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UK: OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT: Hacking: Met use Official Secrets Act to demand Guardian reveals sources - Unprecedented move sees Scotland Yard use the Official Secrets Act to demand the paper hands over information

01 September 2011

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UK: OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT: Hacking: Met use Official Secrets Act to demand Guardian reveals sources - Unprecedented move sees Scotland Yard use the Official Secrets Act to demand the paper hands over information (Guardian, link). See: UK Official Secrets Act 1989 (pdf)

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