£100k for hero sniper driven into hiding

[Commander CMG]

An Army sniper who killed two Taliban gunmen from more than a mile-and-a-half away has been paid £100,000 compensation after bungling Ministry of Defence officials revealed his identity.

Craig Harrison and his family were placed in grave danger of being kidnapped by Al Qaeda sympathisers after the ‘catastrophic’ blunder, according to police intelligence

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Upsetting a sniper with your incompetence doesn't seem like a very good career move for a bureaucrat....just sayin'...