| The government has dropped charges against a translator accused of leaking a top-secret U.S. memo widely reported to have been seeking London's help in spying on United Nations members in the run-up to the Iraq war.
Katharine Teresa Gun, a 29-year-old Mandarin Chinese speaker, had been charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act. Saying they did not anticipate winning, prosecutors at London's Old Bailey court withdrew their case against Gun, an ex-employee of the global surveillance centre GCHQ. After her arrest last March, Gun said she had "followed her conscience" in leaking the e-mail memo, which, she said, "exposed serious illegality and wrongdoing on the part of the U.S. government, who attempted to subvert our own security services". |
Okay. A step in the right direction. Even if it is a step in the UK.
Whistleblower information:
How to be a whistleblower and keep your job (UK)
When You Must Report Misconduct: Expert advice
The National Whistleblower Center
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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