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UK Media Gagged In "Official Secrets" Trial

Posted by timothy on from the hello-london dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to an an article at Cryptome, the UK media has been gagged from reporting on the trial of an ex-intelligence agent. More than this, they've even been gagged from reporting on the gag! Several UK websites that were covering the story have removed it. Insidious..."

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  1. Gag Order Nesting? by WeaponOfChoice · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you have been gagged from reporting on a gag on a story you have intended to run does it naturally follow that you are able to report on being gagged from reporting on the gag on the gag on the report?.[phew].

    [repeat until bored]
    Even if they gagged you again that very gag would be able to be reported on (unless it was also gagged etc)
    [end repeat]

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  2. Whew! by Snafoo · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...at least they haven't been gagged from reporting the gag on the gag.

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  3. Re:Insidious? by paul.dunne · · Score: 3, Funny
    > while the organisation itself was a joke: hidebound,
    > locked into a cold-war culture and mindset and staffed by demoralised
    > alcoholics.

    You say that like it's a bad thing! If we must have spooks, isn't it preferable that they be ineffective?