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Alleged BNP member list is leaked Griffin says leaked BNP list fake
(about 4 hours later)
A document apparently listing thousands of British National Party members has been posted on the internet. BNP leader Nick Griffin has said a document claiming to list thousands of his members is a "malicious forgery".
They include former senior members of the military, doctors and academics, according to the spreadsheet posted on the WikiLeaks website. The list, which included former senior military figures, academics and doctors was posted on the WikiLeaks website.
The names, addresses, home and mobile telephone numbers of apparent party members are listed in the document.
It follows the leaking of a BNP membership list containing 10,000 names and addresses in November 2008.It follows the leaking of a BNP membership list containing 10,000 names and addresses in November 2008.
A former party member was fined £200 by Nottingham magistrates in September after admitting publishing that document. In a statement on the BNP website Mr Griffin said the new one included parts of the old list, thousands of unknown names and "made up" membership details.
Comment on the latest apparent leak, BNP leader Nick Griffin said he could not confirm whether it was genuine until it had been more closely examined. The names, addresses, home and mobile telephone numbers of apparent party members are listed in the spreadsheet posted on WikiLeaks.
He told the party's website: "The allegation is that it is complete as of April this year. But Mr Griffin said after examining the list he could say "unequivocally" it was not genuine: "It is a concoction of the old list plus a number of inquiries received, but, most disturbingly, it contains thousands of names of people with whom the BNP has had no contact whatsoever."
"We have no way of knowing that as yet, but it might be possible that the new list is a concoction of the old leaked list combined with inquiries up until April. "The list includes thousands of people with renewal and membership numbers next to their names which are totally false and made up.
"As everyone knows, inquiries are often made out of curiosity or even hostility, and cannot be taken as an indication of membership or support." "We have no idea from where this information has been drawn. Some of it looks like random items drawn from a telephone book."
He claimed the leak was part of a smear campaign against the party ahead of his appearance on BBC One's Question Time programme on Thursday.He claimed the leak was part of a smear campaign against the party ahead of his appearance on BBC One's Question Time programme on Thursday.
Wikileaks, which was founded in 2006 by a group of dissidents and journalists, allows whistleblowers to anonymously post documents on the web.Wikileaks, which was founded in 2006 by a group of dissidents and journalists, allows whistleblowers to anonymously post documents on the web.
A former BNP member was fined £200 by Nottingham magistrates in September after admitting publishing the membership list released in 2008.