Martin Rosenbaum: "[I]s it vexatious to ask Downing St for copies of emails sent personally by Gordon Brown in a particular week? The Cabinet Office seems to think it is."

"British intelligence has long used clandestine "undeniable briefings" to release information real and false to tame hacks including David Rose…"

"Some 70% of central government departments do not check that data has been wiped from IT equipment they are disposing of, exposing them to potential security breaches, a ­report released yesterday by the National Audit Office has found."