A data leak that led thousands of Afghans to be resettled in the U.K. after their safety was jeopardized because they assisted forces against the Taliban also exposed the identities of British spies and special forces,

But the Afghanistan data leak is both. It manages to combine all that is best about Britain — our big heartedness and sense of fair play — with all that is worst. Incompetence, naivety, lack of accountability and the arrogance of the Ministry of Defence,