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href="/wiki/File:Heather_Brooke,_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="photograph" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Heather_Brooke%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Heather_Brooke%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Heather_Brooke%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Heather_Brooke%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Heather_Brooke%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Heather_Brooke%2C_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="493" data-file-height="697" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Heather Brooke in 2012.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1970 (age 53–54)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">American<br />British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a> <small>(Double degree in Journalism and Political Science, 1992)</small><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a> <small>(Master's degree in English Literature)</small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Journalist, writer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Role in exposing the 2009 <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">British MP expenses scandal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://heatherbrooke.org/">heatherbrooke<wbr />.org</a></span> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2367689#P856" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Heather Rose Brooke</b> (born 1970) is a British-American journalist and <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_information" title="Freedom of information">freedom of information</a> campaigner. Resident since the 1990s in the UK, she helped to expose the <a href="/wiki/2009_expenses_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 expenses scandal">2009 expenses scandal</a>, which culminated in the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Martin,_Baron_Martin_of_Springburn" title="Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn">Michael Martin</a>, dozens of MPs standing down in the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 general election</a> and multiple MPs being jailed.<sup id="cite_ref-Tonkin_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonkin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooke is Professor of Journalism at <a href="/wiki/City_University_London" class="mw-redirect" title="City University London">City University London</a>'s Department of Journalism. She is the author of <i>Your Right to Know</i> (2006), <i>The Silent State</i> (2010), and <i>The Revolution Will Be Digitised</i> (2011). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brooke was born in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> in the United States to parents originally from <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, England, and has dual United States/United Kingdom citizenship. She grew up in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, where her mother worked for <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a> and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Federal_Way_High_School" title="Federal Way High School">Federal Way High School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <i><a href="/wiki/The_Scotsman" title="The Scotsman">The Scotsman</a></i>, she briefly moved to England as a teenager, but returned to the United States when she was 15.<sup id="cite_ref-Black_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Black-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She attended the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Washington" title="University of Washington">University of Washington</a> Department of Communication, where she graduated in 1992 with a double major degree in journalism and political science. While there, she wrote for the student newspaper, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_of_the_University_of_Washington" title="The Daily of the University of Washington">The Daily</a></i>, covering news stories and acting as the paper's <a href="/wiki/Sex_columnist" title="Sex columnist">sex columnist</a>, writing with what she called a "feminist" slant.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>An internship with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Spokesman-Review" title="The Spokesman-Review">The Spokesman-Review</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Olympia,_Washington" title="Olympia, Washington">Olympia, Washington</a> to cover the state legislature gave her an early exposure to using public records requests to investigate the expenses of politicians, although she found little beyond taking advantage of <a href="/wiki/Frequent_flyer_miles" class="mw-redirect" title="Frequent flyer miles">frequent flyer miles</a>. After graduation, she worked for a year at the <i>Spokesman-Review</i>, but it lacked the funds to keep her on longer.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then became a crime reporter for the <i><a href="/wiki/Spartanburg_Herald-Journal" title="Spartanburg Herald-Journal">Spartanburg Herald-Journal</a></i>, where she reported on murder cases and uncovered flaws in <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>'s forensic crime lab.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Describing herself as "burnt out" from covering over 300 murders, Brooke took a break from journalism.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When her mother died in a car accident in 1996, and her father moved back to England, she no longer had family in America and decided to relocate to the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She enrolled for a master's in English literature at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Warwick" title="University of Warwick">University of Warwick</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Black_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Black-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> then moved to East London with her husband, where she took a job with the BBC as a copywriter. Boyd Tonkin wrote in 2010 that when she arrived in the UK she was immediately introduced to the "British disease": "the overweening haughtiness of bureaucratic jobsworths, and the deference of citizens."<sup id="cite_ref-Tonkin_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tonkin-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She became a neighbourhood activist, describing local public officials as having a surprisingly hostile attitude compared to local governments in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_Information_writing_and_activism">Freedom of Information writing and activism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Freedom of Information writing and activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_Act_2000" title="Freedom of Information Act 2000">Freedom of Information Act 2000</a>, Brooke began work on a book explaining how to use the law, which was not scheduled to come into effect for another five years.