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Abrams, Elliott, 55
Afghanistan, US/UK invasion, 29–30
Aguilar Zinser, Adolfo, 29, 34, 62, 70–1, 73
Akram, Munir, 74
Alvear, Soledad, 71
Anderson, Donald, 174
Angola, 7, 16, 51, 75, 84
Annan, Kofi, 74, 160, 161, 162, 187
Arias, Inocencio, 72
Armitage, Richard L., 55
Baker, James, 73
Beaumont, Peter, 32, 34, 41
Biden, Joe, 84–5
Birmingham, University of, 103–04, 124
Blair, Tony: accusations of intelligence misuse, 99, 102, 136, 195; and bugging of Kofi Annan, 162–3; Robin Cook on conduct of, 77, 178, 189; and democratic principles, 129; deploys naval task force to Gulf, 64; Gun case shakes government of, 87, 136–7, 140–1, 153–4, 155–6, 165–7, 176–85; legal advice given to see Goldsmith, Lord (Attorney General); meeting with Bush at Crawford, 28, 57–8, 60, 190; motivations of, 179, 185–6, 190; Oval Office meeting, 12–3, 64–6; public rhetoric of, 17, 18, 27–8, 57; secret road map to war, 2, 17, 28, 34, 51–5, 57–61, 63–7; Clare Short’s criticisms of, 79; Rowan Williams on, 75; worries over Bush regime’s aggression, 56–7, 185
Bletchley Park, 12
Blix, Hans, 20, 164
Bolton, John, 55, 59
Bright, Martin, 25, 30–33, 34, 41, 81, 86, 157–8, 205
Brown, Gordon, 5, 211
Brownfield, William, 72
Bulgaria, 7, 16, 51, 74, 84
Burnett, John, 173–4
Bush, George W.: autistic extremism of, 184–5; declassified correspondence with Blair, 2; and democratic principles, 128; deploys US troops to Gulf, 64; desire to be ‘war president’, 184; and doctrine of pre-emption, 59, 62; hanging chads in Florida, 189; intent behind UN spying operation, 15, 17, 18–20, 70, 74, 85, 213, 216; meeting with Blair at Crawford, 28, 57–8, 60, 190; Oval Office meeting with Blair, 12–13, 64–6; regime change as aim of, 3, 4, 17, 28, 55–61, 65–6, 166–7, 178, 179, 185, 186; Saddam as unfinished business for, 53, 55, 179, 184; secret road map to war, 17, 27–8, 34, 51–53, 55–63, 63–7; splits within regime over Iraq strike, 58; State of the Union speech (2003), 64; and ‘the culture war’, 165
Bush, Jeb, 55
Caldwell, Alison, 158
Cameroon, 7, 16, 51, 75, 84
Campbell, Alistair, 62–3
Campbell, Sir Menzies, 145, 154, 158, 188
Carter, Jimmy, 184
Cash, Bill, 164
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 4, 205
Chakrabarti, Shami, 140, 141, 149
Challen, Colin, 160, 168–9
Cheltenham, 51
Cheney, Dick, 13, 53, 55, 184
Chilcot report (2016), 1–2, 3
Chile, 7, 16, 29, 70, 71–2, 84
China, 34, 35, 51, 69, 179, 211, 212
Chirac, Jacques, 69
Clinton, Bill, 55–6, 59, 141
Coleman-Adebayo, Dr. Marsha, 196
Cook, Robin, 66–7, 76, 77–9, 167, 178, 188–9, 214
Corbyn, Jeremy, 175
Cortopassi, Tommy, 69
Crown Prosecution Service, 2, 98, 137–8, 140–1, 147, 157–8, 162
Davies, Ben, 196
Davies, Denzil, 174
Dearlove, Sir John, 60, 61, 62
Echelon (eye in the sky), 84–5
Eckhard, Fred, 161
Edmonds, Sibel, 198–9
Ellison, Mark, 150–1, 155, 211, 212
Ellsberg, Daniel, 74, 128, 192–3, 197, 199–200
Emmerson, Ben, 128, 149, 151
Enigma code, German, 12
Evening Standard (London), 95
Falconer, Lord, 151
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 12, 46, 198, 199
Fernandez, Mariano, 71
Fleischer, Ari, 81–82
Foley, Linda, 128
Fonda, Jane, 182
Fox, Vincente, 29, 72
