LONDON, England (CNN) -- The person who leaked British lawmakers' controversial expense claims earlier this year, triggering a national scandal, was motivated by outrage at apparent equipment shortages for British troops, a newspaper said Friday. The mole was angry at apparent equipment shortages for British troops deployed around the world. The mole was one of 20 people employed to process and censor the expenses claims before their scheduled official release in July, according to The Daily Telegraph. The man leaked the claims to the Telegraph, which printed them in a series of front-page articles in May. The articles brought public embarrassment to Parliament and even forced some lawmakers to resign.
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Mole one of 20 people employed to process and censor MPs' expenses
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Soldiers guarding them did so to earn extra cash between tours of duty
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Mole became angry at MP claims as soldiers saved to buy essential equipment
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Claims included thousands of dollars' worth of interest on mortgages already paid
Claims for allowances for second homes -- which most lawmakers have because they need to be in @placeholder for parliamentary business -- were a big point of controversy.