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What does the Afghan data leak mean for the 18,000 people on the list?

Season 1, Ep. 1152

In 2022, a UK Special Forces official accidentally leaked the names of over 18,000 Afghan nationals, British special forces operatives and MI6 agents, putting thousands of lives at risk if the information fell into the wrong hands.


Writer: James Tapper 


Producer:  Jonathan Lewis


Host:  Ada Barume



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