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Air Chief Marshal Sir '''Graham Eric (Jock) Stirrup''' was [[Chief of the Defence Staff]] from April 2006 to October 2010, when he was granted a life peerage.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2010/10/outgoing-cds-to-receive-peerage-56223 Outgoing CDS to receive peerage], number10.gov.uk, 27 October 2010.</ref> | Air Chief Marshal Sir '''Graham Eric (Jock) Stirrup''' was [[Chief of the Defence Staff]] from April 2006 to October 2010, when he was granted a life peerage.<ref>[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2010/10/outgoing-cds-to-receive-peerage-56223 Outgoing CDS to receive peerage], number10.gov.uk, 27 October 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==''Sunday Times'' sting operation== | ||
| + | In 2012, Dannatt was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by ''Sunday Times'' journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.<ref>Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:16, 14 October 2012
Air Chief Marshal Sir Graham Eric (Jock) Stirrup was Chief of the Defence Staff from April 2006 to October 2010, when he was granted a life peerage.[1]
Sunday Times sting operation
In 2012, Dannatt was one of a number of retired senior army officers targeted in a sting operation by Sunday Times journalists posing as representatives of a Korean drone manufacturer.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Outgoing CDS to receive peerage, number10.gov.uk, 27 October 2010.
- ↑ Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.
