Chapter 32 Self-test questions

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. Who is most at risk of legal action after the publication of a story which breaks the Official Secrets Act?

The journalist who wrote the story correct incorrect

The editor of the publication correct incorrect

The source of the secret information correct incorrect

The organisation the information came from correct incorrect

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. Section 1 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 makes it an arrestable offence to obtain, collect, record, publish or communicate to any person any information that might be or is intended to be useful to an ______.

Your response

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. Under section 5 of the 1989 Act a journalist would commit an offence by making 'a damaging disclosure (for example, in a published article) without lawful authority of information about the work of security or intelligence agencies, or about defence or international relations.' What is the test the court will look at when examining the seriousness of the case?

The nature of the publication correct incorrect

The number of people who have read the story correct incorrect

The damage or likely damage of the disclosure correct incorrect

Whether the journalist gained a right of reply from the authority concerned correct incorrect

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. Official secrets can be revealed to the press if it is in exceptional public interest.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Journalists have a right to be cover official secrets trials in court even when the public are forbidden.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect