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Official Secrets

You first need toclear it with GCHQ

you first need to
clear it with GCHQ

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00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:04.138
...you first need to clear it with GCHQ.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
83
Timestamp in Movie
01:12:30
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 had good reason to do so - Official Secrets 00:08
I had good reason to do so
I will not talk to my lawyers again - Official Secrets 00:06
I will not talk to my lawyers again
I am smoking. I've soaked the wood chips in water. - Official Secrets 00:04
I am smoking. I've soaked the wood chips in water.
- I'm so sorry to intrude. - Oh, not at all. - Official Secrets 00:04
- I'm so sorry to intrude. - Oh, not at all.
Well, it's, um, eye-opening. - Official Secrets 00:05
Well, it's, um, eye-opening.
In fact, I wondered if I might ask Ben's opinion - Official Secrets 00:08
In fact, I wondered if I might ask Ben's opinion
It won't take a minute. Would you mind? - Official Secrets 00:04
It won't take a minute. Would you mind?
Oh, come on, Ben, it's not funny. - Official Secrets 00:04
Oh, come on, Ben, it's not funny.
What she did was a deliberate act of betrayal. - Official Secrets 00:04
What she did was a deliberate act of betrayal.
I think she wants to be seen as some sort of cause celebre. - Official Secrets 00:06
I think she wants to be seen as some sort of cause celebre.
But she swore allegiance to the intelligence services - Official Secrets 00:09
But she swore allegiance to the intelligence services
Following orders is not a defense to a war crime - Official Secrets 00:04
Following orders is not a defense to a war crime
Yes, but who is she to undermine the strategic objectives - Official Secrets 00:11
Yes, but who is she to undermine the strategic objectives
She exposed an illegal attempt - Official Secrets 00:09
She exposed an illegal attempt
No, she should have kept her mouth shut - Official Secrets 00:05
No, she should have kept her mouth shut
Now I've got a real problem with people - Official Secrets 00:06
Now I've got a real problem with people
So then you would never question authority - Official Secrets 00:05
So then you would never question authority
So, I'm going to assign the best prosecutor in my office - Official Secrets 00:06
So, I'm going to assign the best prosecutor in my offic...
I appreciate your determination - Official Secrets 00:06
I appreciate your determination
If you charge her, then I will defend her - Official Secrets 00:06
If you charge her, then I will defend her