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British intelligence whistleblower - Katharine Gun

What makes a whistleblower? What prompts someone to break ranks, maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great cost? Stephen Sackur interviews Katharine Gun.

What makes a whistleblower? What prompts someone to break ranks, maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great cost? Stephen Sackur interviews Katharine Gun. In 2003, she worked at the UK鈥檚 signals intelligence agency GCHQ. She leaked potentially explosive information about America鈥檚 covert effort to sway UN diplomats to support the Iraq war. She risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. Now her story has been made into a movie; but, 16 years on, has her perspective changed?

Image: Katharine Gun (Credit: Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI)

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