security against foreign spies and hackers. — better known as MI6.But the alarm was raised a fortnight ago when stacks of the documents vanished at the building, which has featured in several James Bond films and was “destroyed” in Spectre.
The source said: “A lot of the work was sub-contracted and there were around 40 workers on the job. Security was supposed to be incredibly tight. Workers and vehicles delivering materials M16 is the foreign arm of the UK’s intelligence services. As well as espionage against hostile states, it plays a major role in tackling terrorism and cyber warfare.
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