Sorry to digress. This and her other writings about intelligence issues have been critically acclaimed. As opposed to trying to be Katharine Gun. She will not talk about it anything else. When my moment came, I found myself standing alone in the dock facing the judge and surrounded by lawyers, journalists and supporters. Ms Gun worked as a translator at the GCHQ building in Cheltenham, pictured. She said, I was naive. And I went, Oh, that's how much that superhero myth is in our system. We didn't end up making it with that studio. Who, one must ask, is provoking whom? Some of those same birds are still flapping wings in the skies above Washington. The truth is when she speaks to me, and she says, Gavin, we also go to lunch like everybody else in any other office. And for her, this was too much. David Dayen: So why do you think this is an important story to tell now in 2019? I could put a lens on, and now my job is, this actress is doing great work, lets not get tricky, lets just get the audience into her eyes so that you could see those cogs moving. This whole intelligence didn't match what the politicians were saying. However, her husband and the father of her daughters name is Yasar Gun. By printing off the memo, putting it in her handbag and taking it home, she was already committing a serious breach of the Official Secrets Act. I've seen that happen. Despite the risk of a harsher sentence, I decided to plead not guilty because I felt strongly that my actions had been intended to prevent the unnecessary loss of life in an illegal war. Americans find it hard to believe that it could happen, but it happens, it happens fast. Perhaps a plane painted in UN colors could be shot down over Iraq. British Secret Service Officer Katharine, then a young bride, risked everything to leak details of the Bush-Blair plan to coerce (possibly blackmail) members of the UN Security Council in order to win their votes to legalize invading Iraq. This was her first or second week at the paper. A decade on, sitting in a cafe in Cheltenham, not far from GCHQ, I asked her if she still stood by what she had done. You dont have to agree with what she did, Im just telling you what she did. Despite the millions affected by the Iraq War, its now far removed from British and American news cycles, displaced from the headlines by todays political turmoil. And we keep that system alive. Photograph: Andy Hall for the Observer, en years ago, a young Mandarin specialist at GCHQ, the government's surveillance centre in Cheltenham, did something extraordinary. The story of Katharine Gun, a whistle-blower who exposed NSA spying in the lead-up to the Iraq War, gets the Hollywood treatment. If Keira Knightleys remarkable performance in Official Secrets can help change that, the film will truly have been worthwhile. Give today. Ten years ago, a young Mandarin specialist at GCHQ, the government's surveillance centre in Cheltenham, did something extraordinary. "Financially it's the toughest," she said. To look at someone who I thought was quite accessible and ordinaryand she doesn't mind me saying this because Katharine is someone who keeps her head below and is quiet, and did something extraordinary. It should take the facts as they lead. ", Bright noted that apart from some small flourishes to heighten the drama, he didn't think Official Secrets had "any genuine liberties taken with the truth. Gabrielle Bruney is a writer and editor for Esquire, where she focuses on politics and culture. As a result of the story the paper published 10 years ago this weekend, she was arrested, lost her job and faced trial under the Official Secrets Act. Me, you, not some big picture. Which really, really, really happened. Keira said no one knows Katharine, and that's not an insult to Katharine. She leaked a memo, she thought she'd get away with it, and she faced another one of these little moral dilemmas which was a few days later all her friends were being interrogated. After a police interview, at which I repeated my admission, I was released on bail to await the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service. But ultimately, heres why I thinkthis might sound like a strange statement. Times have often been tough, not least because of the itinerant life she has chosen for herself. However, when her friends start being interrogated about the leak, Gun confesses to being the whistleblower, leading to her being arrested and taken to court for breaching the Official Secrets Act. Guided by her conscience, Katharine Gun defied her government and leaked the memo to the press, setting off a chain of events that jeopardized her freedom, her safety, but also opened the door to putting the entire Iraq invasion on trial. Who spoke to the homeland secretary? By the way, I know some amazing people in the intelligence services. Perhaps they don't trust him to keep his word. But Katharine Gun, whos now the subject of a new film, the Gavin Hood-directed Official Secrets, did a lot moreand became one of the most important political whistleblowers that most Americans have never heard of. I sensed a slight flash of anger as she said: "It's not even a footnote in the history of Iraq." The concern among many Americans is that claims of an unprovoked, deadly attack by Iran are exaggerated. Powerful Commons committee could look at case for banning stoves in towns and Love Island hit by hundreds of Ofcom complaints from furious viewers over 'toxic femininity' row and Movie As easy as buying a loaf of bread: Undercover footage reveals how laughing gas is being sold from local Could Northern Ireland