Secrecy and the Media is the first book to examine the development
of the D-Notice system, which regulates the UK media's publication
of British national security secrets. It is based on official
documents, many of which have not previously been available to a
general audience, as well as on media sources. From Victorian
times, British governments have consistently seen the need, in the
public interest, to prevent the media publishing secret information
which would endanger national security. The UK media have meanwhile
continuously resisted official attempts to impose any form of
censorship, arguing that a free press is in the public interest.
Both sides have normally seen the pitfalls of attempting to resolve
this sometimes acrimonious conflict of interests by litigation, and
have together evolved a system of editorial self-regulation,
assisted by day-to-day independent expert advice, known
colloquially as the D-Notice System. The book traces the
development of this system from nineteenth-century colonial
campaigns, through two world wars, to modern operations and
counter-terrorism in the post-Cold War era, up to the beginning of
the Labour government in 1997. Examples are drawn from media,
political and official sources (some not yet open), and cover not
only defence issues (including Special Forces), but also the
activities of the secret intelligence services MI5, MI6 and GCHQ.
These cases relate principally to the UK, but also to American and
other allies' interests. The story of how this sometimes
controversial institution now operates in the modern world will be
essential reading for those in the media and government
departments, and for academics and students in the fields of
security, defence and intelligence, as well as being an accessible
expose for the general reader. Nicholas Wilkinson served in the
Royal Navy 1959-98, and from 1999 to 2004 he ran the independent
Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee. He was a Press
Complaints Commissioner from 2005 to 2008, and is a Cabinet Office
Historian.
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