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Official Secrets Act

Title
Official Secrets Act
Genre
News report
TX Date
8 Apr 1984
Year of production
1984
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Duration
00:03:44
Description
Tim Crook reports on the Official Secrets Act, the way it is used, and how it has been kept on the statute books by successive governments despite judges’ recommendations. Includes comment on the trial of Jonathan Aitken and of the Sunday Telegraph. Report comes prior to the Sarah Tisdall case tomorrow (FCO clerical officer accused of passing documents on nuclear missiles to a newspaper).
Contributors
Tim Crook
Keywords
Legislation; Newspapers; Right to information; Civil servants; Freedom of the press; Trials; Law reform; Documents; Official Secrets Act; Jonathan Aitken; Sunday Telegraph; Royal commissions; Sarah Tisdall

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