Official Secrets

Official Secrets details the true-life case of British whistleblower Katharine Gun. The former translator exposed intelligence to the press concerning an illegal National Security Agency spy operation that was blueprinted to greatly influence members of the UN Security Council into authorizing the 2003 Iraq invasion. The memo leaked by Gun detailed a plan to blackmail undecided UN members in an effort to influence them into voting for war. Making headlines around the world, Gun and the London-based journalist who published the sensitive information faced legal consequences associated with their plight to expose the truth.