This is Katharines story were talking about, but there is a back story in the film, which plays its part, which is mine, and Ill be quick on this. The highly confidential memo revealed the United States was collaborating with Britain in collecting sensitive information on United Nations Security Council members in order to pressure them into supporting the Iraq invasion. "My boys," the "Waitress" actress captioned the snap . Marcia Mitchell. She says this breach was a foolish one-off. I am so sorry. All this was a measure of the bloody chaos that was Iraq after the invasion: eventually there were 179 British dead,4,500 Americans, and maybe half a million Iraqis, most of them killed in a sectarian civil war. And, guys, you do not want to miss this story and what would then take place. In 2003, Katharine Gun was working for Britains Government Communications Headquarters, known as GCHQ, the intelligence agency similar to the National Security Agency here, when she opened a top-secret NSA memorandum. Were joined also by Martin Bright, who is the journalist who reported Guns revelations in The Observer, as well as Ed Vulliamy. This is of no use to me at all. And she turned the piece of paper over, and on the back someone had written the header information. And those six swing nations, their delegates, they wanted , AMANPOUR: When you say swing nations, they were once at that the U.S. and the U.K. were trying to get on side . But they not only are saying they are going to crack down hard on the leaker, but theyre also saying they will crack down on the press, any press that reports this in Britain. It was directed by Gavin Hood and the cast comprises Matt Smith, Indira Varma, Rhys Ifans, MyAnna Buring, Jack Farthing, Jeremy Northam, Tamsin Grieg and Conleth Hill. You tried to call. She went home and stewed about the email for the whole weekend. It is vital to speak up in a democracy. And so, I was going crazy. Katharine Gun. MARTIN BRIGHT: The top had been ripped off of the memo. How old were you at the time? When she was acquitted in 2004, it was difficult for her to find a new job that she liked. Plus a change The warI mean, our obligation is not whether we support or are against the war. TINTIN: [played by Peter Guinness] Your supervisor speaks highly of your integrity. So, naturally, it's Katharine Gun who's being punished. And, Ed, youre played by Rhys Ifans brilliantly in this movie, Official Secrets. Her late husband, Tom, a former special agent of the FBI and one-time head of counter-intelligence in New York, co-authored the Gun . Official Secrets recounts Gun's story, from her fateful decision (which of course accomplished nothing in the end, even though the leak quickly went public) to her bizarre criminal trial. It's taken a long time for Katharine to feel comfortable talking about everything that happened. GCHQ whistleblower Katharine Gun speaks out. Now her story has been adapted into the film Official Secrets starring Keira Knightley. AMY GOODMAN: The guy at the NSA. And I knew that Ed was an extremely experienced journalist. Her story was adapted into the film Official Secrets in 2019. The next morning, Katharine returned to the office as normal and got on with her work, trying as best as she could to not think about it. So, what did it say and what was your decision-making process? Some call that treason. It was a Friday afternoon. I work for the British people. And tell the final results of what happened. This was thought crucial to help Blair and his government survive a no-confidence motion in the House of Commons. I had found a source called Mel Goodman, namesake of yours, who was the ex-head of the Soviet desk at the CIA, had kept his clearance. JERRY: [played by Chris Reilly] Hes a Muslim. In February, Gun attended a demonstration in opposition to the Iraq War. Then the story went away, and that's how I wanted it at that time, because I was actually quite traumatized by the whole thing. She did add, however, that she's hopeful the film will shed much needed light on the subject. Now, she was being asked to help get a new war authorised by finding material for the Americans to blackmail and bribe the international community. Life carried on. I was like, Mmm. And what happened? Scott Davis was asking the questions.Synopsis: The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.A morality tale for the 21st century, Official Secrets tells the true story of British Intelligence whistle-blower Katharine Gun who, during the immediate run-up to the 2003 Iraq invasion, leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. "At the back of my mind, the question remained: 'What are they going to do to me? Theres a back story. Her case became awidespread controversy among activists, and many people stepped forward to urge the government to drop the case. Together they have a 13-year-old daughter. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. because my husband wouldn't . In fact, your husbandwould they attempt to deport him? And explain what the header said, who you had to verify this with. is a 501(c)3 non-profit news organization. View this post on Instagram. TINTIN: And now youre upset at being asked to do that to members of the Security Council. "I need to have a word with you," she gulped. KATHARINE GUN: It was a full nine to 10 months after the event. Martin, talk about how you got this memo. GUN: Well, simply the e-mail was from the NSA, which is the U.S. equivalent of GCHQ, and it was asking for our assistance, GCHQs assistance, in collecting information from six of the swing U.S. Security Council swing nations. When charges were officially pressed, Guns identity was revealed too. "We just kept waiting in this state of limbo, a constant cloud over my head," she explains. How did it come to this? Katharine wonders whether the powers that be just didn't want an ex-GCHQ employee with all she knew to be cross-examined on the stand. Well, now Katharine Guns story is being told in the new film Official Secrets, starring Keira Knightley. Katherine Louisa Ryan was born on June 30, 1983, to Finbar and Julie McCarthy in the city of Sarnia in southwestern Ontario, Canada. And I pretty much ran home. Its 15 years later. Katharine Gun worked as an analyst for Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the British equivalent of the secretive U.S. National Security Agency. No, you just do not do stuff like that. The former British intelligence officer leaked a document to the press that announced an illegal NSA spy operation created to convince the UN Security Council to approve the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The British governments own lawyers were afraid that without specific UN authorization, the war might be illegal; British soldiers could even be prosecuted for war crimes. I certainly thought, Oh, my gosh, this is it and theyre going to find out it was me, Gun recalled. GAVIN HOOD: Yes. It didnt just end when George Bush said, Mission accomplished. Its heartbreaking that its affecting so many lives, and for what? She couldnt shake the indelible images of the turkey shoot of retreating Iraqis on the Highway of Death during the first Gulf War in 1991, the road out of Kuwait strewn with burnt-out vehicles and charred bodies. She struggled to find work after being sacked by GCHQ but she has no regrets. Target. Members of the Security Council were outraged and any chance of a UN resolution in favour of war collapsed. Sixteen years on, the words are still seared into memory. Yasur Gunnis is the husband of Katharine Gun, a linguist who specializes in translating Mandarin Chinese into English. In January 2003, British intelligence analyst Katharine Gun read an email from U.S. officials who were trying to enlist their British counterparts in a public relations campaign to support . Former employee of Britain's global surveillance center GCHQ (Government Communications Head Quarters) Katharine Gun smiles as she speaks to . KATHARINE GUN: Well, it was a memo from a chap called Frank Koza, who worked at the NSA. All rights reserved. Im Amy Goodman. The Smash actress, 36, admitted her 35-year age gap with Foster, 71, was a concern for her - but more because of the . She was arrested and held at the police station in Cheltenham for 24 hours before being bailed. Where Are Katharine Gun and Husband Now? And whereas usually with a whistleblower, you would work very closely with them directly, Katharine didnt come to me. Someone within the antiwar movement, who was a former journalist, took the memo initially to another newspaper. Also with us, the director of Official Secrets, Gavin Hood. He was going in every week to the authorities to prove that he was still a resident and kept an eye on his location to pinpoint where he was. We're looking at the real-life political thriller of a British intelligence specialist, Katharine Gun, who risked everything to blow the whistle on U.S. dirty tricks at the United Nations in the lead-up to the Iraq invasion in 2003. A month later, the Observer splashed the story over its front page. Katherine is the eldest of three sisters. AMY GOODMAN: So, you call Ed, and you say, Can you track down this guy? Among many other things. After the meeting, the Brits and the Americans shook hands on the tarmac and walked to their planes. I mean, its every journalists dream to have these, you know, front-page splash stories that get followed up around the world. [1]Katharine Gun arbetade som versttare fr Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). When she leaks an NSA memo to the press exposing the American covert manipulation of allies, she will be forced into the spotlight. I tried, too, without success. Hood's film dramatizes events in 2003 and 2004, beginning with British whistleblower Katharine Gun's decision to leak a memo exposing the criminality of the Iraq War and ending with her . We speak with a British whistleblower whose attempts to expose lies about the Iraq invasion was called \"the most important and courageous leak\" in history by acclaimed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Mr. Koza? Yeah, whos that? MARTIN BRIGHT: Was one of the six nations. AMY GOODMAN: So, youve got it proved. GCHQ began a leak inquiry, interviewing everyone. Hilary Duff and husband Matthew Koma enjoy adorable family day out with their . After the issue, they moved to Turkey in 2011 with her whole family to avoid the general public eye. Ever since their story was documented in Marcia and Thomas Mitchell's 2008 book "The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War," Gun, the