<sup id="cite_ref-PI_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PI-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally titled <i>Your Right to Know: How to Use the Freedom of Information Act and Other Access Laws</i>, the book was reissued in October 2004 as <i>Your Right to Know: A Citizen's Guide to Freedom of Information</i>, with a foreword by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Rusbridger" title="Alan Rusbridger">Alan Rusbridger</a>, editor of <i>The Guardian</i>. In October 2006 it was revised and published in paperback and hardcover editions that included a foreword by satirist <a href="/wiki/Ian_Hislop" title="Ian Hislop">Ian Hislop</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="BBC_minutes">BBC minutes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: BBC minutes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In early 2007, Brooke won a landmark legal case that led the BBC to disclose the minutes of its Board of Governors' meeting of 28 January 2004. At that meeting, the governors had decided to dismiss director general <a href="/wiki/Greg_Dyke" title="Greg Dyke">Greg Dyke</a> and issue an apology to the government in response to the <a href="/wiki/Hutton_Inquiry" title="Hutton Inquiry">Hutton Inquiry</a>. Brooke, along with journalists from <i>The Guardian</i>, had requested the minutes shortly after the Freedom of Information Act came into force, but the BBC resisted disclosure for nearly two years. In December 2006, the case came before the <a href="/wiki/Information_Tribunal" title="Information Tribunal">Information Tribunal</a>, which the following month ruled that the BBC should disclose the minutes.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="MPs_expenses">MPs expenses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: MPs expenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliamentary_expenses_scandal" title="United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal">United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal</a></div> <p>In October 2004, Brooke started to request details of MPs' expenses, via the House of Commons Freedom of Information Officer, Bob Castle. However, the information was in a bulk format, and could not be broken down to individual MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardHero_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardHero-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2005, the Freedom of Information Act 2000 came into force, allowing members of the public to request disclosure of information from public bodies. She started out requesting all 646 MPs' expenses, but the Commons claimed that would be too costly.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard1_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc5_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc5-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then asked for request for travel information (refused); then for the names and salaries of MPs' staff, blocked personally by the <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_House_of_Commons_(United_Kingdom)" title="Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)">Speaker of the House of Commons</a> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Martin,_Baron_Martin_of_Springburn" title="Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn">Michael Martin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardHero_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardHero-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She then asked for information on second homes for the details for all MPs, but this was also refused.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard1_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Brooke reduced her request to 10 MPs—the leaders of the parties and a few ministers. After again being refused, in July 2006 she made an appeal to the <a href="/wiki/Information_Commissioner%27s_Office" title="Information Commissioner's Office">Information Commissioner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thomas_(solicitor)" title="Richard Thomas (solicitor)">Richard Thomas</a>. Her request was considered for a year, together with two other similar requests on MPs' expenses which had been appealed to the Commissioner in 2005, from Jonathan Ungoed-Thomas of <i>The Sunday Times</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardHero_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardHero-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Information Commissioner ordered the release of some information on 15 June 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_timeline_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian_timeline-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> authorities objected to this order in June 2007 and MPs had, in May 2007, voted in favour of the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_Information_(Amendment)_Bill" title="Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill">Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill</a> which sought to exempt MPs from the 2000 act. The amendment bill was ultimately withdrawn prior to second reading in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> because peers were unwilling to sponsor the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_timeline_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph_timeline-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2008, after referral to an <a href="/wiki/Information_Tribunal" title="Information Tribunal">Information Tribunal</a>, it was ruled that Commons authorities had to release information on 14 MPs.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc6_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc6-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Speaker appealed against the decision on behalf of the House of Commons, challenging the requests for publication of expenses for 11 serving MPs: <a href="/wiki/Gordon_Brown" title="Gordon Brown">Gordon Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Prescott" title="John Prescott">John Prescott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Menzies_Campbell" title="Menzies Campbell">Menzies Campbell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Beckett" title="Margaret Beckett">Margaret Beckett</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Osborne" title="George Osborne">George Osborne</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Hague" title="William Hague">William Hague</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Oaten" title="Mark Oaten">Mark Oaten</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Galloway" title="George Galloway">George Galloway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Follett_(politician)" title="Barbara Follett (politician)">Barbara Follett</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ann_Keen" title="Ann Keen">Ann Keen</a>; and three former MPs: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Blair" title="Tony Blair">Tony Blair</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mandelson" title="Peter Mandelson">Peter Mandelson</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(British_politician)" title="John Wilkinson (British politician)">John Wilkinson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Guard1_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Guard1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The appeal was heard at the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court of Justice</a>, which ruled on 16 May 2008 in favour of releasing the information:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The House of Commons expense system has a shortfall—both in terms of transparency and accountability. We have no doubt that the public interest is at stake. We are not here dealing with idle gossip, or public curiosity about what in truth are trivialities. The expenditure of public money through the payment of MPs' salaries and allowances is a matter of direct and reasonable interest to taxpayers.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardHero_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardHero-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>No appeal was lodged against the High Court ruling, and the details were made public on 23 May 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-ind1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2009, the Leader of the House of Commons, <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Harman" title="Harriet Harman">Harriet Harman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Table_(parliamentary_procedure)" title="Table (parliamentary procedure)">tabled a motion</a> to exempt MPs' expenses from being disclosed under a Freedom of Information request.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Labour MPs were placed under a <a href="/wiki/Three_line_whip" class="mw-redirect" title="Three line whip">three line whip</a> to force the motion through the Commons. However, opposition parties stated they would vote against the proposals, and large scale public opposition emerged. The proposals were ultimately dropped on 21 January 2009. The Commons authorities announced that full disclosure of all MPs' expenses would be published on 1 July 2009, following the <a href="/wiki/2009_European_Parliament_election_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom">2009 European Elections</a> in early June 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_timeline_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph_timeline-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2009, <i>The Daily Telegraph</i> obtained unedited details of all MPs' expenses, including address details which showed the practice of "flipping", that is, changing the registered main address for various tax and expense purposes. The disclosures led to several MP's resignations and a national scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aftermath_and_recognition">Aftermath and recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aftermath and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heather_Brooke,_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Heather_Brooke%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Heather_Brooke%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="263" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Heather_Brooke%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Heather_Brooke%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Heather_Brooke%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Heather_Brooke%2C_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1742" data-file-height="2086" /></a><figcaption>Heather Brooke in 2010 welcomed home to Washington State for her "Key Award"</figcaption></figure> <p>On 23 February 2010 <a href="/wiki/BBC_Four" title="BBC Four">BBC Four</a> showed a dramatised account about Heather Brooke's campaign for disclosure of MPs' expenses, titled <i><a href="/wiki/On_Expenses" title="On Expenses">On Expenses</a></i>. The role of Heather Brooke was played by <a href="/wiki/Anna_Maxwell_Martin" title="Anna Maxwell Martin">Anna Maxwell Martin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brooke still serves as a visiting professor in the journalism department of City University London and has done since the expenses scandal.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the first international winner of the FOI award in 2009 at the Investigative Reporters and Editors Awards. In March 2010 she was awarded the Judges' Prize in the British Press Awards, and the Special Commendation Award at the Tenth Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also made the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Happy_List" title="Happy List">Happy List</a> for her persistence that "led to the MPs' expenses scandal, introducing us to house flipping, duck houses and other fiddles. The happiness came, first, with the delicious details; second with the moral superiority we can now feel over those who legislate and lecture us on how to live."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Washington Coalition for Open Government granted Brooke a "Key Award", "in honor of a good deed in advancement of open government."<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2009_Annual_Report_Page_7_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2009_Annual_Report_Page_7-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Coalition also gave her a pre-conference reception and keynote placement in their first Washington State Open Government Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2010_Open_Government_Conference_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2010_Open_Government_Conference-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Keynote was a through debriefing of operations conducted to liberate Britain. Brooke included a personal account of her role in the MPs expenses scandal in her second book, <i>The Silent State: How Secrecy and Misinformation are Destroying Democracy</i> (2010). </p><p>In recognition of her work, the UK <a href="/wiki/Press_Gazette" title="Press Gazette">Press Gazette</a> ranked Brooke as number 5 in their Top 10 list of journalists in February 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WikiLeaks_reporting_and_The_Revolution_Will_Be_Digitised">WikiLeaks reporting and <i>The Revolution Will Be Digitised</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: WikiLeaks reporting and The Revolution Will Be Digitised"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brooke has continued to blog about freedom of information issues, as well as writing and speaking at conferences.