-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003951397339181&rtmo=VD8kVDwK&atmo=rrrrrrr q&pg=/et/00/12/7/wsas07.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk:80/et?ac=003951397339181&rtmo=VD8kVDwK&atmo=r rrrrrrq&pg=/et/00/12/7/wsas07.html">Ex-SAS man wins court fight over memoirs </A> ----- SSUE 2022 Thursday 7 December 2000 Ex-SAS man wins court fight over memoirs By Paul Chapman and Michael Smith THE New Zealand High Court has dealt a blow to British attempts to prevent former members of the intelligence and security services from revealing top secret information by allowing a former SAS soldier to publish his memoirs. The court upheld the right of the New Zealander, known as Mike Coburn, to publish Soldier Five, an account of his experiences with the ill-fated Bravo Two Zero patrol which was captured by Iraqi forces during the 1991 Gulf war. It merely ordered that two minor passages in the book, which contained confidential information, be amended. Mr Coburn was awarded costs, which the defence said were "substantial". The Ministry of Defence said it was "disappointed" with the judgment and was considering whether to appeal. But one Government official described the ruling as "another crack in the armour" of the intelligence and security services. The ruling is most damaging to the SAS since Mr Coburn had signed the confidentiality agreement introduced after the spate of SAS books in the early Nineties to prevent former soldiers from publishing their memoirs. During Mr Coburn's case, the MoD lined up high-level officers who were allowed to give evidence anonymously from behind security screens. In his written judgment, Justice Salmon rejected their contention that Mr Coburn, 36, was under a lifelong obligation of non-disclosure. His defence had argued that enforcing the confidentiality contract would conflict with the requirements of the Human Rights Act which Britain has recently adopted. Justice Salmon ruled that the agreement was invalid, as was an order Coburn maintained he had been given to sign it, because he was under economic pressure which was "illegitimate and so constituted duress". � Copyright of Telegraph Group Limited 2000. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