British whistleblower who attempted to prevent the Iraq War, and . UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, you work for the British government? What were you employed to do? It seemed like it was, you know, the wagons were rolling fast and furious towards this awful situation and I was kind of in tunnel vision. "The world is moving in a completely fascist, corporate direction," she tells me, when I ask if thinking back she'd do it all again. But when her name was released to the press, she did a few interviews before trying to reclaim her anonymity. However, the two really got to know each other on the set of a horror movie called "The Legacy" in 1978. Whistleblowing on wrongdoing is part of that fightback. It would show that when our politicians break the law they are held accountable. There is no chance of such a war crimes trial. Theyre basically cooking it. Katharine's house was searched before she was sat down to be interviewed the following morning. We were basically going to put the Iraq War on trial, she said. AMY GOODMAN: I mean, the paper had come out supporting the war. Two, there is a shadow intelligence operation going on through the Pentagon, all your favorite names on this programDouglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle. Katharine Gun. '", Things moved slowly from then. Within half an hour, the prosecution had decided to drop its case, for reasons that to this day remain mysterious. KATHARINE GUN: Well, its just serendipitous, fortuitous, whatever it is, but his asylum case was coming to an end at the same time that my case began. Both screenings feature discussions with the real Katharine Gun, South African director Gavin Hood (of 2015's "Eye in the Sky" fame), and the British journalist who helped break the story, The Guardian's Martin Bright (he worked at the sister paper The Observer at the time). They question you. Yasars wife is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the GCHQ, Government Communications Headquarters. But I watched Blair with his smug smile and his sterile speeches that tell us nothing . And its so relevant to be talking about this today, as the British government is talking about cracking down on the leaker of the memos of the British ambassador to the U.S. that forced him out. It later emerged that the newspaper was collaborating very, very closely with Tony Blair and his sort of enforcers to keep this kind of thing out of the paper. When Katharine Gun came across a memo while working for the British government in 2003, her whole world changed. Enter Katharine Gun. Angola, Cameroon, Bulgaria, Chile, GAVIN HOOD: Pakistan and Mexico. Youre sitting at the equivalent of the NSA. Gun, youre a spy. And then they changed their headline, from Condi Rice orders operation at the NSA and GCHQ to British newspaper prints fake memo.. As noted in online sources, the former spy's birth year is recorded to be 1974. But, in 2003, when she came across an email suggesting that the United States and the U.K. governments were intending to blackmail members of the United Nations to authorize an invasion of Iraq, Gunthen just 28felt morally obligated to leak the letter. It would show that there isnt a double standard. The Crown Prosecution Service was about to charge her. . Katharine Gun's age is listed as 47 years old as of 2021. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. KATHARINE GUN: Actually, time-wise, I was bailed for eight months. Ad Choices, In any walk of life, you can choose to do the right thing, whistle-blower Katharine Gun, whom Knightley plays in the film, told, Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Fragile Snowflake Donald Trump for Allegedly Trying to Censor Him, Scene Stealer: The True Lies of Elisabeth Finch, Part 1, Scene Stealer: The True Lies of Elisabeth Finch, Part 2. In April 2020, Katharine was supposed to appear at the 14th edition of the International Journalism Festival as a speaker. Please do your part today. BEN EMMERSON: Do you want to risk it all? Release date September 13, 2019 I mean, my first reaction was shock and anger. 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. His wife then took the help of MP Nigel Jones and managed to free him, and gave him the right to stay in the UK. After the meeting, the Brits and the Americans shook hands on the tarmac and walked to their planes. She had leaked a secret email revealing what was called at the time an illegal dirty tricks campaign to fix the UN vote. In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to The Observer, concerning a request by the United States for compromising intelligence on diplomats from member states of the 2003 Security Council.The diplomats were due to vote on a second United . Because I have processed it now, and Im probably a lot more clear in my thinking, explained Gun, who met with Knightley before filming. France and Russia were against a second resolution and they had a veto in the Security Council. It has been suggested that the government was desperate to ensure that documents containing advice about the legality of the war which the defence had requested would not be made public. AMY GOODMAN: Twenty-seven years old, working for thewell, for British intelligence. Gun, her husband, and their four-year-old daughter shed their coveted privacy long enough to allow Katharine to be one of two former Sam Adams Award winners to present this year's award. 