Rhino
05-09-2007, 09:04 AM
British Civil Servant Convicted of Leaking Memo on Bush-Blair Meeting
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
LONDON — A British civil servant was convicted Wednesday of leaking a classified memo about a meeting between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush in a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
David Keogh, a cipher expert, had admitted passing on the secret memo about April 2004 talks between the two leaders in which Bush purportedly referred to bombing Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
A jury continued to deliberate verdicts on a second count against Keogh and a single charge against a co-defendant, Leo O'Connor.
Keogh, 50, told London's Central Criminal Court he felt strongly about the memo, which he had to relay to diplomats overseas using secure methods, and hoped it would come to wider attention.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270943,00.html
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
LONDON — A British civil servant was convicted Wednesday of leaking a classified memo about a meeting between Prime Minister Tony Blair and President Bush in a breach of the Official Secrets Act.
David Keogh, a cipher expert, had admitted passing on the secret memo about April 2004 talks between the two leaders in which Bush purportedly referred to bombing Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera.
A jury continued to deliberate verdicts on a second count against Keogh and a single charge against a co-defendant, Leo O'Connor.
Keogh, 50, told London's Central Criminal Court he felt strongly about the memo, which he had to relay to diplomats overseas using secure methods, and hoped it would come to wider attention.....http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270943,00.html