[URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7103566.stm[/URL]
Actually the idiots responsible seem to be the junior officials according to Alistair Darling. Ian Blair on the other hand was responsible for a huge cover up (IMO).
Every cloud has a silver lining: 'Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said the government needed to "get a grip" and deliver a basic level of competence. He said it was the "final blow for the ambitions of this government to create a national ID database" as "they simply can not be trusted with people's personal information". '