Who stands to gain...

You know there's this rule of thumb, that if you want to know who has leaked something to the press ,then look at who has most to gain.

Well, you could also apply that to pressure on the government; if you want to understand whether it really is commercial or national security that has led Blair to instruct the SFO to drop the case against BAe then look who has most to gain.

According to this Guardian Online article BAe share value has risen by £900m since the news!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/saudi/story/0,,1973073,00.html

Do we know if our security threat staus has gone down at all?

National Security, my foot!