The buck doesn't stop here

Of course the story about the young Liberal Party (FP) activists obtaining access to the computer network of Sweden's governing party on their own, without passing on information and with no benefits to the party, was a bit too implausible. Late last night Johan Jakobsson, FP's party secretary, was forced to resign after it became clear that he had known about the intrusion since mid-March. Jakobsson said he had told the main culprit to clear his conscience by talking to the press, but that the journalist he talked to chose not to publish the story. FP's Head of Press is under suspicion for encouraging the intrusion and using the information obtained from it for campaign purposes.

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