TTN,
A good friend of mine has his government 'Restricted' laptop stolen from his desk in Main Building a few years ago, because of astonishing lapses of security on the 5th floor - an un-vetted, temporary Somali cleaner who had full access to a sensitive lifted it (probably to order) and waited until a ministerial team left the building through the South Door, knowing that she would not be challenged. By the time she reached Westminster station, the laptop had gone - passed over to someone.
However, the RAF's response was to pillory the Wg Cdr concerned, who was suspended for 9 weeks and subject to civil and military police investigations, interviews and searches. Furthermore, the story was then leaked to the press by an unscrupulous MOD civil servant, but he was further accused of speaking with the media. On social media, the baying crowds called for his instant dismissal and loss of pension - and prison. He was doorstepped by the media and his mobile phone was hacked by the Sun and News of the World...Rebekha Brooks seemed to know about it. His career was ruined and was quietly put out to pasture. He moved overseas and rebuilt his career within the Foreign Office. At no stage did he ever receive an apology from the RAF.It would make an instructive film of how craven and venal some very senior officers can be...