Ex-GCHQ whistleblower attacks plans to extend dragnet of secrecy law

Katharine Gun says expanded jail terms for leaking state secrets will deter people from revealing abuses of powerA former GCHQ whistleblower has condemned plans by government lawyers to increase prison sentences and expand the definition of espionage for the digital age.Katharine Gun, a former translator for the monitoring agency who leaked details of an operation to bug United Nations offices before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has spoken out following the publication of Law Commission plans sugg