Secrets and sources
For four months at the end of 2005, I was given access to an extraordinary series of Foreign Office documents concerning the government’s strategy to tackle the threat of radical Islam at home and...
View ArticleBritain: Official Climbdown
The prosecution of a Foreign Office civil servant under the Official Secrets Act has been dropped. The UK government now has questions to answer. Jo Glanville reports Derek Pasquill was charged last...
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The politics of intimidation
The Damian Green arrest confirms fears about a vengeful government and a supine media, says John Kampfner A few years back, when I was a full-time political journalist, I had a chat with a colleague...
View ArticleDerek Pasquill on Damian Green
This is a guest post by FCO whistleblower Derek Pasquill Like everyone else I was astonished by the arrest of Damian Green. I too was interrogated for the same number of hours in the same central...
View ArticleMartin Bright: whistleblower Christopher Galley should not be sacked
This is a guest post by Martin Bright The sacking of Christopher Galley, the Home Office civil servant who leaked documents to the Conservative Party, demonstrates the golden rule in such cases: the...
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Secret agenda
Former employee of Britain's global surveillance centre GCHQ Katherine Gun smiles as she leaves the Old Bailey in London, 25 February 2004. Photo: Reuters/David Bebber BEB/ASA/AA It is now more than...
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