[Nextrush]

This is a much more important story for all the leaks that happen in the US and the UK designed to hurt policy in the war on terrorism.

I caught wind of it when AP ran with the story a few hours ago.

These people are partisan leakers and this only reinforces the point.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Is that the Downing Street memo that the DUmmies are always babbling about?

[greyfoxx39]

What strikes me about the story is that a leaker is actually on trial somewhere!

[Southack]

The leftist conspiracy is international.

[SE Mom]

See this?

[sgtbono2002]

People who are entrusted with a Secret clearance are not the Judges of what is to be de-classified.. It isnt their decision to make, when a document should be shown to the public or to someone other than it was intended for.

Secret information is always on a need to know basis. In other words anyone who doesnt need to know that information isnt privy to it, and persons entrusted to handle that information arent the arbiters of who has a need to know.

When people start passing out information that hasnt been cleared to give out ,they break the law,They break a confidence, they beak their oath.

They should be punished severely. If they cannot keep the information secret they should resign, If they divulge the secret they should be incarcerated. They are traitors.
A leaker isnt a whistleblower, he is an agent for the enemy, a spy. A criminal.

It doesnt matter whether he is a small time Government employee or a Senator. That person is an enemy of the State.

[rod1]

Kerry spied, people died.

[Liberty Valance]

David Keogh is a former
civil servant


Leo O'Connor worked
for a Labour MP

[Enchante]

"The main person in my mind was John Kerry, who at the time was American candidate for the US presidential election in 2004"

Just in case anyone really questions that weasels in Europe and weasels in the USA work in tandem -- they do not have to meet face-to-face or overtly coordinate their activities in order to work together (though they sometimes do, as when Howie Dean and others fly over to suck up to EU socialists). This treasonous socialist weasel leaked this doc, the DBM had a field day on both sides of the Atlantic, and it helped the Kerry campaign as intended (fortunately it did not put Jon Cary over the top).

In the UK, it ought to be an open-and-shut case of a violation of the OSA....... whether they will have the 'nads to put this scumbag away for a very long time is another question.

[scratcher]

"The discussions ranged over a number of issues of a sensitive nature," said Mr Perry.

"This document contained information about this nation's defence interests and this nation's international relations."

The judge told the jury that parts of the case relating to sensitive material and matters of national security would be held in camera away from the public.

Traitors shound be hung.
 

[henbane]

[Expected outcome]After the trial, David Keogh and Leo O'Connor were found guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act.
The following day, they made the painful three mile journey to the Tower.
The two disgraced Englishmen halted at the hospital of St. Giles-in-the Fields where, in accordance with tradition, the condemned men were offered a bowl of ale.
Then they passed through The Traitor's Gate to the scaffold where David Keogh and Leo O'Connor were hanged, drawn,and quartered as traitors to the British people.

The Traitor's Gate

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Leaked Bush memo 'aimed at Kerry'

Kerry? Kerry? Oh, yeah, Jean Francois Kerry. Wasn't he in Vietnam?

[WhiteGuy]

The contents of the memo are so sensitive that much of their trial is being held behind closed doors so that they cannot be heard by the public.

Sensitive, but true? The subject matter of the “memo” is the real story..............

[maica]

Have you ever heard of Melita Norwood? I read about her when she made the statement in the clip below. She had worked for a company that did research on uranium and other metals needed for atom bomb production, and passed on everything she could to the Soviet Union.

The news coverage was "ho-hum, why get excited about an old lady", when it should have been asking "how many people today operate on the principle that America should not be the only power with certain secrets?"

The public's first picture of her was of a slightly stooped, great-grandma reading this statement to reporters massed outside her front door. "I did not want money. It was not that side I was interested in. I wanted Russia to be on equal footing with the west."

The neighbours were gobsmacked; her daughter expressed amazement; and Norwood, with typical British phlegm, said: "I never considered myself a spy, but it's for others to judge." Then she politely closed her front door to the media, and Bexleyheath went about its daily business, respecting the privacy of former Agent Hola behind her privet hedge.

Melita Norwood, clerk, secretary and spy, born March 25 1912; died June 2 2005

By Guardian Unlimited © Copyright Guardian Newspapers 2006 Published: 6/27/2005

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/6-27-2005-72218.asp