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UK wants to reform Official Secrets law by pretending journalism doesn't exist

Over at the Guardian there is an important article – which is also worth reading just for its byline

A rare sighting in the wild of Duncans Campbell

The article in turn refers to this government consultation document.

The document is interesting (and worrying) in many ways – but one significant feature is how it shows the state has realised that the old state secrecy model in unsustainable in the new technological and media context.

Read in full here:

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