Saberi ‘had classified document’
A lawyer for US-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi says she was convicted of spying for the US partly because she had obtained a classified document, containting a confidential Iranian report on the US...
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Iraq: “A secret inquiry is storing up trouble”
A private investigation into the Iraq war will only backfire on Gordon Brown, writes Chris Ames Does Gordon Brown really think he will get away with a secret Iraq inquiry that — surprise, surprise —...
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Expenses scandal is a watershed for freedom of information
Transparency is no longer just an obsession for journalists and campaigners, writes Chris Ames The Telegraph may –– or may not –– have reached the bottom of the very large barrel that is the MPs’...
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Iraq inquiry: silencing witnesses
Public hearings into the Iraq war are set to begin on 24 November, the panel’s chairman Sir John Chilcot said today. But witnesses still do not know whether the evidence they give will ever make its...
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“Government is gagging Iraq inquiry”
The government’s control over what the Chilcot Inquiry can publish and the questions it can ask is providing a watered-down account of why Britain went to war and an easy ride for witnesses argues...
View ArticleWikiLeaks posts video showing journalists killed in Iraq
On 5 April, Wikileaks, the website that publishes sensitive leaked material, released a video showing a 2007 US military airstrike that killed about a dozen Iraqis in eastern Baghdad. Among the dead...
View ArticleRobert Gates criticises Wikileaks
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has criticised Wikileaks, over its release of a video showing a 2007 US helicopter attack that killed 12 people in Baghdad. Gates said the videos released by the group...
View ArticleUSA: Pentagon braces for more leaks
The Pentagon is preparing itself for the release of 400,000 intelligence files relating to the Iraq war. Following Wikileaks’ release of 77,000 files concerning operations in Afghanistan, the...
View ArticleUnited States: More than 100 protesters arrested
Around 30 demonstrators were arrested at a protest demanding the release of Private Bradley Manning on Sunday. The demonstration was held at the Quantico marine base in Virginia, where Manning is being...
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Gore Vidal: The end of liberty
Gore Vidal, who died this week, was often scathing in his attacks on US foreign policy. In April 2002, Index on Censorship magazine was the first English-language publication to feature this essay,...
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