15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak Damning Iraq War Memo

[@Thejellybaby]

Katherine thank you for risking it all to do what’s right. I will tell young girls your courageous story. Amy Goodman and Katherine are true role models.

[@KonstanzArrens]

@@ze1662 To paraphrase Alfred Lord Tennyson: 'Tis better to have tried and lost than never to have tried at all...obviously. :)

[@Innocent_Villain]

And it wasn't necessarily zero effect on the evolution of public political understanding anyway, even though the Iraq invasion at the time still took place obviously. Things aren't always as simple as one individual concrete action to one immediate direct concrete policy result. Another reason why it's better to have tried.

[@Research0digo]

AMEN! And, Cara, if you see this - in Walmart right now, there are what I suppose would be called 'action figures', little statuettes of the US Women's Soccer team players. Not rocket-boob-ed Barbies, but women who are # ONE; no loses, the absolute creme de la creme - yet who are making a fraction what the men* of the sport make - and *they aren't top.

[@heynowls3058]

Right on

[@gsg9205]

Betrayed her country! Odious woman. Hope she still lives in Turkey!

[@MsBurningheaven]

God Bless you Katharine Gun

[@TheLegofreak99]

"These people need to be held accountable" doesn't begin to make right the wrong. Thank you Democracy Now and Katharine!

[@alizehrizvijha1402]

brave people katharine love from india

[@anitagrahame9575]

Wonderful woman

[@emmaburgess4320]

Cannot say thank you enough .. for your courage and your humanity.. thank you also for sharing this on Democracy now.. I want my great granddaughter to read and see your story !

[@jas1049]

Katherine Gun should be given a medal for what she did. What an admirable woman.

[@leivabernie]

Excellent interview Democracy Now! And Amy Goodman

[@DouwedeJong]

Katherine you are a wonderful human being.

[@auntymammalia9384]

Great timing for this film. Keira Knightly is a huge plus. I am so in.

[@marktaylor3489]

What a great hero! Thank you for your courage, Katherine. We need more speakers of truth in govt.

[@gsg9205]

Hero?! She betrayed an oath! Odious woman!

[@gamestaryms]

@@gsg9205 It's people like you that make this world a miserable place.

[@eltribun]

I feel ashamed to admit that I have never heard of her before, MSM never covered her here in GER, people like her are REAL heroes! thank you for risking your own life for making the world a better place!

[@OMGAnotherday]

So that’s not your fault, it’s the fault of MSM not doing the job of truth seeking journalism.

[@aliaali6421]

Don’t be I did not know who she was until the year before the last year but I have to admit that I am just a teenager

[@aliaali6421]

So it is not a problem if you didn’t know her and if anyone doesn’t know her that is okay

[@aliaali6421]

@@OMGAnotherdayeven if it is not the fault of the msm it is still not his fault just saying no hate though

[@CapoKhan]

Official secret movie brought me Here. What a brave woman 💯💯💯

[@stephenkelly7397]

Me 2 God bless avery BRAVE WOMAN.❤❤❤

[@jariech87]

Thank you Katherine for trying. You went up against these evil doers. God bless you.

[@susanleslie1713]

Katherine wasn't a spy - she is just a person who has a moral compass unlike any politician who exist in the world...

[@orion8835]

Wrong. Her job at GCHQ was as a spy. Her background was a Mandarin linguist that’s all her real work was spying.

[@ajmaledappagath957]

No word can explain your courage & conviction Kath

[@lingua-multiga]

Thank you, Thank you Katherine. May you have more courage to fight wicked people and injustice. I haven't got enough words to praise you.

[@LivelysReport]

Thank you Katherine.. for all you risked and your bravery..

[@ext1013]

Just saw the film and it really validated my distrust to some of these so called leaders. the film did a good job in storytelling the real story.

