Here we have yet another fact-based movie about an
intelligence officer who betrays her country and her oath. Here again, we have yet
another whitewash by the entertainment industry who appear to hold these
traitors in high esteem.
This is the story of a linguist – Katharine Gun – employed
by the highly secretive Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), the
signals intelligence organization of the
the American National Security Agency (NSA).
Note how the movie is described by Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes,
and IMDB.
You see the same mantra repeated over and over to the point
that people start believing it. Terms like “whistleblower,” “illegal,” “spy,”
and “unlawful” are just incorrect when applied to Katherine Gun and her
betrayal. The movie also repeats these falsehoods ad nauseam, also adding the
ludicrous charge that the
States
members of the United Nations Security Council.
Katharine Gun is not a whistleblower, which is a specific
legal term here in the
States
there are specific requirements for someone to qualify for “whistleblower” protection,
including how and to whom to report illegal activities. None of those involve
leaking highly classified defense or intelligence information to the media –
which is exactly what she did.
Nothing that NSA did violates
statutory legal protocols that allow for just this activity. Collecting
intelligence from foreign communications is what NSA does. If the
communications occur in the
States
Intelligence Surveillance Court. None of the countries mentioned in the Koza email enjoy
any immunity from surveillance by American intelligence services.
Read the email for yourself. I see no indication of
blackmail or anything that would violate
Text of a Top Secret/Comint email claimed to have been sent
by Frank Koza of the NSA Regional Threats (RT) office on January 31, 2003. The
recipients were officials of NSA’s British counterpart, Government Communications
Headquarters (GCHQ):
As you’ve likely heard by now, the Agency is mounting a
surge particularly directed at the UN Security Council (UNSC) members (minus US
and GBR of course) for insights as to how to membership is reacting to the
on-going debate RE: Iraq, plans to vote on any related resolutions, what
related policies/ negotiating positions they may be considering, alliances/
dependencies, etc – the whole gamut of information that could give US
policymakers an edge in obtaining results favorable to US goals or to head off
surprises. In RT, that means a QRC surge effort to revive/ create efforts
against UNSC members
and
focus on
UN matters.
We’ve also asked ALL RT topi’s to emphasize and make sure
they pay attention to existing non-UNSC member UN-related and domestic comms
for anything useful related to the UNSC deliberations/ debates/ votes. We have
a lot of special UN-related diplomatic coverage (various UN delegations) from
countries not sitting on the UNSC right now that could contribute related
perspectives/ insights/ whatever. We recognize that we can’t afford to ignore
this possible source.
We’d appreciate your support in getting the word to your
analysts who might have similar, more in-direct access to valuable information
from accesses in your product lines. I suspect that you’ll be hearing more
along these lines in formal channels – especially as this effort will probably
peak (at least for this specific focus) in the middle of next week, following
the SecState’s presentation to the UNSC.
Thanks for your help.
No one should be surprised that the
foreign communications – that is the core mission of both NSA and GCHQ. To
imply that this email indicates illegal, illicit, or immoral activity is ludicrous.
As for the movie production itself – it has well-known
British actors who are skilled at their craft. That said, I am disappointed
that they chose to appear in this anti-American whitewash of treasonous
activity. Are they condoning such behavior? It would appear so.
Pass on this one.
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