Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Legal Threats to UK Papers on Bombing Al Jazeera

GuardianUK: The attorney general Tues night threatened newspapers with the Official Secrets Act if they revealed the contents of a document allegedly relating to a dispute between Tony Blair and George Bush over the conduct of military operations in Iraq. Richard Wallace, editor of the Daily Mirror, said: "We made No 10 fully aware of the intention to publish and were given 'no comment' officially or unofficially. Suddenly 24 hrs later we are threatened under section 5 [of the secrets act]". Hmm... I wonder how long it will take before Sigfrido Ranucci, who made the "US used White Phosphorus in Iraq" documentary for Italian TV 2 wks ago, said that a US intelligence assessment had characterized WP after the first Gulf War as a "chemical weapon" but now claim that when the US uses it, it is not a chem weapon?
Posted by Tina :: 12:23 AM :: 2 Comments:

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