journalist Duncan Campbell London home of ex-soldier John Berry.
Hosenball.
in the week that affer several months argument this was a good news sorg.
We interviewed Berry for Three bours when we cienged the Special Branch pounced. A LES GIBBARD (COURTELY OF TIME OUT)
DENIS RICHARDS reports.
PEOPLE who break into went to the We were both working for Time Out. Berry had made a statement in which he made serious allegations about his former employers and expressed concern over the deportations of Philip Agee and Mark thoic uddenly become a crime.
Knowles put it at the time Journalism has become a high risk profession. people still firmly believe, partly through sadiy had A SPECIAL conference of the Post Office Engineer- in less time Is oiber words, the ing Union, last Saturday, voted by a margin of nearly Iwo to one to accept an offer by management of 37V2 hours in reply to their claim for a 35 hour week.
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pursuing the murkier depths of Supposal intelligence gathering Ron sations has nothing to do with them.
To a certain extent they're right Duncan.
would not have been picked up surveillance (by mail intercep Agee-Hosenball Commiter - secue to moles at their outragcous deportaFIRING LINE Time Out, as one of the few publications Tobowing that protest closely, was right in the Hat then, what right has thi SECURE BEI journalists before they've even considered whether Tiager to typewriter? That sor of thing only Russia, doesn't it?
It wat no coincidence that the prosecuting counsel comical hearing last INVESTIVATIVE As far as he was concerned the freedom of the press had PLY LIE THIS The truth is than since Watergate, taken on a new "investigative! face.
Anyone who's read All The President's Men must have Tele their neart beat just a little bir faster at the thought of what their local bureaucrats mighr. he hiding What the much abused rem "investigative reporting" really means is that many journalists ire no longer deal means that no jobs will be marmained by culting The unon leadership had really prepared the conserence by sending speakers around the country tomas meeings Ine)
action would not only harm the Por Ele but would sirene tich the hand of those lobbs ing or an end to le Post Delice monopoly in telcommunica sort Thereby opening the Capi to private cherprise might think that a organiand myscit continual Defence to arrest BLAND happens No. time, the become will he revented.
at the SUMERISE Sunday Telegraph.
LUTESS Journalists further the accept the bland press release, the official statement, the no If there's a doubt, they're going to chase it. At the same authorities have WETTICU that their embarrassing secrets accompanied moment. But powerful Official Secrels Act i to know", always there, waiting to be Despite promises of reform. the discredited Section 2, which covers any off the record" conversation you may with a government official, is still on the Matute book Bot just 1 USEL against the 'lett' press. The last prosecution was against the But the Act is only the stick al the end of a very long line al probing - we'll give vou this piece of information i cou ABC indescries whin Fave a real raised 35 hours, and who are the best aflies in fighting the prisate At it is, the left wall aot be taking things lying down. On Lt Ociober the POEL Broad Left b holding its first open conferWith a pay claim for a 20 per sent increase to be tought for, and the continuing threat of joh leave it an that', Britan's governing institu tons remain among the most secretive in the world. Evea the Russians, believe it or lot, reveal the names of their secret service chiefs. Here, they retop about the last eighteen months has been that the brolest aI Du arrest and charging has beer far broader demands for the public's right NUJ members have been active in both movements, and THE RETURM OF COLONEL B Air unit. the union has sood behind all lee of us in the tedious waiting period up to the trial.
Whichever way the verdict goes, there is littie donor that the care has already raised Most crucially, it has sbown the public at large to know what is being done in their name is subject the govetament and their bureau crats call no Jonger ignore Special picket of the Old Balles Mondus September. 12.30 10 1 pm impartsality the Jury's foreperson, Leslie Blackburn, a former member of the Special army's commando trained undercover Junge Willis turned down their request to hare him removed and added that the press should keep its mouth strut alriut the whole issue Louden Weekend Television howeser must have missed the jige's warning. because in a Saturday chat pro: gramme ine incident was MONDOMEL Since the jury now knows the defence is unhappy with its credentials, theit there is likelihond that It may aot feel happ) about the defence. If it wasn't alreuts.
Now we hure to wait and see how many ex-members of the 545 are called to serve on the new jury!