France, 34, 35, 51, 67, 69–70, 75, 77, 84
Franks, Tommy, 58
Gale, Stephen, 98
Germany, 67, 69, 77, 84
Gilligan, Andrew, 99
Glover, Danny, 128
Goldsmith, Lord (Attorney General), 60, 75, 141; alters legal advice to Blair, 76–7, 142, 145–7, 159–60, 164, 165–8, 169–77, 188, 195; exact details of legal advice given, 165–7, 172; Gun prosecution focuses attention on advice to Blair, 137, 141–42, 145–7, 153, 156, 158–160, 162, 164, 169–77, 184
Gore, Al, 189
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), 12, 15–9, 65, 101–2, 207–08; espionage operations against Iran, 193; and Gun’s leak of memo, 26–7, 36–7, 40–42, 128, 156; human resources administration, 98–100, 102–3; Katharine starts work at (2001), 40–1, 118–9; nature of Gun’s work at, 19, 54–5, 74, 181; new ‘doughnut’, 39, 208; staff memorandum on legality of Iraq War, 17–8, 24; Yasar’s café near, 15, 18, 21–2; see also Koza memorandum (from NSA to GCHQ)
Greece, 205
Grevil, Frank, 198
Grieve, Dominic, 168, 169–70, 171
Guardian newspaper, 1, 38, 87–8, 90, 91, 126, 148, 151, 214
Guinea, 7, 16, 51, 75, 84
Gun, Katharine, as whistleblower: appeal to potential whistle-blowers, 191–2; arrested and taken into custody, 42–3, 44–5, 46–7, 67, 87; charged with official Secrets Act offences, 123–5; charges against dropped, 148, 150–4, 155–60, 161–2, 163–5, 168–77, 183–4; confesses to leak, 40–2; conscience of, 38, 119–20, 124–5, 126, 127, 180, 189, 191, 196, 214; copies and leaks Koza memorandum, 26–7; criticism and hatred of, 180–3, 192; decision to leak e-mail, 15–16, 18–20, 23–4, 26, 118; employment disciplinary proceedings, 98–100, 102–3; GCHQ interview over leak, 36–7; has no regrets, 102, 154, 182, 214; hopes to remain anonymous, 20, 23, 26, 179; informal truth-telling alliances, 196–200; leaked email’s journey to Observer, 27, 30, 31–2; legal representation, 90–1; motivations of, 19–20, 25, 180–3, 189, 191; nature of work at GCHQ, 19, 54–5, 74, 181; and political limelight, 193–5; prosecution of, 123–30, 135–9, 140–42, 145–54, 155–60, 161–62, 168–77, 189; receives email, 15–19; released from police custody, 87–8; respects Short and Wilmshurst, 186; Scotland Yard interrogation of, 42, 45–6; support from American celebrities, 128–9; visit from Scotland Yard, 96–7
Gun, Katharine, personal life: childhood and education, 106–17; eight month limbo period, 95–105; global ethics master’s degree, 103–5; grandmother and aunts, 35, 87, 91–92, 97, 126; as loyally British, 39; marches against the invasion, 64; meets and marries Yasar, 21–22; pregnancy, 208–9, 210; quiet four weeks after leak, 28; rebuilding of normal life, 204–10; short-lived work in direct-sales, 100–1; starts work at GCHQ (2001), 40–1, 118–9; teaches in Japan, 107, 117–8, 119; wholehearted family support for, 89–90, 91–92, 95, 97–8, 103, 126; see also Gun, Yasar; Harwood, Jan (mother of Katharine); Harwood, Paul (father of Katharine)
Gun, Yasar, 15, 20, 23–4, 25, 91, 96, 100, 103–4, 148, 152–3; deportation attempts, 22–23, 131–3; eludes paparazzi, 124, 126; immigration status of, 22–3, 35, 131–4, 152, 175, 194, 202–3; and Katharine’s arrest, 43, 44, 46–7; rebuilding of normal life, 204, 206–7, 208, 209, 210; supports Katharine’s leak decision, 35–6, 39–40; work at café near GCHQ, 15, 18, 21–22
