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Miliband plays down spy chief photos

Source: The Guardian

Jul 05, 2009

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• 'It's not a state secret that he wears Speedo trunks'
• Lib Dems seek inquiry over Sir John Sawers exposure

The foreign secretary, David Miliband, today attempted to play down the significance of internet photographs showing Britain's new spy boss holidaying with his children and other relatives and friends.

The family photos were posted on Facebook by Sir John Sawers's wife, Shelley, and included an image of the next head of MI6 on a Cornish beach in his swimming trunks. Other photos indicated the location of the London flat used by the couple and the whereabouts of their three children and of Sawers's parents, the Mail on Sunday reported.

The paper, which published a series of the Facebook photos, suggested they could compromise his safety and that of his family. However, Miliband dismissed calls for the appointment of Sawers, currently British ambassador to the United Nations, to be reviewed.

Asked about the story on BBC1's Andrew Marr Show, Miliband was scornful, questioning why it had been given such prominence and defending Sawers as an "outstanding profes

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