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Re: Leadership who is the next PM?
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
Breach of the official secrets act was been talked about on the TV.
Had no idea someones oppinion of Trump was an official secret.
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The emails which were leaked were classified - if a civil servant leaked them, both the leaker and the recipient are in breach of Section 5* of the Official Secrets Act (in view of Section 3**)...
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Originally Posted by papa smurf
Whoever is running the foreign office these days has to shoulder the blame for leaked emails etc it all happened on their watch.
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Boris Johnson was Foreign Secretary when the emails were sent - I wouldn't be surprised if they had been stored away since then for an "opportune moment"...
**Section 3 - International relations
Section 3(1)(a) creates an offence of disclosing information, documents or other articles relating to international relations. This includes confidential information, documents or other article from a State other than the United Kingdom or an international organisation. This section applies only to crown servants and government contractors.
*Section 5 - Information resulting from unauthorised disclosures or entrusted in confidence
This section relates to further disclosure of information, documents or other articles protected from disclosure by the preceding sections of the Act. It allows, for example, the prosecution of newspapers or journalists who publish secret information leaked to them by a crown servant in contravention of section 3. This section applies to everyone.
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