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| − | In 2012, | + | In 2012, Stirrup 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 18:20, 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, Stirrup 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.
