# David Shayler

> David Shayler is a former British MI5 officer and a whistle-blower. Shayler was prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act 1989 for passing secret documents to The Mail on Sunday in August 1997 that alleged that MI5 was paranoid about socialists, and that it had previously investigated Labour Party ministers Peter Mandelson, Jack Straw and Harriet Harman.

*MI5 whistleblower*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/david-shayler

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Journalist
- **Category:** Journalists
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1965-12-24
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** trans woman

## Bio

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## Fame
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