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. …
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Secret material case against forces member dropped
By Sean SeddonBBC News
The case against a member of The Armed forces accused of sharing " highly sensitive military information" has been dropped.
Thomas Newsome, 37, was of the Official Secrets Act and was due to face trial in 2024.
But prosecutors dropped the case in light of a report about the defendant's Mental Health and the length of time he had already spent in custody.
It means Mr Newsome - who denied wrongdoing - has been formally cleared.
The latest hearing in his case took place at the Old Bailey on Friday, but The Prosecution offered no evidence against the defendant.
Prosecutor Tom Little KC said Mr Newsome had been suffering from a Mental Health condition which was linked to the reasons for his prosecution.
Mr Newsome's alleged offence arose from " grievances" with his employer, The Court heard.
An earlier hearing heard claimed Mr Newsome, who is from Poole in Dorset, shared a 10-page document after returning to the UK from an unspecified overseas deployment on 17 April.
Information about his unit and posting cannot be disclosed for legal reasons.
Mr Newsome was accused of making the " damaging disclosure of information relating to defence" to two senior officers and a civilian living outside the UK.
A second allegation related to possession of a USB stick said to have contained " highly sensitive material".
Mr Newsome had been due to face a trial at Kingston Crown Court on 8 April next year.
He had appeared at the Old Bailey by video link from his home for The Brief hearing and pleaded Not Guilty before The Prosecution signalled they would not pursue the case.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
