“Official Secrets”–Blowing in the Wind
Based upon the true story of British Intelligence whistle-blower Katharine Gun (played by Keira Knightley) immediately before the planned 2003 Iraq invasion, Official Secrets exposes a joint US-UK illegal extortion plan [under President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair). Both governments colluded against members of the UN Security Council in order to obtain their votes for invasion. Gun, a minor functionary and translator of highly confidential documents, leaks a top secret NSA memo that proposes...