Peter Preston on Spycatcher injunction ruling

Title

Peter Preston on Spycatcher injunction ruling

Genre

Interview

TX Date

30 Jul 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:01:57

Description

Guardian Editor Peter Preston’s stupefaction at the decision of the Court of Appeal Law Lords to support an injunction banning newspaper reportage of former intelligence officer Peter Wright’s Spycatcher memoirs, particularly as the book is now freely available. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Peter Preston

Keywords

Books; Newspapers; Press; Freedom of the press; Espionage; Spies; Legal decisions; Intelligence service; Peter Wright; Spycatcher; Injunctions

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