Two Britons Face Charges For Exposing
Bush's Planned Attack on Civilian Targets
Voice of America
November 29, 2005
Two Britons have appeared in a London court to answer charges of leaking a
sensitive government memo on reported comments by President Bush about bombing
the headquarters of the Arab satellite TV channel Al-Jazeera.
Civil Servant David Keogh and former government researcher Leo O'Connor face
charges of violating Britain's official Secrets Act that bans such disclosures.
The court put off further hearings until January 10th.
Last week, a British newspaper, the Daily Mirror, reported that a leaked
British government memo had described a 2004 meeting between Prime Minister
Tony Blair and President Bush. The report quoted the memo as saying Mr. Bush
discussed plans to bomb al-Jazeera headquarters in Qatar, but that Mr. Blair
talked him out of it.
Monday, Mr. Blair denied receiving information about a plot to bomb the
station.
The White House has dismissed the report as "outlandish."
Some information for this report provided by Reuters and AP.
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