Were police right to warn Tate Modern about displaying a naked image of a 10-year-old Brooke Shields, asks
John Ozimek
CATEGORY: United Kingdom
Brown caught out on Iraq “lessons learned”
On a visit to Iraq, Gordon Brown said he asked the cabinet secretary to make two major changes in the way intelligence is used. But when Chris Ames investigated the story, he discovered that Brown had done no such thing.
No platform won’t work
Calls to ban the far-right BNP from the BBC’s Question Time can only harm democracy, says Salil Tripathi
Information Commissioner calls for tough sentences for privacy breaches
Christopher Graham says his office has been “let down by MPs”. Index on Censorship reports
Iraq inquiry must see crucial papers
Unseen comments on late drafts of the UK government’s “dodgy dossier” could be key to the understanding of build up to the Iraq war, says Chris Ames
Groucho Club in libel action
Renowned London media club moves to halt publication of claims in “exposé”. Index on Censorship and Journalism.co.uk report
Life Class
A college lecturer is facing disciplinary action after showing erotic material to his students. John Ozimek wonders what the problem is
Leaks and whistleblowing: proposals do not go far enough
Christopher Galley doubts that the latest recommendations will protect whistleblowers. Investigations into leaks need to be wholly independent of politics
Libel: Lord Sugar gets litigious
The Apprentice star and multi-millionaire’s pursuit of journalist Quentin Letts is yet another example of how England’s defamation laws favour the rich and powerful, says Toby Young
Binyam Mohamed: security services aware of treatment
A revised High Court judgment on the case of Binyam Mohamed suggests that British intelligence services were aware of the whereabouts and treatment of the Ethiopian-born former Guantanamo inmate during his detention in Morroco