The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War. Thomas Mitchell M.

      

      THE SPY WHO TRIED TO STOP A WAR

      Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion

      Marcia and Thomas Mitchell

       Copyright

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2019

      Copyright © Marcia and Thomas Mitchell 2008; 2019

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      Source ISBN: 9780008348564

      Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008348571

      Version: 2019-07-30

       Dedication

      For daughter Kristin and sons Alan and Jay, and for their

      loved ones – which makes them ours as well

      And for Paul and Jan Harwood,

      Katharine’s remarkable parents

       Epigraph

      It was a decision of conscience in a world where nobody celebrates that. She will go down in history as a hero of the human spirit.

      – SEAN PENN

      We are going to be in a very dangerous situation as a country if people feel they can simply spill out secrets or details of security operations, whether false or true actually, and get away with it.

      – TONY BLAIR

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

FOREWORD

THE KOZA MEMO

PART I: INVITATION TO A CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER ONE: MESSAGE SENT

CHAPTER TWO: MESSAGE RECEIVED

CHAPTER THREE: FOUR WEEKS THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

CHAPTER FOUR: CONSCIENCE MEETS INSPECTOR TINTIN

PART II: FALLOUT

       CHAPTER FIVE: DETOUR ON THE SECRET ROAD TO WAR

       CHAPTER SIX: OUTRAGE

       CHAPTER SEVEN: SILENCE IN WASHINGTON

       CHAPTER EIGHT: TAIWAN CALLING

       PART III: THE WOMAN

       CHAPTER NINE: EIGHT MONTHS IN LIMBO

       CHAPTER TEN: THE THIRD-CULTURE KID

       PART IV: THE LEGAL CASE

       CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE BLONDE WHO DROPPED THE BOMBSHELL

       CHAPTER TWELVE: DEPORTATION REVISITED

       CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE PROSECUTION AND THE DEFENCE PREPARE FOR COURT

       PART V: AFTERMATH

       CHAPTER FOURTEEN: A HISTORIC COLLAPSE AT THE OLD BAILEY

       CHAPTER FIFTEEN: REACTION, REBELLION, AND A CRUSHING NEW REVELATION

       CHAPTER SIXTEEN: AN UNCOMMON DAY IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

       CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: MOTIVATIONS, MISDEEDS, AND TRAGIC MISTAKES

       CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: WHISTLE-BLOWING: CONSCIENCE AND CONFRONTATION

       CHAPTER NINETEEN: A LIFE INTERRUPTED

       EPILOGUE