VIDEO: War, Journalism and Whistleblowers: 15 years after Katharine Gun’s truth telling – Press Conference 1 March 2018

By Norman Solomon

March 12, 2018

Press conference held the day before the 15th anniversary of the Observer’s publication of the March 2, 2003 story “US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war” — based on a leak by GCHQ linguist and analyst Katharine Gun – revealing the US National Security Agency’s UN surveillance memo that aimed to grease the way for the Iraq invasion.

Speakers: Thomas Drake; Katharine Gun; Matthew Hoh; Jesselyn Radack
Moderated by Norman Solomon

Press Conference – 1 March 2018
Sponsored by ExposeFacts and RootsAction.org

About Norman Solomon

Norman Solomon is the author of “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death.” He is a co-founder of RootsAction.org and the executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy.

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