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REPORTER 1: In a startling about-turn,
the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its case
against an intelligence... REPORTER 2: At 29, Katharine Gun
was facing jail for breaking the... REPORTER 3: The last thing
the government wanted within months
of a general election was a big court case focusing on the legality
of that war... REPORTER 4: The lawyers wanted
the Attorney General's secret advice
to Downing Street about whether invading Iraq
was or was not legal disclosed that the... And he was involved in deciding
whether today's case
the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its case
against an intelligence... REPORTER 2: At 29, Katharine Gun
was facing jail for breaking the... REPORTER 3: The last thing
the government wanted within months
of a general election was a big court case focusing on the legality
of that war... REPORTER 4: The lawyers wanted
the Attorney General's secret advice
to Downing Street about whether invading Iraq
was or was not legal disclosed that the... And he was involved in deciding
whether today's case
Full Transcript
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REPORTER 1: In a startling about-turn,
the Crown Prosecution Service
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has dropped its case
against an intelligence...
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REPORTER 2: At 29, Katharine Gun
was facing jail for breaking the...
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REPORTER 3: The last thing
the government wanted
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within months
of a general election
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was a big court case
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focusing on the legality
of that war...
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REPORTER 4: The lawyers wanted
the Attorney General's
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secret advice
to Downing Street
00:00:19.285 --> 00:00:22.186
about whether invading Iraq
was or was not legal
00:00:22.188 --> 00:00:24.188
disclosed that the...
00:00:24.019 --> 00:00:27.227
And he was involved in deciding
whether today's case...
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Movie Summary
The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
