Private risk to security
HISTORY is littered with political sex scandals. Some are mere tittle-tattle, others, such as the Profumo Affair, are matters of greater seriousness.
Our expose today falls into the second category. We reveal that an aide to a senior Government minister has a lucrative second income from working for a “sugar daddy” website.
How people conduct themselves in private is not generally a matter of public interest. But it is if she’s a civil servant with access to confidential documents concerning matters of state, and who boasts she runs a minister’s life.
There are implications for national security when someone at the centre of Government leaves themselves open to threats of blackmail.
Then there is the question of whether the recruitment process and vetting procedures for Whitehall staff are sufficiently robust.
You cannot put too high a premium on the importance of national security.
If there is a risk of it being compromised then it is right the public should know.