The 1985 Ponting case was in some ways the landmark Official Secrets case. Clive Ponting, who had worked at the Ministry of Defence, walked free from court after a jury cleared him of breaking the Official Secrets Act.
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Two men are jailed for leaking a confidential memo between President Bush and Tony Blair. The Old Bailey trial highlighted the mysterious rules surrounding the Official Secrets Act. Two men have been jailed for breaking the Official Secrets Act by leaking a confidential memo between President Bush and Tony Blair.
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Bush's Unofficial Official Secrets Act: How the Justice Department Has Pushed to Criminalize The Disclosure of Non-Security Related Government Information Despite the free speech costs, President George W. Bush has created the equivalent of an official secrets act for America - and it is only growing stronger.
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A civil servant has been charged under Britain’s Official Secrets Act for allegedly leaking a government memo that a newspaper said Tuesday suggested that Prime Minister Tony Blair persuaded President Bush not to bomb the Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera. U.K. charges official with leaking Blair memo...
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www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10153489/
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A critical UN human rights report has condemned the use of the Official Secrets Act for gagging of public servants. By Duncan Campbell Powers under the Official Secrets Act have been "exercised to frustrate former employees of the crown from bringing into the public domain issues of genuine public interest,
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www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/15/labour.idcards
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Encyclopedia: Official Secrets Act
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The Official Secrets Act is any of several Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the protection of official information, mainly related to national security. The latest revision is Officia...
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If the White House or the Justice Department wanted to push these restrictive espionage statutes to the max, if they wanted to create an Official Secrets Act in America, the ground is well-plowed for them to do so.
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www.slate.com/id/2136324/
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Apologies, I have to go with the professor on this one. If I as an ordinary citizen have this sort of duty, we have an Official Secrets Act.
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www.discourse.net/archives/2006/08/us_court_finds_we_have_an_official_secrets_act.html
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Under the notorious Official Secrets Act that is an offence, and everyone connected with it is plainly guilty. There is no public interest defence. But there are problems with the Official Secrets Act.
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www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2006/01/on_the_death_of...
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