Given how quickly the wheels seem to be coming off every policy the coalition has, and given the rumoured unease inside the Tory Party, I'm sure Call-Me-C**t (3-Bladed Beast spot on there) woke up to news of this leak, threw his teddy at the wall and had a quiet scream in the Rose Garden. But then this is a punter who rightly kicked Labour for doling out jobs to its mates, then got into power and, if the Torygraph is to be believed, tried to put his personal photographer and film maker on our tax bill.
David Cameron's personal photographer taken off public payroll - Telegraph
Put simply, though, if you don't want stuff like this leaking out, you have two unpalatable (to a pol) choices : pony up for armed forces that can do this kind of work for as long as it needs to be done, or put a spike through your ego and stop mincing across the world stage. Things cost what they cost, war is never cheap, and if you haven't grasped that after a lifetime sitting on your backside swotting up for the job you're in, go, and let's get Nosher Powell for PM.