Legal Matters: Would You Reveal Top Secrets? ; On New Year's Day New Legislation Aimed at Making Access to Information Easier Comes Into Force. Former Gchq Translator Katherine Gun Tells Emma Brady Why the Freedom of Information Act Will Not Unlock the Government's Secrets

Birmingham Post › December 01, 2004

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Whether it was right or wrong to go to war with Iraq has been a matter for heated debate - before, during and after the conflict.

The constant bone of contention has been the Government's use of information provided and interpreted by American and British secret services.

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Legal Matters: Would You Reveal Top Secrets? ; On New Year's Day New Legislation Aimed at Making Access to Information Easier Comes Into Force. Former Gchq Translator Katherine Gun Tells Emma Brady Why the Freedom of Information Act Will Not Unlock the Government's Secrets

But any hopes the new Freedom of Information Act will open a Pandora's box of dark secrets were dashed last week by the Lord Chancellor Lord Falconer who confirmed MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the ...

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