Undercover Cop's Blunder Exposes Secret Identity in Spycops Scandal
Undercover officer's own mistake recorded private meeting, compromising covert deployment in high-profile public inquiry into UK police infiltration of activist groups.
In a stunning case of bureaucratic bungling, an undercover police officer has admitted to inadvertently exposing his own secret identity during a classified special branch meeting, in a development that activists have likened to the antics of the bumbling Inspector Clouseau. The officer, who operated under the alias Simon Wellings, jeopardized his covert deployment by mistakenly recording himself discussing individual campaigners with other special branch officers.
The revelation was presented at the ongoing spycops public inquiry, which is investigating the UK police's history of infiltrating activist groups. According to the testimony, Wellings held himself personally responsible for the accidental phone call that blew his cover, a mistake he described as a
Source: The Guardian