become the UK's Silicon Valley? But the falsehoods and unnecessary wars of yesteryear likely have influenced the waning support for public institutions today. Her story, which reveals what a country will do when it wants war and claims it does not, is told in an updated book and a major motion picture soon to be released--Official Secrets (Keira Knightly is Katharine). She's based (and born and raised) in Brooklyn, New York. "There seems to be this blas attitude the spying goes on, everyone does it and so it's nothing to get all hot under the collar about. And it's not an easy question, it sounds easy, but I don't think it is. Gun said that the UK government still had some explaining to do: "I thinkthere need to be more questions asked about whether they responded to that request, why they felt it was within their scope of work to respond to that sort of request, and what is the manner of the relationship between UK politics and US politics. But the invasion was forced to proceed with the backing of Bushs coalition of the willinginstead of with the support of the United Nations. We had planned to demand that the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith disclose the advice he had given on the legality of the war and so put the war itself on trial. Director Gavin Hood Writers Sara Bernstein Gregory Bernstein Gavin Hood Stars Keira Knightley Matt Smith Matthew Goode As a film of her story is planned, she tells of her anger and frustration but not her regrets, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Katharine Gun back in Cheltenham last week: 'This is the ugly truth of what goes on.' Last week in Los Angeles, I got to interview the director, South African-born Gavin Hood, after a screening. Not only was the cable the most sensitive ever to be disclosed on either side of the Atlantic, it was also unique in its timing. "On the one hand, she's free. So when, on the first Sunday of March, 2003, my leak appeared on the front page of The Observer newspaper, I was overcome with shock. WebAttempts were made by the authorities to deport her husband, who grew disillusioned with Britain. Gavin Hood: Yes, it really sticks in my throat too. Im gratified, too, that the film shows the love and support my husband gave me throughout this ordeal. As the working day came to close, I tried to project a sense of calm I didnt feel, walked out of the gates and put the incriminating email in the post. So, I guess we all have a threshold. She made the point that if you have Helen Mirren playing the Queen or Meryl Streep playing Maggie Thatcher, everybody knows those people and your judged on how well you impersonate, if you will, those people. Then, the following Monday, I printed out a copy of the email, folded it up, and tucked it carefully in my bag. Naturally, I was discreet. We were to target such things as phone calls and emails from their homes as well as their places of work. To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page. Gavin Hood: Hes not in journalism. It is probably still too early to tell. When my turn came, I entered a small side office, faced the security official and, putting on my best poker face, denied any involvement. A manufactured provocation. WebWhistleblower Katherine Gun, right, is played by Keira Knightly in the movie Official Secrets View gallery Gun was outraged after she learned - as part of her job with GCHQ - that Those are compelling and important qualities to see in characters that move through a story, and I feel like especially for women it's an under-valued active engine. Daniel Ellsberg, the celebrated American whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers about the build-up to the war in Vietnam, described it as "the most important and courageous leak I have ever seen".He added: "No one else including myself has ever done what Katharine Gun did: tell secret truths at personal risk, before an imminent war, in time, possibly, to avert it.". WebAnd they failed, in part, I believe, because Katharine Gun leaked that memo, Official Secrets director Gavin Hood told Democracy Now!. In the runup to the critical vote on war in Iraq, Katharine Gun exposed a US plot to spy on the UN. The spin in this country and in the UK was the threat of deadly weapons ready to be deployed by Saddam. But when Gun's lawyers threaten to question the U.K. Attorney General Lord Goldsmith about Britain's involvement in the Iraq war, the government drops their case against Gun. Such a law is not compatible with openness, transparency, accountability and justice. [In the movie, Gun says I dont work for the government, I work for the people.]. David Dayen: But he is not a headline journalist at a newspaper. '", The reality was not nearly as dramatic as in the film, where Bright and his editor are together in a newsroom when the mistake is revealed, leading to them being dropped from interviews with a number of international news outlets. But Katharine only ever leaked this one memo. And those two are great actresses. Instead, the American coalition was forced to stake its claim to a legal invasion on grounds of self defense, including now-infamously untrue claims about weapons of mass destruction. Gavin Hood: Thats such an interesting statement, I mean, I just took it at face value that papers take an editorial position, but youre right. So when I sent the script to Keira, and I was very hopeful that she would do it because she does a lot of period dramas, and you dont often see her in a modern drama and I thought shed be great. And she and many in her world knew, and many in the CIA knew, as Mel Goodman