# Katharine Gun

> Katharine Teresa Gun is a British linguist who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). In 2003, she leaked top-secret information to a friend who passed it to The Observer. The information concerned a request from the United States for compromising intelligence on diplomats from member states of the 2003 United Nations Security Council, who were due to vote on a second UN resolution on the prospective 2003 invasion of Iraq.

*Translator and whistle-blower*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1974
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Momentum:** 6.7 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 17.7 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

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