The Iraq War Whistleblower Who Defied Her Government And Prevailed

Shadowproof Member Newsletter - 9/7

Shadowproof managing editor Kevin Gosztola reviews the film, “Official Secrets,” which tells the story of British whistleblower Katharine Gun who tried to stop the Iraq War and survived a charge of violating the United Kingdom’s Official Secrets Act.


Katharine Gun was a Mandarin Chinese translator for the British spy agency GCHQ. She saw an NSA email on …