[@aatt3209]

thank you for this segment, I bow down to these heroine and heroes for standing up for what's right and taking on the danger and risk to their own personal well-being to leak the memo and now a movie for Katharine Gun's story, I've never regretted going and was arrested for showing at the very first demonstration in Los Angeles against bush's war on Iraq in March 2013.

[@pookiedust]

I just found your channel. What a great program. Answered many questions I have had for years.

[@ucntcit]

This is the first time I'm hearing of this. Unfortunately it probably won't be the last. Great job!

[@PLee-vu6mp]

i had no idea this was going on. we need more people like her.

[@naweedzazai7258]

same just watched Official Secrets movie 2019 well done Kathrine

[@HonestInput]

Imagine a world with people like her, who stand unwaveringly for the truth and possess the courage to confront anyone, risking everything, just to uphold honesty

[@MrTwenty20video]

She is a patriot!

[@marcosul3992]

such a stupid statement

[@palomawoma]

@@marcosul3992 How so?

[@mac7083]

@@marcosul3992don't you mean such a true statement

[@BeyondXXY]

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”

[@gsg9205]

She betrayed an oath! How can she be a patriot! Horrible person and thankfully no longer in the UK!

[@neeraj_s]

Just saw The Official Secret movie , in quarantine-July, 2020!! What an absolute legend Katherine Gun is and also other people who helped her in all good cause !!

[@markwilliams3174]

Thank you Amy Goodman

[@theobserver9131]

Amy, you are being unusually polite and gracious for this interview!

[@whoisthispianist194]

Great work. Thanks

[@LEBXLS]

La question à se poser est comment et surtout pourquoi tous les médias du monde entier n'en n''ont-ils pas parlé beaucoup plus à l'époque? Merci à la très courageuse Katharine Gun!

[@MisterstereoOso]

Julian Assanges lawyers should use this Defense seeing as he whistle blew war crimes !

[@deanna8354]

what an important interview. thank you!

[@sicmare6344]

Katherine Gun is a hero, YOU should be given a medal!

[@RM-xf9gi]

Thank You Katherine Gun and family! True heroes! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

[@yoonisguleed8645]

it's same old song iran.

[@felixrotenberg9413]

Huge gratitude to Gavin Hood for making such a great movie.

[@Samarkis2012]

Katherine! You eternally did the right thing for mankind.

[@mapp.nl1]

We live in a moment this can happen again. Thank you for being so courageous even you could not stop the war and the loosing of so many lives and all what is happening in the aftermath. May it be an example and I hope there are people/powers who can prevent another war by western powers.

[@jacktaggart2489]

Brava Katharine! A true Peace seeker. Thank you Amy and panel.

[@coconutgrovemusicnz]

"To sin by silence when you should protest, makes cowards out of men" Ella Wheeler- Wilcox. USA Author/ Poet.

[@fakihobufu]

Katharine Gun is a hero. Please make a movie about Susan Lindauer as well.

[@moffig1]

Thanks for covering this. This needs more attention

[@jewelrybag4557]

What a courageous woman.

[@Karabetter]

Be sure to watch every moment of this! The last statement from the guest journalist is the most profound thing I have ever heard!

[@Tadaia]

And you have to wonder if its by design... brazenly lying then saying "so what?" to the public. We have yet another election coming up where the masses have accepted the idea that they must either vote for a morally bankrupt moron or a mental vegetable. Neither of these men would've gotten anywhere near a presidential ticket 40 yrs ago. I'd imagine that some very powerful people are laughing at the masses with the idea that we don't deserve true democracy, as we are so easily manipulated and distracted.

[@josimpson7999]

A fabulous program - spoiled somewhat for me by the too often interruptions by the presenter. Let your guests talk! An exceptionally brave young woman. Huge respect to Katherine.

