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You're a govt official. You accidentally slap personal info on the web. Quick, blame a kid!

John Robson Silver badge

"His supporters argued he could have had no idea there was sensitive personal information in that 7,000 document trove he grabbed in bulk."

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

No - but Mens Rea is hard to demonstrate, I download a government published document from the government run site...

Before I download it I can't know that the government have accidentally uploaded the nuclear launch codes...

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