Description
INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETS
FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION
In January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agency that would turn her world upside down. The message requested Katharine's assistance in co-ordinating an illegal US-UK spy operation which would secure UN authorisation for the Iraq invasion. Horrified, she decided to leak the information to the British press.
Katharine's decision would change her life forever, as she was arrested under the Official Secrets Act whilst becoming a cause c l bre for political activists. The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War is the definitive account of a whistleblower case that reads like a thriller, and will ask you the same question that was asked of Katharine that cold January day - where do your true loyalties lie?
Author: Marcia Mitchell, Thomas Mitchell
Publisher: William Collins
Published: 08/27/2019
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780008355692
ISBN10: 000835569X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Iraq War (2003-2011)
- Political Science | Intelligence & Espionage
- Political Science | Privacy & Surveillance (see also Social Science | Privacy &
About the Author
Marcia Mitchell is the author of numerous non-fiction and fiction books. She is a former Associate Director of the American Film Institute, and former senior executive of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. She divides her time between her homes in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Southern California.