Leaker to be revealed next week

In what has to one of the most blatant cases of under-promise, over-deliver in the civil service seen in a long while, State Services Commissioner Mark Prebble has found the Telecom leaker - and will report back next week. That anyone could be fooled into thinking it would actually take a month to report is silly - but Dr Prebble chose to err on the side of caution. Maybe he had concerns that, if the leaker had turned out to be politically powerful, he'd be pressured to sit on the finding till a palatable resolution was found for the Government. It'd be worrying if those were Prebble's thoughts.

SST/Stuff reports on a source pointing towards the Treasury being a possible source of the leak because, unlike other Ministries, it didn't get a chance to consult on the changes. Not surprising given their politically loaded briefings of the recent and not so recent past. The same stuff article has the SSC saying that the leaker, now stood down from his/her job, will get a chance to review the allegations before the report is released. Look to see an almighty showdown if, given the chance, the leaker decided to challenge release of specific information before the report is released.