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Officially secret

Updated on 23 November 2005

By Channel 4 News

It's a top secret memo so sensitive that we can't tell you what it says: editors who publish the details have been threatened with jail.


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According to the Daily Mirror, it records President Bush suggesting a military strike against the Arab television station al-Jazeera and Tony Blair arguing against an attack.

There are calls for Downing Street to publish the transcript, as executives from the Qatari-based network demand to know exactly what happened.

The two men who leaked the document have been charged under the Official secrets act, and its understood the government want their case to be heard in secret to stop any more revelations.

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