Why did you keep her in a state of distress for a year before you brought charges? The...
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Ben Emmerson:
Why did you keep her in a state of distress for a year before you brought charges?
Ken Macdonald:
The services wanted to make an example of her. If we'd dropped the case any earlier, what kind of messages would that have sent?
Ben Emmerson:
Do me a favour, Ken. Go and fish somewhere else.
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Why did you keep her in a state of distress
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for a year before you brought charges
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The services wanted to make an example of her
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If we dropped the case any earlier
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what kind of message would that have sent
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Do me a favor Ken
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Go and fish somewhere else
Clip duration: 29 seconds
Views: 184
Timestamp in movie: 01h 44m 51s
Uploaded: 20 November, 2022
Genres: biography, crime, drama
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.
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00:16 Well Ellsberg described it as
00:10 This paper can't be seen to be supporting a war
00:36 What do you know about war I work at GCHQ
00:06 Well it's everywhere Every country
00:29 CLERK Katharine Teresa Gun
00:16 Governments change
00:11 So you work for the British Government
00:17 I have also always believed
00:36 Someone in this building
00:15 What we know is that he has this material
00:19 Why did you keep her in a state of distress
00:04 Following orders is not a defense to a war crime
00:29 Why did you keep her in a state of distress