A former GCHQ translator who leaked details of an alleged plot to bug UN delegates before the Iraq war is urging more whistle-blowers to speak out. Katharine Gun was sacked for revealing details of a memo, but a charge under the Official Secrets Act was dropped. She has now started a campaign to encourage people who spot government wrongdoing to voice their concerns. Her Truth-Telling Coalition, which already has about 15 members, will back whistle-blowers around the world.
Not 'about thirteen'! Not 'about fourteen'! But about fifteen! That's about ten more than were in the Thunderbirds! We're gonna change the world!
The group is supported by the former US defence analyst Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers about US involvement in Vietnam. Ms Gun, from Cheltenham, attracted huge attention when she blew the whistle on what she believed was an American dirty tricks campaign to win UN backing for the war in Iraq.
I'm assuming she missed the "What we spies do" brief during training. |