Official Secrets
Sep. 6th, 2020 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jazzy_daveLast night i watched the 2019 docudrama Official Secrets on Amazon Prime. This film is based on the life of whistle-blower Katharine Gun who leaked a memo from GCHQ detailing that the United States wanted to eavesdrop on diplomats from countries tasked with passing a second United Nations resolution on the invasion of Iraq. She leaked a secret memo exposing an illegal spying operation by the United States of America, looking for information with which to gauge sentiment of and potentially blackmail United Nations diplomats tasked to vote on a resolution regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq and thus the war would be am illegal one based on false information about WMD's.
The film stars Keira Knightley as the whistle-blower and Matt Smith (ex-Doctor Who) as the newspaper reporter from the Observer that broke the story from the leaked memo.
Thoroughly fascinating and entertaining it was plus a brilliant portrayal by Keira. I highly recommend it.
This is the trailer for this movie.
The film stars Keira Knightley as the whistle-blower and Matt Smith (ex-Doctor Who) as the newspaper reporter from the Observer that broke the story from the leaked memo.
Thoroughly fascinating and entertaining it was plus a brilliant portrayal by Keira. I highly recommend it.
This is the trailer for this movie.
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