Now on bbc news, hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. What makes a whistleblower . What prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great cost to themselves . Well, my guest today is Katharine Gun. In 2003 she worked at the uks signals intelligence agency, gchq. She leaked potentially explosive information about americas covert effort to sway un diplomats to support the iraq war. She risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. Now her story has been made into a movie. But 16 years on, has her perspective changed 7 Katharine Gun, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. You are in the public eye today because of the release of a film which focuses on a fateful decision you took 16 years ago. And well talk about it in some detail. But i just want to know, at the beginning, is this gratifying for you to be back in the public eye or is it uncomfortable . Its not uncomfortable. I wouldnt say its gratifying
No one bbc news, Stephen Sackur has hardtalk. No one bbc news, Stephen Sackur has hardtalk. Now on. Welcome to hardtalk. Im Stephen Sackur. What makes a whistleblower . What prompts someone to break rank, maybe break the law, in order to expose a secret, often at great cost to themselves . Well, my guest today is Katharine Gun. In 2003 she worked at the uks signals intelligence agency, gchq. She leaked potentially explosive information about americas covert effort to sway un diplomats to support the iraq war. She risked everything, including prison, in an act that changed her life. Now her story has been made into a movie. But 16 years on, has her perspective changed 7 Katharine Gun, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much. You are in the public eye today because of the release of a film which focuses on a fateful decision you took 16 years ago. And well talk about it in some detail. But i just want to know, at the beginning, is this gratifying for you to be back in the public eye or
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