Harman, Harriet, 156, 168–77
Harwood, Jan (mother of Katharine), 88, 89–90, 106, 115, 126, 142, 208–9; in Cheltenham with Katharine, 97–8, 99, 100–1; life in Taiwan, 107–8, 109–14; strong relationship with Katharine, 97–8, 102, 113–4, 116–7
Harwood, Mike (brother of Katharine), 35, 88, 108, 109–10, 113
Harwood, Paul (father of Katharine), 22, 87–90, 91, 98, 104, 107–14, 126, 132
Hayden, Michael, 13, 53, 213
Herbert, Bob, 129
Hiroshima, Peace Memorial Park, 117–8, 119
Hogg, Douglas, 175–6
Hughes, Beverley, 132, 133
Hughes, Chris, 30
Hugill, Barry, 152, 157
Hutton enquiry, 136, 201
Hyam, Michael, 153, 155
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA), 205
intelligence agencies; Clare Short revelations, 160–1, 162–3, 187; disquiet over legality of war, 17–8, 17, 61, 65; Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), 61, 66–7; Koza memorandum ‘acted on’ by, 27; notorious dossier on Iraq, 62–3, 195; Shayler on misuse of secrecy, 158; unwritten rules of leaking/briefing, 20–1; see also Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
intelligence agencies, US, 17, 193, 211–14; Clare Short revelations, 160–1, 162–3; NSA as most mysterious of, 11–12; see also Koza memorandum (from NSA to GCHQ); National Security Agency, US
International Atomic Energy Agency, 63
Iran, 4, 60, 191–94, 215
Iraq War: and 2008 presidential election, 125; British intelligence/official disquiet at legality of, 17–8, 27, 61, 65; and British public opinion, 61, 64, 136, 156, 166, 188–9; Gun prosecution as test of legality of, 135–7, 145–7, 153–4, 156, 163–4; House of Commons debate on Gun case (26 February 2004), 168–77; political hindsight over in US, 2; search for legal justification for, 3, 20, 57–8, 59–61, 65–6; start of (March 2003), 90; tawdry tale of run-up to in USA, 53–4, 55–67, 68–80, 81–86; and US public opinion, 64; see also Gun, Katharine, as whistleblower; Koza memorandum (from NSA to GCHQ)
Islam, 188, 182–3
Ivins, Molly, 129
Jackson, Jesse, 128
‘Jane’ (accomplice), 23, 26, 27, 29–30, 45–6
Japan, 107, 117–8, 119
John Paul, Pope, 75
Jones, Jon Owen, 175
Jones, Nigel, 132, 175
Jowell, Tessa, 169
Kelly, Dr David, 200–1
Kinsley, Michael, 54
Koza, Frank, 11-12, 32–3, 64–5, 66, 102
Koza memorandum (from NSA to GCHQ), 7–8, 11–14, 16–7, 28, 64–5, 66; ‘acted on’ by British intelligence, 27; continuing importance of leak, 213–7; Gun copies and leaks, 26–7; Gun receives email, 11–12, 15–9; Gun’s decision to leak e-mail, 11, 12, 13–14, 18–9, 23–4, 26, 118; Observer’s publishes, 33–6, 38, 67, 68, 81–2, 88; publication reveals Bush/Blair secret map to war, 51, 52–3; Ridley offers to press, 30–42; US media ignores leak, 69–70, 74, 81–86, 88, 157, 164–5
Lagos, Ricardo, 71–2
Lander, Stephen, 62–3
Lavrov, Sergey, 161
legal system, UK: Code for Crown Prosecutors, 137–8, 168–9; CPS independence, 140–1, 162; defence of necessity/duress, 158–9, 141, 145–7, 156, 171, 174, 175, 189; public interest defence as not permitted, 138; reasons for collapse of Gun case, 155–60, 161–62, 168–9, 183–4; Shawcross exercise, 169–70; see also Official Secrets Act (OSA)
Libby, I. Lewis ‘Scooter’, 55, 199
