Sarah Tisdall prosecution for leaks

Title

Sarah Tisdall prosecution for leaks

Genre

Speech

TX Date

9 Apr 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:00:32

Description

Parliamentary speech by Attorney General Sir Michael Havers on his decision to prosecute and the uphold the appeal relating to the conviction of Sarah Tisdall, former Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) clerical officer for leaking documents on Cruise nuclear missiles to a newspaper.

Contributors

Michael Havers

Keywords

Newspapers; Right to information; Civil servants; Nuclear weapons; Legal decisions; Missiles; Conviction; Appeals; Sarah Tisdall; FCO

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