New data fiasco as Home Office 'loses' secret records of worst offenders

[midnight caller]

Secret personal details of Britain's most dangerous criminals have been lost by the Government.
The public could now face an enormous bill to protect paedophiles, rapists, drug runners and killers from vigilantes or rival gangsters.
The names, addresses, details of convictions and even jail release dates of almost 130,000 people were all in Home Office files lost when a computer memory stick went missing
HERE WE GO AGAIN
It was being used by an employee of a private contractor working for the department.
The astonishing security blunder plunges Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who was told of the scandal on Tuesday, into the greatest crisis of her career.
Miss Smith informed the Metropolitan Police – who are now frantically hunting for the portable data storage device – but chose not to tell the public immediately.
It took the intervention of a whistleblower for details to emerge. The delay is likely to lead to damaging questions for the Home Secretary, whose mood last night was described by aides as 'livid'.

[Alex7201]

I'm sure these things can't be genuine accidents... can they?? I mean I've done some stupid stuff and on an amazingly grand scale but... come on?
"Whoops I've lost my memory stick, its only got a list of Britons most dangerous criminals on it".
Do you think she's been paid to loose it??