In November 2005, British civil servant David Keogh and parliamentary researcher Leo O'Connor were respectively charged with offences under Section 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 in the United Kingdom.
[1][2] The charges against the pair relate to the alleged leak of a secret memo containing what purports to be a discussion between then British Prime Minister Tony Blair and United States President George W. Bush at April 2004.
On 10 January 2006, Neil Clark, solicitor for O'Connor, was shown the memo and declared it posed no threat to national security.
Elaborate procedures were imposed to ensure secrecy, including asking barristers to remove their wigs when restricted information was being discussed.
[8] The original BBC report had claimed that the pair were actually being tried for leaking a different memo,[9] called "Iraq: The Medium Term", which had been published by The Times in 2004.