TD Yes it is normal for BOI reports to go on the web on the day they are announced. But the full lock-in treatment for a BOI is rare and as I say the intention of these things is to get the MoD's version into the media. I object to the things and I do wonder about their history and who decided it should happen on the first occasion. I suspect it was that wonderful man Geoff Hoon. It will not work this time with most I suspect - or at least I hope - since the truth is well and truly out there.
Nige I was aware of the arbitrary decision to cancel the briefing at Kinloss which is now thankfully back on, due to protests from a number of relatives.
My concern was the suggestion that the date of the report being published had been passed to the press before it was passed to the relatives. I certainly heard from relatives not the MoD. I just wondered if you knew of a case of a media organisation learning before the relatives. It's small beer now any way, but would have been quite wrong.