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8 unusual facts about Official Secrets Act 1911


ABC trial

The ABC Trial was a trial of charges under sections 1 and 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 trial in United Kingdom.

Attorney General v Blake

For his employment contract, he had signed an Official Secrets Act 1911 declaration to disclose no information about his work.

Disclosure of non-confidential information was also a criminal offence under the Official Secrets Act 1911.

Michael Bettaney

was an intelligence officer working in the Counter-espionage branch of MI5 who was convicted at the Old Bailey in 1984 of offences under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 after passing sensitive documents to the Soviet Embassy in London and attempting to act as an agent-in-place for the Soviet Union.

Official Secrets Act

The Official Secrets Acts 1911 and 1920 means the Official Secrets Act 1911 and the Official Secrets Act 1920.

Peter Preston

Preston was also editor when the Guardian was forced to hand over leaked government documents which were then traced to a Foreign Office copier, leading to Sarah Tisdall who was subsequently imprisoned under the Official Secrets Act 1911.

Sarah Tisdall

The machine led to Tisdall who, when confronted with the evidence, pleaded guilty to a charge under section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911.

Will Owen

William James Owen (18 February 1901 – 3 April 1981) was a British miner and politician, whose career as a Member of Parliament was ended by his trial under the Official Secrets Act 1911 for giving secrets to Czechoslovak intelligence.



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