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(1) When Katharine’s trial was cancelled, many people thought this was because
the government realized she was only trying to do the right thing
the government was afraid to release documents her lawyers were demanding
the government was afraid her trial would reduce support for war
the government realized she might be found not guilty
(2) After the letter from Frank Koza was published in The Observer
Katharine left the country very quickly
spent several months in jail
spent one night in jail
hid in a friend’s apartment while the police searched for her
(3) In the e-mail that Katharine found disturbing, the US government asked the GCHQ
to spy on some British Members of Parliament
to spy on some Iraqis living in London
to spy on some delegates to the United Nations
to spy on the Chinese embassy in London
(4) Katharine was born in
China
England
Taiwan
Japan
(5) At the time these things happened, the US was struggling to get support from
other members of the UN Security Council
the Secretary General of the UN
the governments of Italy and Spain
NATO
(6) Katharine’s lawyers planned to argue that she had not committed a crime because
the information she had revealed was not really secret
although secret, the information she had revealed was not really important
she was trying to stop the British government from doing something dishonest
she was trying to stop the British government from doing something illegal
(7) According to the article, Katharine felt that the British government was
telling lies in order to get support for an attack on Iraq
forcing newspapers to write articles in favour of war
failing to resist pressure from the US
trying to manipulate the British people by using emotional language
(8) Katharine worked at the GCHQ as
a translator
a secretary
a spy
a code-breaker