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British intelligence whistleblower - Katharine Gun

British intelligence whistleblower - Katharine Gun

The Interview vor 6 Jahren

What makes a whistleblower?

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What makes a whistleblower? What prompts someone to break ranks,
maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great
cost? Stephen Sackur interviews Katharine Gun. In 2003, she
worked at the UK’s signals intelligence agency GCHQ. She leaked
potentially explosive information about America’s covert effort
to sway UN diplomats to support the Iraq war. She risked
everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life.
Now her story has been made into a movie; but, 16 years on, has
her perspective changed?

Image: Katharine Gun (Credit: Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI)