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  JessThompson - pafg123 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Sarah TISDALL [Parents] was born in 1648 in Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Sarah SATTERTHWAITE was born on 21 Jan 1689 in Chesterfield, Burlington, New Jersey.
Sarah TRICKEY [Parents] was born in 1661 in Dover, Stafford, New Hampshire.
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  Sarah Tisdall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sarah Tisdall was a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) clerical officer who was jailed for leaking British government documents to a newspaper in 1983.
Sarah Tisdall anonymously sent The Guardian photocopied documents detailing when American cruise missile nuclear weapons would be arriving in the United Kingdom.
The machine led to Tisdall who, when confronted with the evidence, pleaded guilty to a charge under the UK Official Secrets Act 1911.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarah_Tisdall   (397 words)

  
 The Kiss and the Dagger
Much of Sarah Tisdall’s work has a theatrical aura: this is not simply because of her scale and technique but because her subjects so often appear as if in some theatrical mis-en-scéne.
Sarah Tisdall, although it is impossible to convince her of the fact, is one of the most ‘seen’ artists in England today.
Sarah Tisdall was brought up in what she has called "a slightly dysfunctional, albeit a literary and religious family" and this accounts for her work containing so much literary reference.
www.sarahtisdall.com /HA.htm   (1338 words)

  
 JessThompson - pafg115 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John TISDALE [Parents] was born in Ripon, Yorkshire, England.
Sarah BABBITT [Parents] was born in 1688/1690 in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Sarah CORNOG [Parents] was born in 1736 in Radnor Twp,Chester,Pennsylvania.
freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~popfraley/pafg115.htm   (288 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sarah Tisdall
Sarah Tisdall was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office clerical officer who in 1983 gave the Guardian documents detailing when American cruise missile would be arriving in the United Kingdom.
Tisdall pleaded guilty to a charge under the UK Official Secrets Act and was jailed for six months.
The legality of compelling the Guardian to hand over the documents, and thus reveal their source, was upheld in a decision of the House of Lords (Secretary of State for Defence v.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sarah_Tisdall   (148 words)

  
 Edith2 - aqwg243 - Generated by Ancestral Quest
John TISDALE was born 7 Nov 1614 and died 27 Jun 1675.
Sarah TISDALL [Parents] was born 1648 in of Taunton, Bristol, MA.
Abigail TISDALL [Parents] was born 15 Jul 1667 in of Taunton, Bristol, MA.
homepages.rootsweb.com /~lgillins/edith2/aqwg243.htm   (653 words)

  
 Apostablog
The decision by the "dull as ditch water" leader of the Conservatives, Iain Duncan-Wotsisname, to attack the prime minister for the treatment of Dr David Kelly, brings to mind the great sensitivity with which the Tories treated errant civil servants when they were in power.
Margaret Thatcher, known for her taciturn approach to politics and her indulgence with those who disagreed with her, positively molly coddled both Sarah Tisdall and Clive Ponting.
Sarah Tisdall received a mere six months in prison, but ate porridge for just three.
andrewapostolou.blogspot.com /2003_08_24_andrewapostolou_archive.html   (1175 words)

  
 Mmegi Online | Opinion/Letters
The case of Sarah Tisdall, a 23 year-old employee in the Foreign Office, UK, who though intelligent, personable, reliable, satisfactorily vetted, is illuminating.
Sarah, in March 1984 leaked information about the arrival of a Cruise missile in the UK and afforded the public an opportunity to mobilize a massive protest demonstration against nuclear weapons.
In her own words Sarah told an investigating officer: "I am not a spy, but I couldn't sit there and let that go through as I felt it was immoral...
www.mmegi.bw /2006/November/Tuesday14/4255980721431.html   (926 words)

  
 Grandon Family Webpage - pafg19 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Abigail Tisdale was born on 15 Jul 1667.
Samuel Crossman was born on 25 Jul 1667.
Sarah Crossman was born on 2 Mar 1653.
www.grandons.org /pafg19.htm   (616 words)

  
 Secrecy Guide: Professional Privilege
As we have noted in discussing official secrets legislation and practice the UK government has on occasion prosecuted officials for unauthorised disclosure of information.
Sarah Tisdall for example received a six-month jail sentence in 1983 after the Guardian disclosed that she was its source, providing documents from the office of Foreign Secretary Michael Heseltine about stationing of US cruise missiles.
US courts have had an uneven record in recognition of professional privilege, with acceptance in some fora and jailing of individuals for contempt by other courts.
www.caslon.com.au /secrecyguide16.htm   (432 words)

  
 Welsh People
He was criticized by a Commons Select Committee in 1973 for giving contradictory answers to questions, resigned from the British Government in 1986 over the Westland Affair and was planning to mislead parliament over Cruise Missiles according to the testimony of civil servant Sarah Tisdall who was jailed for leaking this information.
Sarah Siddons, actor born in Brecon as Sarah Kemble in 1755, while her parents were on tour as itinerant actors (the family originated from Hereford).
Her birthplace is now the pub Sarah Siddons in Brecon, although you leave by the back door, the sign there still has the previos name of 'Shoulder of Mutton'.
members.tripod.com /~BDaugherty/cymru/people.html   (2834 words)

  
 When Tony Blair and Gordon Brown retire they know exactly what pension they’ll get … the rest of us ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
In addition to the mannered statements demanded by Macpherson, the detective work could also include a request to the Financial Times – the paper which first published details of the leaked letter – that the document it was given be returned.
In the 1983, The Guardian newspaper returned a leaked document which helped identify Sarah Tisdall, a clerk in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Tisdall had seen a document which identified the strategy the then defence secretary, Michael Heseltine, would use to inform the Commons about the arrival of US cruise missiles on British soil.
www.sundayherald.com /53068   (1595 words)

  
 Peter Preston: A source of great regret | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk
Peter Preston edited the Guardian when Foreign Office clerk Sarah Tisdall was jailed for leaking secrets.
Sarah Tisdall, a young Foreign Office clerk, was sent to prison for leaking details of 1983 cruise missile deployment plans on my Guardian editorial watch, and journalism legend blames me for that (which is not surprising since I still blame myself).
But Sarah had used a FO copying machine that helped track her down.
media.guardian.co.uk /site/story/0,14173,1562601,00.html   (1504 words)

  
 FOI in UK article IJIC '89
Sarah Tisdall pleaded guilty under the Official Secrets Act to releasing a memo about the delivery of cruise missiles, which was being protested by a number of groups.
Clive Ponting, who released a memo showing that the Defence Secretary had misled the House of Commons over the sinking of the General Belgrano cruiser in 1982, had a conviction directed by the judge on the grounds that the public interest is that of the government of the day.
Ponting and Tisdall also spoke about their cases in the presence of the author at the January 1985 Secrets Rally in London, organized by the FOI Campaign.
fs.huntingdon.edu /jLewis/Prof/FOI-UKarticleIJIC-89.htm   (3532 words)

  
 When Tony Blair and Gordon Brown retire they know exactly what Sunday Herald, The - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
In addition to the mannered statements demanded by Macpherson, the detective work could also include a request to the Financial Times - the paper which first published details of the leaked letter - that the document it was given be returned.
In the 1983, The Guardian newspaper returned a leaked document which helped identify Sarah Tisdall, a clerk in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Tisdall had seen a document which identified the strategy the then defence secretary, Michael Heseltine, would use to inform the Commons about the arrival of US cruise missiles on British soil.
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 [GOAJOURNO]Journalists 'must protect whistleblowers'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Sarah Tisdall famously received a six-month jail sentence in 1983 after the Guardian named her as the source of its story about the arrival of Cruise Missiles in the UK.
She had been a clerk in the office of the Foreign Secretary Michael Heseltine and had passed documents on to the paper.
The paper named her after it was ordered by a court to reveal its contact.
puggy.symonds.net /pipermail/goajourno/2003-July/001006.html   (1240 words)

  
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We are a small, ethically run partnership, the partners being Matt Dunwell and Peter Andrews.
The day to day running of eco-logic is taken care of by Peter Andrews, Sarah Tisdall and Hugo Nieuwenhuizen with help from others as needed.
Sarah looks afer the accounts, invoicing and the mass of paperwork that seems to periodically threaten to overwhelm us, Hugo is responsible for the ordering and despatch of our books and Peter looks after everything else.
www.eco-logicbooks.com /index.cfm?fa=aboutus   (351 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
Sarah Tisdall, the young clerk who had sent them, was then prosecuted and subsequently jailed.
But it is the Tisdall case that has provided the most lessons for the press.
By convention, if not by law, the need to protect the identity of a source is now an article of faith for most journalists.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/07/25/nmed25.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/07/25/ixhome.html   (1074 words)

  
 Secrecy across the pond « Mrs Doyle
In 1980, Sarah Tisdall, a British civil servant, was sentenced to six months in prison for anonymously leaking information about the arrival of American weapons in Britain to The Guardian.
Tisdall’s conviction silenced potential sources in the government, according to Bonnington.
Some British reporters say relying on the government’s D-notices is simply a matter of professional standards, saying journalists don’t want to print information that could be helpful to terrorists.
mrsdoyle.wordpress.com /2007/02/27/62   (1606 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Secret services - Secret agents who spilled the beans
ALTHOUGH David Shayler is not the first person to have fallen foul of the Official Secrets Act, he is one of only a few who have faced the prospect of jail.
Sarah Tisdall, a Foreign Office clerk, was jailed for six months in the early 1980s after leaking Cruise missile secrets in memos written by the then defence secretary Michael Heseltine.
For MI5, the steady leak of secrets came to a head in 1987 when Peter Wright, a former deputy director of the organisation, claimed in his autobiography that it plotted to destabilise Harold Wilson when he was prime minister.
news.scotsman.com /topics.cfm?tid=587&id=1230862002   (492 words)

