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Official secrets : the spy who tried to stop a war Thomas Mitchell, Marcia Mitchell.

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Record Number 829500
ISBN 9780008348571
Author Mitchell, Thomas
Title Official secrets : the spy who tried to stop a war [electronic resource] / Thomas Mitchell, Marcia Mitchell.
Publisher/Date [London] : William Collins, 2019.
Contents note Downloadable eBook.
Non fiction.
Summary Note In January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down. The message requested Katharine's assistance in co-ordinating an illegal US-UK spy operation which would secure UN authorisation for the Iraq invasion. Horrified, she decided to leak the information to the British press. Katharine's decision would change her life forever, as she was arrested under the Official Secrets Act whilst becoming a cause cľbre for political activists.
Target audience note Adult.
Subject Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Secret service
Intelligence service -- United States
Intelligence service -- Great Britain
Wiretapping -- Government policy -- United States
Politics and Government
Added Author Mitchell, Marcia
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