Liberty, 91, 99, 100, 123–4, 127–30, 138–9, 147–9, 152–3, 159, 217; Advance Notice of Defence Statement, 135, 142, 145–7, 156, 157, 170, 184
Locke, Keith, 74–5
Los Angeles Times, 54, 85
Lutz, Robert, 180–1
Macdonald, Ken, 141, 162
Manning, David, 51, 65
McAllister, J.F.O., 135, 136
McCain, John, The Restless Wave, 4
McCarthy, Mary, 200
McGovern, Ray, 197–8, 199, 204
McKay, Sir William, 172
Menwith Hill (Yorkshire), 75, 193
Mexico, 29, 35, 62, 70–1, 72–3
MI5, 62–3
MI6, 32, 60, 61, 62
Middle East, 179, 184, 193, 195
Morrison Academy (Taiwan), 110–12, 114, 115, 119
motivation, human, 179–90, 191
Mueller, Robert, 199
Muñoz, Heraldo, 72
National Security Agency, US: illegal spy operation on UNSC, 16–17, 68, 69–75, 79–80, 81–86, 87–90, 146, 164–5, 176, 213–17 see also Koza memorandum (from NSA to GCHQ)issues of compliance with law, 213; Kunia (Hawaiian listening post), 212; spying on China, 211, 212
Negroponte, John, 70
New York Times, 58, 65, 83, 129, 157
news media, British, 20–1, 76–7, 125–6, 127, 129–30, 151–2, 153, 157; see also Observer newspaper
news media, US, 54, 83, 128–9, 157, 205; ignores Koza memo leak, 69–70, 74, 81–86, 88, 157, 164–5; mission to help war effort, 69–70, 74, 81–86, 88
Norton-Taylor, Richard, 38, 87
Observer newspaper, 30–32, 59, 74, 90–1, 127, 157–8, 213, 216–7; possibility of legal action against, 25, 33, 41; publishes memo, 33–6, 38, 67, 68, 81–82, 88; Shayler injunction, 33; vetting process to authenticate memo, 32–3
Official Secrets Act (OSA), 33–4, 41–2, 98, 100, 171, 180–82, 187, 211–13; 1989 revision of, 41, 138, 139, 140; Katharine Harwood signs, 40–1, 119; Ponting case, 139–40; pressure for reform of, 153, 157, 213, 216–7; public interest as not a defence, 138, 139, 140; publishing as an offense under, 25, 33; Shayler case, 33, 138, 139, 140, 212–3
oil, 69, 179
Old Bailey, 149–52
Pakistan, 7, 16, 51, 73–4, 84
Palestine state issue, 57–8, 78–9
Pasquill, Derek, 211, 212
Paxman, Jeremy, 153
Penn, Sean, 128
Pentagon Papers, 74, 192
Pepper, David, 12, 53, 102–3
Perle, Richard, 55, 56
Plame, Valerie, 55
Plato, 178, 179, 184
Ponting, Clive, 139–40
Powell, Colin, 17, 28–9, 34, 58, 63, 66
Priest, Dana, 200
Project for a New American Century (PNAC), 55–6
Public and Civil Services Union, 91
religion, 110–12, 184
Rice, Condoleezza, 13, 35, 64–5, 72–3, 214
Richards, Sir Francis, 12, 27, 53, 60
Ridley, Yvonne, 29–32, 37, 46, 125
Robertson, Hugh, 177
Rowley, Coleen, 198, 199
Rumsfeld, Donald, 13, 55, 58
Russia, 34, 35, 51, 73, 69, 73, 77, 84, 161
Rycroft, Matthew, 51
Saddam Hussein, 2, 3, 17, 51, 63–4, 186, 189, 194–5; Clinton’s efforts to topple, 55–6, 59; illegal US/UK air attacks on (2002), 58–9; and oil, 69, 179; as unfinished business for Bush regime, 53, 55–6, 179, 184
Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, 198
Scarlett, John, 61, 66–7
Serrano, Jose, 69
Shayler, David, 33, 138, 139, 140, 158, 212–3
Sheen, Martin, 128
Short, Clare, 56–7, 58, 76, 77, 78–9, 159–60, 163, 179, 186–7, 214
Slaughter, Anne-Marie, 84
Smale, Alison, 83
Solomon, Norman, 81, 83
Spain, 59, 64
Starr, Donald, 116
Steinem, Gloria, 128
Stop the War Coalition, 31, 193–4
Straw, Jack, 12, 71
Taiwan, 28, 35, 39, 87–90, 104, 106–14, 119
