{"id":12434,"date":"2019-07-22T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2019-07-22T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T18:14:04","slug":"this-u-k-whistleblower-almost-stopped-the-iraq-invasion-a-new-film-tells-her-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2019\/07\/22\/this-u-k-whistleblower-almost-stopped-the-iraq-invasion-a-new-film-tells-her-story\/","title":{"rendered":"This U.K. Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion. A New Film Tells Her Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u6n1VFDJ3CY\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCzuqE7-t13O4NIDYJfakrhw\">Democracy Now!<\/a> Published on Jul 19, 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2003, Katharine Gun, a young specialist working for Britain\u2019s Government Communications Headquarters, exposed a highly confidential memo that revealed the United States\u2019 collaboration with Britain in collecting sensitive information on United Nations Security Council members in order to pressure them into supporting the Iraq invasion. Gun leaked the memo to the press, setting off a chain of events that jeopardized her freedom and safety, but also opened the door to putting the entire legality of the Iraq invasion on trial. Acclaimed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg described Gun\u2019s action as \u201cthe most important and courageous leak I have ever seen.\u201d Gun\u2019s incredible story is depicted in the new film \u201cOfficial Secrets,\u201d which premieres in the U.S. August 30. We speak with Katharine Gun; the British journalists who reported on Gun\u2019s revelations in The Observer newspaper, Martin Bright and Ed Vulliamy; and Gavin Hood, director of \u201cOfficial Secrets.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=%23DemocracyNow\">#DemocracyNow<\/a> Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?redir_token=_rSYbM1BSY66Cek0k0fm0BEhUv18MTU2MzkwNTI2OUAxNTYzODE4ODY5&amp;event=video_description&amp;v=u6n1VFDJ3CY&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdemocracynow.org\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/democracynow.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Courtesy of Bob of Occupy)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democracy Now! Published on Jul 19, 2019 In 2003, Katharine Gun, a young specialist working for Britain\u2019s Government Communications Headquarters, exposed a highly confidential memo that revealed the United States\u2019 collaboration with Britain in collecting sensitive information on United Nations Security Council members in order to pressure them into supporting&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2019\/07\/22\/this-u-k-whistleblower-almost-stopped-the-iraq-invasion-a-new-film-tells-her-story\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12435,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12434\/revisions\/12435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}