<story><title>Post Office lied and threatened BBC over Fujitsu dev whistleblower</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67884743</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ziddoap</author><text>For someone not familiar with the acronym, what is CBE?&lt;p&gt;A quick search shows me 371 different matching acronyms, ranging from the &amp;quot;Calgary Board of Education&amp;quot;, to &amp;quot;current best estimate&amp;quot;, to &amp;quot;Central Bank of Egypt&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>grumpyprole</author><text>It also remains to be seen whether there will ever be any accountability. So far there has only been the promise to hand back a CBE.</text></item><item><author>rich_sasha</author><text>If this scandal was about incompetence only, it would be outrageous.&lt;p&gt;But this was at least a deliberate, criminal cover up at the expense of hundreds of innocent people, maybe worse, implemented with tools intended for fighting serious crime. It seems unbelievable that this could happen in a civilized country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Two9A</author><text>&amp;quot;CBE&amp;quot; refers to Commander of the most excellent order of the British Empire [0] which is a title conferred by the monarch on those deemed to have performed especially well in the service of the nation.&lt;p&gt;So you can see how its value might be diluted by this instance.&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Order_of_the_British_Empire&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Order_of_the_British_Empire&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Post Office lied and threatened BBC over Fujitsu dev whistleblower</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67884743</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ziddoap</author><text>For someone not familiar with the acronym, what is CBE?&lt;p&gt;A quick search shows me 371 different matching acronyms, ranging from the &amp;quot;Calgary Board of Education&amp;quot;, to &amp;quot;current best estimate&amp;quot;, to &amp;quot;Central Bank of Egypt&amp;quot;.</text></item><item><author>grumpyprole</author><text>It also remains to be seen whether there will ever be any accountability. So far there has only been the promise to hand back a CBE.</text></item><item><author>rich_sasha</author><text>If this scandal was about incompetence only, it would be outrageous.&lt;p&gt;But this was at least a deliberate, criminal cover up at the expense of hundreds of innocent people, maybe worse, implemented with tools intended for fighting serious crime. It seems unbelievable that this could happen in a civilized country.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pi-e-sigma</author><text>Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
This is awarded for having a prominent but lesser role at national level, or a leading role at regional level. You can also get one for a distinguished, innovative contribution to any area.
&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;honours&amp;#x2F;types-of-honours-and-awards&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.gov.uk&amp;#x2F;honours&amp;#x2F;types-of-honours-and-awards&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>