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GCHQ translator cleared over leak...
« on: February 25, 2004, 10:10:20 AM »
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3485072.stm

US asked British agents to tap phones of UN Security Council countries prior to the vote on second resolution over Iraq. She leaked the secret memo to a newspaper, was sacked and faced a charge relating to a Breach of the Official Secrets Act (carries jail sentence). Today was cleared since the prosecution basically didn't turn up - there was no case to answer.
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