[@GreenOrchid9]

Those who do not understand gaslighting, manipulation, systematic strategic planning by governments and multinational businesses and the media and add technology ...do not comment off the cuff👣propaganda⏰🤕🤔😷😲😈👹Amy Goodman and DN are solid

[@stacyyoust]

My goodness how well you speak emoji

[@theresewalters1696]

So it's a crime to expose criminals. And criminals have immunity. Sounds like a democracy, right?!

[@letaureau3622]

Always remember, every war is a profit . Dick Chaney made money off contractor Black Water .

[@neelroy2918]

Thank you Kartharine. I still haven't found courage to watch the movie. No idea why I have tears just watching this though. Perhaps because of all the waste of life. Just to imagine all the children who became orphans or died, let alone adults. And then ongoing horror of Afghanistan. And for what? How ordinary criminals face life sentences and these people who are responsible for such massacre spend remaining life in mansions. Shame on us for letting this happen.

[@craigevans8912]

I hope you’ve watched it by now, the second time I watched it I found myself shouting and swearing at the TV

[@neelroy2918]

@@craigevans8912 Not yet man, I still don't think I can handle it. One thing is clear: as a civilisation _of earth_ we have SO much far to go.

[@chitekwe]

The US "defence industry " should be sued under the trades description act.

[@speakerscorner232]

Awesome person, awesome film.. restores a little my faith in mankind. If only everyone in the world was lkke her. She deserves a knighthood. Her child will be so proud of her when she grows up.

[@rostgonchar7072]

very courageous act. The right to choose always remains with the person. must thank the families of American, British soldiers .

[@johnf4279]

For me as a Brit this illuminating report has a certain irony. Four Brits relating this story on Democracy Now, I assume in USA. No BBC or UK media interested in this story... Thank you Democracy Now: )

[@gen21617]

Why haven't "these people been held accountable"?

[@laniejuanitawhitehurst1624]

Too high placed (too big to jail) for justice. Manufacture “truths” hide “facts” destroy honest people typical Free World Leaders operating procedures

[@heynowls3058]

A real hero. Katharine, Thank you for you courage.

[@sapnasahil543]

Power to her for her courage. People like her are freedom fighter give up so much to save the world.

[@weisemari]

Why didn't I learn about her story since that time? Hard to watch. Keep on, spread the stuff.

[@bcs123sherwood]

just finished watching the movie, definitely worth the watch, what an incredible story

[@sadamyalukakasthuriarachch7098]

Thank you Kathrine Gun

[@B.Latifa545]

Im here minutes after watching the movie Offical secrets 😦😦 never heard about this befor

[@hrsdarwish306]

Thank you, heroes.

[@hegeliandialecticproblemre538]

Another hero

[@Kit-se3zs]

Katharine is a hero.

[@squatch545]

Can't wait to see the film.

[@mariacrouch7109]

Truely shocking all of it !!!!!

[@vaughanscott7308]

What an absolute hero. Ive never heard this story.

[@traceywilcox3108]

Why was P.N.A.C not mentioned, the document listing all the countries they wanted to invade written as far back as the late 1990s? Or it's authors?

[@nab626]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@marisolmoreno1933]

BRAVO KATHERINE GUN, YOU'RE A HERO AND A REAL EXAMPLE WORLDWIDE OF MORALITY. BLESSINGS

[@runtochrist1975]

There are many many hero's like this that are forced to be silenced by ruining their lives or murdered. What do Americans do for standing against this suppression and we need to form another union for protecting whistleblowers.

[@HomelessRomantic]

Whistleblowers really turn my crank and blow my mind

[@craigevans8912]

The first time I watched the movie I had absolutely no idea who Katherine Gunn was or what the story actually was… I was completely gobsmaked as a Brit and frustrated not to know about this swept under the carpet story. To think I voted for Blair all those years ago, the man should be in prison for war crimes not getting a knighthood.

[@indacakka4368]

I am so glad, there is people with a conscience, brave enough to do what is right! The people need to be accountable for what they have done, and in order to do that, we need people like Kathrine Gun! Well done!

[@ritabarker6802]

Brilliant discussion.