  
 Grandon Family Webpage - pafg44 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
.Abigail married Joshua Tisdall (Tisdale) on 15 Jul 1688 in Dedham, Bristol, Mass.
.James married Sarah Tisdall (Tisdale) in 1671 in Dedham, Bristol, Mass.
Richard La Verne Selim [Parents] was born on 15 May 1946 in Creston, Union County, Iowa.
www.grandons.org /pafg44.htm   (791 words)

  
 Secrets and lies
The prospect of the former MI5 man broadcasting his accusations from the dock of the Old Bailey must terrify ministers, but jailing him without allowing him to speak in his own defence would be worse.
Labour would have its own version of the Thatcher secrecy fiascos - Spycatcher and the Clive Ponting and Sarah Tisdall trials.
If it is simultaneously seen to be pulling the wings off its own freedom of information proposals, it will face a public relations nightmare.
www.cfoi.org.uk /gdnarticle180898.html   (727 words)

  
 On This Day
Such a fate was not shared by Sarah Tisdall who leaked the date that cruise missiles were to arrive in the UK as she went to jail.
Sarah was a junior civil servant who did what she thought was in the nations interest.
Blunt was the Queens art expert, moved in aristocratic circles and did what he thought was against the nations interested.
www.yonks.co.uk /onthisday.asp?d=11&m=2&y=2006   (259 words)

  
 Wednesday, July 27
The courts’ role is to weigh the public interests in protecting a source or giving access to justice, or to apply one of the exemptions under the Act.
In Secretary of State for Defence v Guardian Newspapers (1984), The Guardian was ordered to reveal the identity of Sarah Tisdall, a government employee who photocopied a document showing when American cruise missiles were due to arrive in England.
The first successful media defence took place the next year: in Goodwin v UK a journalist’s refusal to disclose his sources was upheld by the European Court of Human Rights, which recognised the vital public interest” in protecting journalists’ sources.
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 Madness Lyrics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
The song featured Carl on lead vocal (with help from General Public) and featured a bouncy piano from Mike and a bold and brazen horn section.
Apparently this song was going to be about Foreign Office clerk Sarah Tisdall, who was convicted of passing secret documents regarding Cruise missiles on to the Guardian.
Unfortunately Lee never completed the lyrics and so for the most part the track remains instrumental, shame as it sounds pretty good too.
www.btinternet.com /~robwheeler/Info/OneBetterDay12.htm   (139 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | Troubled history of Official Secrets Act
He says he intends to write a book on MI6 which would be a "much better read than Spycatcher".
However a rare success for government enforcement of the Official Secrets Act was the conviction of Sarah Tisdall.
The young Foreign Office clerk leaked to The Guardian newspaper details of when controversial American cruise missiles would be arriving on British soil.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/216868.stm   (600 words)

  
 IRAQ: US/UK Spying on the UN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
I know it's very difficult and people don't' want to jeopardise their careers, or lives, but if there are things out there that should really come out, hey, why not," she said after leaving court.
Sarah Tisdall, a Foreign Office clerk, was jailed in 1984 for six months for passing documents relating to Cruise missiles to The Guardian.
Clive Ponting, a senior civil servant, was acquitted at the Old Bailey in 1985 after pleading not guilty to breaching the Official Secrets Act over his leaking of documents relating to the sinking of the Argentine warship General Belgrano during the Falklands conflict.
discuss.agonist.org /yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=17153;start=msg199035   (10558 words)

  
 Bournemouth University BBC Radio 4 Analysis Archive Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
Some historical background is given on the 1911 Official Secrets Act (drafted in a time of pre-war ant-German hysteria) and the discussion centres on whether the new Bill is notably more liberal in its intent.
As part of the '80s background to the Bill were the cases of leaked documents and 'whistle-blowing' by civil servants such as Clive Ponting, Sarah Tisdall and Cathy Massiter.
The Security Services Bill was mainly a direct response to the 'Spycatcher' affair resulting from the publication in Australia of the book by former MI5 officer, Peter Wright.
xanadu.bournemouth.ac.uk:591 /analysis/AnalysisOnline/reviews/taking_liberties.html   (543 words)

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