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==''Sunday Times'' sting operation==
 
==''Sunday Times'' sting operation==
 
In 2012, Soar 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>
 
In 2012, Soar 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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The reporters were reportedly introduced to Soar by Lieutenant General Sir [[Richard Applegate]]. Soar suggested he could approach his former subordinates Rear Admiral [[Peter Hudson]] and Rear Admiral [[Ian Jess]].<ref>Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, ''Insight'', ''Sunday Times'', 14 October 2012, p.14.</ref>
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==

Revision as of 22:59, 14 October 2012

Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE was Commander-in-Chief Fleet, Commander Allied Maritime Command Northwood and Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom prior to his retirement on 6 January 2012.[1]

Sunday Times sting operation

In 2012, Soar 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]

The reporters were reportedly introduced to Soar by Lieutenant General Sir Richard Applegate. Soar suggested he could approach his former subordinates Rear Admiral Peter Hudson and Rear Admiral Ian Jess.[3]

External Resources

Christopher Leake and Robert Verkaik, Top military brass 'use helicopters like taxis': Admiral flies to a meeting only 16 miles away... and it costs nearly £700, Mail Online, 21 August 2011.

Notes

  1. Up and out : Promotions, retirements, new posts for senior UK military personnel September 2011, defenceviewpoints.co.uk, 19 September 2011.
  2. Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, pp.13-15.
  3. Galloping Greed of the old warhorses, Insight, Sunday Times, 14 October 2012, p.14.