Katharine Gun Quotes


I was just wondering if I'd ever get a visa to go to the U.S. Probably not.


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Subramanian, Samanth. "The whistleblower who tried to stop the Iraq war." The Guardian, Guardian News & Media, 22 Sept. 2019.

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  • Nationality: British
  • Profession: Linguist

Katharine Teresa Gun (née Harwood) (born 1974) is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to The Observer, concerning a request by the United States for compromising intelligence on diplomats from member states of the 2003 Security Council, who were due to vote on a second United Nations resolution on the prospective 2003 invasion of Iraq.