[@TakeNoPrisoners]

Apparently she hasn’t signed papers for confidentiality otherwise she’d be charged and sent to jail...

[@Ericwest1000]

Yes, it is deeply admirable what Katharine Gun did in exposing the coercion on the UN delegates to support a UN Resolution sanctioning the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. We all lived through that insane run-up to that illegal, immoral war that wreaked havoc on the Cradle Of Western Civilization. I saw the film OFFICIAL SECRETS and I highly recommend that others see it for the honesty of its portrayal - and the poignance of what was at stake in terms of the future devastation and mass death and mass fleeing of refugees that has unsettled Europe. I can't help but feel that it was the beginning of the end of US Power and dominance in the world...

[@philipgage1072]

What a wonderful person Katherine Gun is. Thank you for trying.

[@Miopop58]

If I am a believer I would say "Thanks Good for good people with conscience"

[@RonzigtheWizard]

It's so wonderful to see another great hero. Even better because she won where Ed Snowden now living in Russia, Julian Assange, now in a British jail or several other heroes that are currently being penalized in American jails and probably suffering mental and physical torture. We need a lot more heroes willing to risk the wrath of the US government to fight for the moral high ground.

[@lorrainewest7408]

More than moral issues much much more.

[@MrAhmed0745]

Katharine gun we dore you from iraq🇮🇶😍♥️

[@gsg9205]

You can have her....

[@kyrie4451]

I wish the host did not keep cutting the guests off whenever they say something.

[@1952MLS]

“Too many love pure democracy dearly. They seem not to consider that pure democracy, like pure rum, easily produces intoxication, and with it a thousand mad pranks and fooleries.” John Jay First Chief Justice SCOTUS

[@billdunne5266]

brilliant video Amy Goodman,respect

[@emiliabre]

Such stories are so inspiring for they sow true humanity and integrity.

[@Mercy45400]

All I can say thank u Katharine Gun

[@pikachu9830]

HERO!!!! HERO!!!

[@brian.7966]

I saw that film last night, it was a great film to watch, very tense, great ending.

[@pepperdine1998]

We all should watch this movie to open up our mind. Strange thing that no one held accountable.

[@AZOffRoadster]

If known criminals aren't punished, than what is the purpose of laws? So many people need to have these crimes on their official records, and serve time for their crimes. As an American, I know who I'm voting for. It ain't Harris, or Biden, or Bootyjudge, or any of the 0%ers. We need a revolution.

[@dimatadore]

These people are heroes in my book.

[@Elaine32909]

One person that really disappointed me was Colin Powell. I never cared for Condoleeza Rice, didn't vote for Bush, and although I heard many protests at the time and suspected why Bush promoted war I had heard nothing about Katherine Gun until now. I did hear that Con. Rice was whining recently and saying that she thought Hussein did hide weapons of mass destruction.

[@gunnergee2655]

I wonder whether Katherine Gun's story was put into the Chilcot Inquiry?

[@calmthemonster]

To think... all those war criminals still walk free.

[@mikepxg6406]

These dirty tricks are going on right now.

[@Simon-pl2zi]

The shameful thing is far too many British and American civilians were cheering on the Iraq war

[@learnprogress6618]

Tony Blair & goerge push should be jailed , deport Blair’s wife like he tried to her husband. Instead he just got a knighthood

[@elena16350]

Well done Kathryn .

[@hansolo7205]

Just watched this movie on a flight home. Sad but not the least bit surprised.

[@vbvba2577]

Hero!

[@Confluence323]

*still* no one in jail for this?!

[@bubskar]

Truth, lies and propaganda from both nation's leaders continue to this day

[@tpowell3776]

Amy Goodman your work has brought the desire for true journalism....Yes, slow moving, howeverThe PEOPLE are starting to see now, that the corporate media does not give a fuck about them.........Thank you for being REAL in the face of opposition...YOU give me hope..