Official Secrets
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Initial release | USA |
|---|---|
| Directors | Gavin Hood |
| Based on | The Spy |
| Producers | Ged Doherty |
| Elizabeth Fowler | |
| Melissa Shiyu Zuo | |
| Screenplay | Gavin Hood |
| Gregory Bernstein | |
| Sara Bernstein | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1248344 |
About Official Secrets
One day in 2003, in the lead up to the Iraq War, British intelligence specialist Katharine Gun receives a memo from the NSA with a shocking directive: the United States is enlisting Britain's help in collecting compromising information on U. N. Security Council members to blackmail them into voting in favor of an invasion of Iraq. Unable to stand by and watch the world be rushed into war, Gun makes the gut-wrenching decision to defy her government and leak the memo to the press. …
Secret material case against forces member dropped
... Thomas Newsome, 37, was of the Official Secrets Act and was due to face trial in 2024...
Five alleged Russian spies appear in London court
... Met Police counter-terrorism officers arrested them in February under the Official Secrets Act...
James Cleverly refuses to say if he raised Parliament spy claim with China
... Last weekend, that two men had been arrested in March under the Official Secrets Act...
China poses threat to UK way of life, says Rishi Sunak
... Earlier this week, news emerged that police had working in Parliament under the Official Secrets Act, amid claims he was spying for China...
Security services warn over Chinese infiltration in politics
...By Henry ZeffmanChief political correspondentWestminster has been agog every since the revelation that a parliamentary researcher has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, under suspicion of working as a Chinese agent...
UK will not accept Chinese interference - Sunak
... The Met Police confirmed on Saturday that two men were arrested under the Official Secrets Act in March...
Has the UK woken up to the China spy challenge?
... In particular, they argued the Official Secrets Act was not fit for purpose...
Parliament researcher rejects China spying claims
... The researcher was one of two men arrested in March under the Official Secrets Act...
Five alleged Russian spies appear in London court
By Daniel De SimoneBBC News
Five people accused of being part of a Russian spy ring operating in the UK have appeared In Court .
Bulgarian nationals Orlin Roussev, Bizer Dzhambazov, Katrin Ivanova, Ivan Stoyanov , and Vanya Gaberova allegedly conspired to gather information which would be useful to an enemy.
The allegations cover the period between August 2020 and February 2023.
They did not enter pleas at Westminster Magistrates' Court and were remanded in custody.
The Five suspects appeared In Court on Tuesday via video link from four different prisons, and remained silent other than confirming their names and dates of birth.
Met Police counter-terrorism officers arrested them in February under the Official Secrets Act. They are:
It is alleged The Conspiracy involved The Defendants carrying out surveillance on people and places targeted by Russia.
Such surveillance is alleged to have apparently been for the purpose of assisting Russia to conduct hostile action against the targets, including potential abductions.
Describing the charges, prosecutor Kathryn Selby said the " operating hub in This Country for The Offence of espionage" was the property of Mr Roussev.
His home address was a now-closed seaside guesthouse in Great Yarmouth .
Mr Roussev is alleged to have organised and managed The Cell 's spying operations from the UK. It is alleged that such operations took place in the UK and Europe.
The Five defendants are accused of being part of a conspiracy with a " person known as" Jan Marsalek . He is not charged in the case.
It is claimed Mr Roussev received tasking from abroad by a person known as Jan Marsalek .
Mr Marsalek is best known as the Austrian former chief operating officer of The Company Wirecard, who became a wanted man in Germany after being suspected of having committed fraud.
He is believed to have fled to an airport south of Vienna before flying to Belarus by private jet. He is reportedly now in Russia.
Speaking at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Magistrate Tan Ikram said The Five would appear at the Old Bailey on 13 October.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
