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Secrets and memos

Updated on 29 November 2005

By Lucy Manning

A civil servant and a former MPs researcher are in court charged under the official secrets act, over the memo where President Bush reportedly suggests bombing Al Jazeera.


Secrets and memos

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A civil servant and a former MP's researcher have appeared in court charged with offences under the Official Secrets act.

It's alleged that former Cabinet office advisor David Keogh passed a memo to Leo O' Connor that was protected against disclosure.

Media organisations have been warned against revealing more information from the document - in which Tony Blair allegedly persuades President Bush not to launch airstrikes against the Arab TV network Al Jazeera.

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