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Official Secrets

You don't need to riskyour freedom to prove it

You don't need to risk
your freedom to prove it

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You don't need to risk your freedom to prove it.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
56
Timestamp in Movie
01:23:48
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Genres
biography, crime, drama
Production
Clear Pictures Entertainment,Classified Films,Screen Yorkshire,Entertainment One,Sierra/Affinity,Entertainment One Features,The Mark Gordon Company

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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.
I confessed that I leaked a memo in order to try and save lives. - Official Secrets 00:04
I confessed that I leaked a memo in order to try and save li...
And we will use that argument to ask for a reduced sentence. - Official Secrets 00:06
And we will use that argument to ask for a reduced sentence.
Given how badly the war is going, - Official Secrets 00:05
Given how badly the war is going,
Which I would carry with me for the rest of my life - Official Secrets 00:06
Which I would carry with me for the rest of my life
We would be conceding - Official Secrets 00:09
We would be conceding
JAMES: Not when the lies are protected - Official Secrets 00:05
JAMES: Not when the lies are protected
I mean, if you're saying that I have to plead guilty - Official Secrets 00:08
I mean, if you're saying that I have to plead guilty
I'm sorry, Katharine, - Official Secrets 00:07
I'm sorry, Katharine,
Post Belgrano, there really is no defense - Official Secrets 00:05
Post Belgrano, there really is no defense
Am I? What are the requirements for a defense of necessity? - Official Secrets 00:04
Am I? What are the requirements for a defense of necessity?
Yes, right, well, the invasion posed - Official Secrets 00:05
Yes, right, well, the invasion posed
Katharine has no right to try and prevent a war - Official Secrets 00:04
Katharine has no right to try and prevent a war
- Unless the war is illegal. - SHAMI AND JAMES: What? - Official Secrets 00:04
- Unless the war is illegal. - SHAMI AND JAMES: What?
- (CHUCKLES) - Wait, wait, so now we're going to put the war on trial? - Official Secrets 00:04
- (CHUCKLES) - Wait, wait, so now we're going to put th...
I believe that Katharine Gun tried to stop an illegal war. - Official Secrets 00:05
I believe that Katharine Gun tried to stop an illegal war.
What she did was necessary - Official Secrets 00:06
What she did was necessary
And Goldsmith specifically stated - Official Secrets 00:06
And Goldsmith specifically stated
Because Blair spent a lot of energy - Official Secrets 00:05
Because Blair spent a lot of energy
When Lord Goldsmith finally said - Official Secrets 00:07
When Lord Goldsmith finally said
All we need is a hint - Official Secrets 00:05
All we need is a hint