who's the man in the boathouse in Washington knew, that this was B.S. But the Bush administration went to war anyway, using the pretext of weapons of mass destruction. Katharine Gun, a British former government employee, faced two years imprisonment in England for the crime of telling the truth. So we start with hair, and then we start with glasses, and Keira says, "Gavin, what if I just was me?" Instead, the American coalition was But any such illusions were shattered on the freezing cold morning of Friday, January 31, 2003, as I read and re-read the most extraordinary email from Americas intelligence service, the National Security Agency. And that I think was the motivation. Maybe that was naive, but she didn't think that. I admitted the leak and my life was turned upside down. It almost started with, well, would I have the courage to do what she did in another setting maybe? My shock turned to anger as the significance sank in. Warning: The following contains spoilers for Official Secrets. I was only a junior analyst, but I knew the email was outrageous: the American government was asking Britain to spy on United Nations diplomats so they could be blackmailed into supporting an invasion of Iraq. The issue is provocation. When Official Secrets received its British premiere at Londons BFI Film Festival earlier this month, I was determined to wear something that held a special meaning and settled on a dress by an Iraqi designer. And isnt it also time to re-examine the Official Secrets Act? Throughout her own court case, what only a few knew was that she was also fighting for And she thought she wouldnt get caught. Gun made the choice to leak the document, which Martin Bright of The Observer in Britain published in a story on March 2, 2003. Ed, I know some people have said that Rhys Ifans [who plays Vulliamy] is slightly over the top. WebKatharine Gun was a young specialist working for Britains Government Communications Headquarters when she exposed a highly confidential memo that revealed the United For the future, I hope the film will help locate the missing pieces from the story. Thank you! One is kind of what I thought it was, which is the CIA is the Central Intelligence Agency, walled off from politicians and the executive in a perfect world, where all the intelligence comes in, they analyze it and they then present their best intelligence estimates; this is pre-war, youre not at war, to the executive branch. Again. And Where Is Katharine Gun, JUST 36 HOURS TO GO IN OUR WINTER CAMPAIGN. The decision to leak it was almost instant I felt I had no choice. This included a particular focus on the "swing nations" on the security council, Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea, "as well as extra focus on Pakistan UN matters". So right there, you are pulling out the highlights," said Hood of the key issue with making Official Secrets. EXCLUSIVE: Lanzarote sticks to its guns and insists it WILL limit tourists and move away from relying on Jeremy Clarkson is axed as Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Gavin Hood: Its a question of how conditioned are we to the conventional Hollywood structure. Amazing lady, shes still a journalist. Gavin Hood: And that really happened. But that shouldn't be the philosophy pre-war when you're trying to decide whether to go to war. We all, in some ways, make these decisions. "We started wondering whether we should do the blonde hair and the glasses and wondering about prosthetics, but one point Keira said to me, 'You know, the last thing I want is the audience to say, 'Oh, I don't know if I like her blonde,'" said Hood. Only later did I appreciate the extent to which the journalists involved Martin Bright, Peter Beaumont and Ed Vulliamy had to go in order to prove that the email was legitimate. For several years, just recalling the events would set my heart racing and my hands trembling. Following the trauma inflicted on Gun, the U.K. Attorney General dropped the case against her with no warning. Please, become a member, or make a one-time donation, today. When you support The American Prospect, youre supporting fellow readers who arent able to give, and countering the class system for information. We were in development with a particular studio, and I don't mean to be funny after such a heavy film but sometimes we need a little bit of humor. [Gun was charged with violating the Official Secrets Act in Britain, but ultimately the case never went to trial.]. Progressive values. Because it was toughthe guy wouldnt print his stuff. Truth about Covid care home testing row: Timeline lays bare what was said, by who and when. Meanwhile, Kamal Ahmed, who is the guy at The Observer, is now the editorial director of the BBC. Much to the distress of our former partners in the Iran nuclear deal, Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the agreement and announced tougher sanctions. Feel free to republish and share widely. Public attention is the last thing you expect if, like me, youd settled for a job in the shadowy world of British intelligence. You are sitting in the intelligence services, and Ive spoken to many now because Ive made other films in that world and I have some interesting folks that Ive been able to talk to, and the struggle was were being disloyal if you dont toe a party line, as it were, but we know this isnt right. The editorial position should never be that. He was actually gone for three days. You can look up Nicole Mowbray, she wrote an article in The Guardian a couple weeks ago, about this worst day of her life. I became a mother, we moved countries and I