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It took a maddeningly long periodeight months of existential limbobefore Gun was charged with violating the Official Secrets Act. And then, in November, came the call from her lawyer. He was forced to resign, because it showed that he called President Trump inept, and he said, you know, the singular reason that the Trump administration pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal was because it was signed by President Obama, and other issues. But you see this memo that went out to everyone in your area. And then, one morning, Katharine popped to her local shop to pick up the paper, as she did every Sunday, and there, on the front page of The Observer, was the email she'd leaked. It seemed inevitable. In bugging, in spying on, in eavesdropping, wiretapping, whatever? The defense would have argued that, at the time I leaked the memo, I believed the war was illegal. Its not true. Now, I asked around. It seemed as if the decision to go to war had already been made, that all the diplomacy then taking place was a charade. Katharine McPhee shared a sweet snap of her 6-month-old son, Rennie, playing with husband David Foster in the cabin of a private jet. These worries crystalized when GCHQ sent her to San Diego for a conference and she was invited on to an American aircraft carrier. KATHARINE GUN: Well, I was just appalled. Katharine Teresa Gun (ne Harwood) (born 1974) is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Hundreds of thousands, millions of people have been affected by it, and those effects continue to this day. I do not gather intelligence so the government can lie to the British people. This presented a problem. KATHARINE GUN: I was arrested. Were looking at the real-life political thriller of a British intelligence specialist, Katharine Gun, who risked everything to blow the whistle on U.S. dirty tricks at the United Nations in the lead-up to the Iraq invasion in 2003. You know, its not every day you get a top-secret memo, and not just a top-secret memo from GCHQ, but a top-secret memo from the NSA sent to GCHQ. Her whistleblowing was not enough to change the path of history, of course, and her last-gasp act of courage was all but forgotten in the brutal "shock and awe" of war. But, so you have to track down Frank Koza. Thats the critical point. Katharine was amongst them. Your email address will not be published. She was the real-life translator who photocopied . Some of it was to do with complications over an unfortunate spell check within the memo. "Public opinion was just so obviously against the invasion that I thought it wouldn't happen," she recalls. The drums of war are rolling at that period. Together they have a 13-year-old daughter. It was a Friday when I saw the email. JACQUELINE JONES: [played by Katherine Kelly] Intelligence may be being manipulated to take this country to war. Katharine spent that night in a cell underneath the local police station. AMY GOODMAN: So, you go to your top editors, and you say, Ive got this piece of paper. In fact, Katharine had ripped off the top. ED VULLIAMY: Well, oh, indeed, brilliantly played his subject. LONDON FEBRUARY 25: Former employee of Britains global surveillance center GCHQ (Government Communications Head Quarters) Katharine Gun smiles as she speaks to the media during a press conference February 25, 2004 in London, England. KATHARINE GUN: Youre putting me on the spot now. When she arrived, escorted by security, all her colleagues knew too. Jack Bonneau: Young Entrepreneur Net Worth And Age- His Parents Name Explored, Nancy Cimino Cause of Death, Bio, Family and Chris Cimino, Bobby OJay Net Worth, Real Name, Wedding Pictures, Wife Picture, How Much Money Does Martin Milner Make? MARTIN BRIGHT: No, it was a very unusual situation. Youre working on translating Mandarin. By Gabrielle Bruney . It is based on the whistleblowing investigation by Katharine Gun and Martin Bright. The email wasnt even meant for her. Im Amy Goodman. After the incident, Katharine struggled to find work, and her husband had grown disillusioned with Britain and then kept away from the general public eye. A year after she walked down the aisle, Ross gave birth to their only child, Cleo Rose, on September 17, 1984, in Malibu, California. We had at least a name. But I felt like straightaway it was emblazoned across my forehead: Its me! Official Secrets is released in cinemas on the 18th of October, 2019. This is viewer supported news. Katharine Gun, a shy and studious 28-year-old who spent her days listening in to obscure Chinese intercepts, decided to tell the world about a secret plan by the US government to spy on the United Nations.. She had received an email in her inbox asking her and . And so we had at least that. Tweet. The invasion proceeded more or less on time with a coalition of the willing led by the United States and Britain. "I immediately felt like I was in danger," she says, describing her internal panic, the desperation to look calm and to not draw any attention to herself. The Americans had sent GCHQ a request to spy on the UN ambassadors of the six countries with the important, perhaps swing, votes. Any intelligence gathered would be used as leverage to coerce those nations into sanctioning a war in Iraq. And then, finally, it came to me. KATHARINE GUN: Detective, I dont object to being asked to collect information that could help prevent a terror attack. