Film
Official Secrets (15)
Dir. Gavin Hood, UK, 2019, 112 mins. Cast. Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Ralph Fiennes.
In 2003, as politicians in Britain and the US push to invade Iraq, GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that advocates spying on members of the UN Security Council to force through the resolution to go to war. Charged with breaking the Official Secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and her lawyers set out to defend her actions.
In 2003, as politicians in Britain and the US push to invade Iraq, GCHQ translator Katharine Gun leaks a classified e-mail that advocates spying on members of the UN Security Council to force through the resolution to go to war. Charged with breaking the Official Secrets Act, and facing imprisonment, Katharine and her lawyers set out to defend her actions.