have come to terms with that year of my life, though it will always define me in some ways. What we have in this country is very precious, and in a sense, when I make these kind of films I don't know if I consciously do it, it's actually reminding about us that authoritarianism and governments gone awry are not okay, and what makes us strongoh, that sounds terribly pretentious, but I think you see where I'm coming from. "I never aligned myself specifically with the anti-war movement. David Dayen: Just the notion that the paper would say, we're for the war, that was their editorial position. Interestingly I think we faced a challenge, which some of you may or may not agree with. Jack Straw, then the foreign secretary, has not been challenged on whether he authorised the operation to go ahead, although it is almost certain that he did. Or at least, she could have been. ", Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, Keira Knightley's Birthday: Her 15 Best Movies Ranked, In the film, when Gun is sent an email from someone high up in the U.S. government that reveals the U.S. covert plan, she decides to leak it to Bright, who works for the British newspaper, Keira Knightley as Katharine Gun in "Official Secrets. If I was writing this as fiction, I need a much longer court case, right? But she said she would still be prepared to give evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war. It was the first time I had worked with characters who were still alive, and they very much wanted it to be accurate or they wouldn't sign over their life rights. Which is to say that GCHQ was being asked to dig dirt on foreign officials so that they could be blackmailed, bribed or both in order to secure a UN resolution authorising an invasion. "But the more I think about what happened, the more angry and frustrated I get about the fact that nobody acted on intelligence. They published the scoop in March 2003putting Gun directly in the crosshairs of law enforcement, and sparking a legal fight for her freedom. It left me in an impossible predicament. Gavin Hood: Its a great question. It gives me an interesting pause. It is to say that we need to know the truth behind the decisions to act or not to act. The contents were explosive, implicating America in a blackmail plot to swing UN votes in favor of an invasion. To separate fact from fiction, Newsweek spoke to the real Gun and Bright, as well as Official Secrets director Gavin Hood. Perhaps it was no wonder that Tony Blairs government decided to abandon the case without offering any evidence. I didnt know the story and I googled her. So I said goodbye to my mom and moved to America. Ive already lost a dear friend, and I cant do thisget called up two months of the year, every year, for the next 12 years. Most directly, it bolstered opposition to the US position from Chilean and Mexican diplomats weary of American "dirty tricks". Or, in this case, when the Office of Special Plans was set up, youve got Feith and someone like Abram Shulsky, whose philosophy of intelligence is very different. [U.S. media dropped the story because the Drudge Report noted that the NSA memo in The Observer had British spellings for words like favourable, which nobody in the U.S. would write. Hundreds of thousands were killed. Now someone else may beI don't know if I could hack people's phones and computers, personally. So thats how the scene happened, but she didnt know where he was for three days, he was at Harmonsworth, before she got him out. Never mind that invading another country for the purpose of regime change is illegal according to international laws to which the United States is a signatory. Gavin Hood: Keira is wonderful and is absolutely professional, arrives perfectly prepared, very calm, no fuss. It was only later in the green room that I asked what all the fuss had been about, wondering aloud if it had been the environmental protest group Extinction Rebellion. Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. And I thought: this is good. For me as a journalist who was really getting started around that time, this climate of fear that was in place in the United States and also in the UK. She said, I worry what's going to happen, they'll go, Ooh, I don't know if I like Keira Knightly in blonde hair, what's she done to her nose, does she have glasses on? Because they don't have a comparison to make, until you see her at the end of the movie. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Is this a matter of threatening to launch a war, or is it a matter of responding to the US positioning itself for war? This content is imported from youTube. It was almost as if that request was asking for someone within their own nation to do this work; it wasn't asking another completely independent state for co-operation.". "Because I think people see thatthe leaders of both the US and the UK conceivably could be considered war criminals, and yet they are walking free.". Since 2003, my life and Gun's have continued to cross from time to time. Yet to this day there has been barely a mention of the Bush regimes disgraceful demand in official histories of the period, as if its been deliberately written out. Eventually, it was widely held that at least one of the reports of the attacks, and perhaps even both, were false. WebGun, then 28, received an email about a U.S.-led operation enlisting the help of Britain to spy on other countries, in an attempt to blackmail them into supporting the Iraq War. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images). 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