Tavrov, Stefan, 74
Tenet, George, 13
Time Magazine Europe, 1
The Times newspaper, 82
Tomlinson, Richard, 140
Trenear-Harvey, Glenmore, 181, 182–3
Turkey, 5, 22–23, 132-33
United Kingdom: Cabinet Office briefing paper (July 2022), 54, 60; ‘Downing Street memorandum’ (July 2002), 54, 60–1, 166–7; illegal bombing of Iraqi targets (2002), 58–9; leaked papers from July 2002, 54, 60–1; Parliament, 52, 53, 54, 61, 63, 168–77; see also Blair, Tony; intelligence agencies, British
United Nations: Clare Short revelations, 160–1, 163, 187; General Assembly, 62; long history of spying at, 52, 73–4, 215
United Nations Security Council (UNSC): Powell’s WMD pitch to, 17, 28–9, 34, 63, 66; Resolution 1441 on Iraq, 63, 65, 67, 159, 166, 188; second resolution, campaign for, 17, 18–20, 28–9, 34, 36, 51–52, 65–6, 83–5; second resolution, failure to secure, 68–70, 142, 145–6, 166, 188, 213–4; UN investigation into US bugging, 74; US illegal spy operation on, 68, 69–75, 79–80, 81–86, 87–90, 146, 164–5, 176, 213–7 see also Koza memorandum (from NSA to GCHQ)US pressure/’arm-twisting’ on undecided countries, 28, 29, 34, 35, 52, 70–74, 75, 85–6, 216
United States: anti-French protests, 69–70; Congress, 52, 58, 63, 69, 84–5, 102, 125; failure to notice international upheaval, 79–80, 81–86, 88, 164–5; federation of churches anti-war plan, 78–9; illegal bombing of Iraqi targets (2002), 58–9; presidential election campaign (2008), 125; shocking dirty secrets since 9/11, 195, 212; tarnished image abroad, 216; tawdry tale of run-up to Iraq war, 53–4, 55–67, 68–80, 81–86; types of information whose disclosure is criminalized, 199; see also Bush, George W.; intelligence agencies, US
Valdés, Juan Gabriel, 29, 34, 70, 71, 72
Vasagar, Jeevan, 38, 87
Vienna convention on diplomatic relations, 161, 176
Vietnam War, 74, 192
Villepin, Dominique de, 75
Vulliamy, Ed, 32–3, 34, 41, 85
Wadham, John, 46, 91, 98–99
Waihopai spy base (New Zealand), 74–5
Wallis, Jim, 78
Washington Post, 73, 83–5, 157, 200
weapons of mass destruction (WMD): ‘45-minute threat’, 61, 62, 63, 66–7, 99; Hans Blix’s inspection team, 20, 63, 64, 164; Bush case as thin, 51, 60–1; failure to find, 135, 136, 193; Powell’s pitch to UNSC, 17, 28–9, 34, 63, 66; as pretext for regime change, 17, 28, 54, 57, 66, 166–7, 178, 179, 186, 193; scepticism at UNSC about intelligence reports, 69; and US public opinion, 54
Weir, Michael, 176
Welch, James, 138–9, 148, 149, 151–51, 156–7
West, Nigel, 181–82, 193–4
whistle-blowers: and 1989 revision of OSA, 41, 138, 139, 140; American University symposium (2004), 197–9, 204; consequences for, 195–4, 198–9, 200–1, 202–10; deluge of leaks after Gun, 189, 215; Ellsberg as most celebrated, 74, 128; Gun as leader, 191–192, 214–5; Gun on necessity of, 191, 194–5; importance of in USA, 216; and issue of timing, 183, 192–3; truth-telling alliances, 196–200; Truth-Telling Project, 199–200, 205; ‘unlikely’ candidates, 191, 196–7
Whitmer, Dr. Peter O., 184–5
Williams, Rowan, 75
Wilmshurst, Elizabeth, 68, 76–7, 79, 147, 165, 172, 179, 186, 187–8, 214
Wolfowitz, Paul, 55
Woolf, Lord, 138
Workman, Timothy, 127
World Trade Centre attacks (9/11), 3, 198–199
Wright, Tim, 69
Yemen, 73