The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War by Marcia Mitchell
Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion
An account of British intelligence employee Katharine Gun, who exposed a secret U.S.-U.K. plan to surveil UN Security Council diplomats to secure backing for the 2003 Iraq invasion. The narrative traces her ethical dilemma, the leak’s path through the press, her arrest under the Official Secrets Act, and the ensuing legal and political fallout, illuminating the tensions between government secrecy, intelligence manipulation, media scrutiny, and international diplomacy on the eve of war.
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- 2008
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