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images), https://thespectator.com/topic/katharine-gun-spy-iraq-war/, US edition of the world's oldest magazine, Katharine Gun: the spy who tried to stop the Iraq war, How Syria became the worlds most profitable narco state, How the earthquake is strengthening Syrias dictatorship, Why Netanyahu is right about Israels rogue supreme court. By Nick Wall/IFC Films/Everett Collection. AMY GOODMAN: And the idea was they would figure out which way they were going to vote, so that they could sway them. And this was before Isis, which exists, in part, because of events set in train by the war. Don't worry, we'll never share or sell your information. At the end of the day, we are accountable to our conscience. Right away, Katharine knew the significance of this message. Gun is in her forties now and living quietly in Turkey. Gun was cleared of a charge under the Official Secrets Act after being . Theyre cooking this up. That contact had connections with the antiwar movement. It took two hours for the cops from special branch to reach GCHQ in Cheltenham. AMY GOODMAN: And who were these six countries? A Chinese translator? KATHARINE GUN: No. GAVIN HOOD: Who were the nonpermanent members on the U.N. Security Council at the time. I think that speaks rather highly of you. Guns story being told in Official Secrets. The memo proposed blackmailing smaller, undecided member states into voting for war. TINTIN: You gather information from peoples phones and computers, and you feed that to your clients. With the emotional adventure of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever closing out the controversial fourth, Minor spoilers ahead. It actually didnt really make a big difference at all., Gun and her legal team decided to fight charges in late 2003. Yasar's wife is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the GCHQ, Government Communications Headquarters. He was the Observer journalist who was working in Washington on this story, as well, with Martin. Know all ye by these presents that Katharine Gun is hereby awarded The Corner-Brightener Candlestick, presented by Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence. The CIA knows it. Let us learn more about the duo and where they are currently. This was thought crucial to help Blair and his government survive a no-confidence motion in the House of Commons. "Once that initial flurry died down," says Katharine, "I returned to London to meet with the team from Liberty and my lawyer, Ben Emmerson. And truth was having a hard time at The Observer at that point. I was trembling like a leaf. He had no regrets whatsoever about removing Saddam. interviewed Katharine Gun. MARTIN BRIGHT: We have towe have to protect the innocent in the [inaudible]. It wasn't the news Katharine had been preparing for. Yeah, and those are the. Just put me through. And, sure enough, Frank Koza. That was a good brain moment. She had a leading role in the 1969 film, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and Elliott had a small, untitled role. You didnt. Ms. ANDY DUMFRIES: [played by Jack Farthing] The Americans want us to help them get a U.N. resolution for war. BEN EMMERSON: You chose loyalty to your country over loyalty to your government, your marriage and yourself. It's just, back then, she didn't realise quite what her employer could be capable of. When asked by Salon how it felt to see a famous actress act out her life for an audience . And also, the memo itself contained language that was consistent with intelligence service language, so we had experts look at that, as well. Katharine continues to reside in Turkey and occasionally visits Britain as of 2020. KATHARINE GUN: If we do not go public, we would be conceding that no one can ever tell the people when their government is lying. I went with Blair on his last visit to Iraq as prime minister, in 2007. "And there in my inbox was was this email from [the US] National Security Agency, which in and of itself was quite out of the ordinary.". In Official Secrets, Gun is played by Keira Knightley while Matt Smith takes on the role of Martin Bright. And yeah, it was just a request from the NSA tofor GCHQ to assist them in bugging the domestic and office communications of the six U.N. Security Council delegates. S, Welcome to Love Like This?, a romance column where we, Kathleen Newman-Bremang and Ineye Komonibo, revisit some of the most romantic or not, in hindsig, Whether its the iconic early-aughts film Love Dont Cost a Thing or her 2021 Netflix hit Resort to Love, Christina Milian has solidified herself in th, This story contains spoilers for Netflixs You People. It was as it happened. At the time, her actions received very little attention from journalists in the United Statesunless you were watching Democracy Now! Gavin, who worked on the screenplay and is the director. 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