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was commissioned in 2010 to write her third book, <i>The Revolution Will Be Digitised</i> (2011), exploring "the world of computer hackers, internet whistleblowers and pro-democracy campaigners," and including in-depth research on <a href="/wiki/WikiLeaks" title="WikiLeaks">WikiLeaks</a>. Brooke stated "It was clear to me from my own reporting and campaigning around freedom of information that society is undergoing a radical transformation. The amount of knowledge in the world is now so vast and technology so adept at zero-cost duplication that no government, company or organisation can hope to keep control." She went on to say that, "When I met <a href="/wiki/Julian_Assange" title="Julian Assange">Julian Assange</a> of Wikileaks he was still a little-known figure but his stories of battles fought to free information and ambitions to free even more in future spurred me to begin writing this book."<sup id="cite_ref-TheBookseller.com:_Brooke_to_tackle_internet_campaigners_in_new_Wm_Heinemann_book_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TheBookseller.com:_Brooke_to_tackle_internet_campaigners_in_new_Wm_Heinemann_book-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While working on <i>The Revolution Will Be Digitised</i> (2011), Heather Brooke received a copy of the documents from a disgruntled WikiLeaks volunteer consisting of the raw material of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak" title="United States diplomatic cables leak">United States diplomatic cables leak</a>. Brooke worked with <i>The Guardian</i> to edit and publish the material, while concerned about genuine harm minimisation.<sup id="cite_ref-Threat_Level:_Assange_Opposed_Quick_Publication_of_Cables_Out_of_Concern_for_Manning_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Threat_Level:_Assange_Opposed_Quick_Publication_of_Cables_Out_of_Concern_for_Manning-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an op-ed published in <i>The Guardian</i> on 29 November 2010, she wrote: "Leaks are not the problem; they are the symptom. They reveal a disconnect between what people want and need to know and what they actually do know. The greater the secrecy, the more likely a leak. The way to move beyond leaks is to ensure a robust regime for the public to access important information."<sup id="cite_ref-WikiLeaks:_the_revolution_has_begun_–_and_it_will_be_digitised_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WikiLeaks:_the_revolution_has_begun_–_and_it_will_be_digitised-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Brooke also starred in <i><a href="/wiki/We_Steal_Secrets:_The_Story_of_WikiLeaks" title="We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks">We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks</a></i> as a pundit giving commentary based on her freedom of information campaigning experience and dealings with <a href="/wiki/Julian_Assange" title="Julian Assange">Julian Assange</a>. In the film, Brooke said re: Wikileaks' publishing of the <a href="/wiki/US_State_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="US State Department">US State Department</a>'s diplomatic cables, "It was that whole Wizard of Oz moment. We all look at these politicians – oh wow, they're so powerful – and then it was the little dog pulling the curtain away."<sup id="cite_ref-WikiLeaks_Annotated_Transcript_of_We_Steal_Secrets_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WikiLeaks_Annotated_Transcript_of_We_Steal_Secrets-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Heather_Brooke&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Your Right to Know: A Citizens Guide to Freedom of Information</i>. Pluto Press, 2004.</li> <li><i>The Silent State: Secrets, Surveillance and the Myth of British Democracy</i>. William Heinemann, 2010.</li> <li><i>The Revolution Will Be Digitised</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">15 May</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Corporate+Officer+of+the+House+of+Commons+v+Information+Commissioner&rft.pub=Bailii&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bailii.org%2Few%2Fcases%2FEWHC%2FAdmin%2F2008%2F1084.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-ind1-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ind1_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRobert_Verkaik2008" class="citation news cs1">Robert Verkaik (23 May 2008). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/freedom-of-information-mps-reach-end-of-road-in-battle-over-secret-expenses-832819.html">"Freedom of Information: MPs reach end of road in battle over secret expenses"</a></span>. <i>The Independent</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/freedom-of-information-mps-reach-end-of-road-in-battle-over-secret-expenses-832819.html">Archived</a> from the original on 9 May 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=Freedom+of+Information%3A+MPs+reach+end+of+road+in+battle+over+secret+expenses&rft.date=2008-05-23&rft.au=Robert+Verkaik&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk%2Fhome-news%2Ffreedom-of-information-mps-reach-end-of-road-in-battle-over-secret-expenses-832819.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090518081436/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42836">"FoI campaigners condemn MPs' bid to hide expenses"</a>. <i>Press Gazette</i>. 15 January 2009. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42836">the original</a> on 18 May 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Press+Gazette&rft.atitle=FoI+campaigners+condemn+MPs%27+bid+to+hide+expenses&rft.date=2009-01-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressgazette.co.uk%2Fstory.asp%3Fsectioncode%3D1%26storycode%3D42836&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrooke,_Heather2009" class="citation news cs1">Brooke, Heather (15 May 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8051577.stm">"Public interest or public curiosity?"</a>. BBC News.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Public+interest+or+public+curiosity%3F&rft.date=2009-05-15&rft.au=Brooke%2C+Heather&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fmagazine%2F8051577.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r3qf4">"BBC Four - on Expenses"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BBC+Four+-+on+Expenses&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fb00r3qf4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.city.ac.uk/journalism/people/faculty/hbrooke.html">"Heather Brooke"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110202153159/http://www.city.ac.uk/journalism/people/faculty/hbrooke.html">Archived</a> 2 February 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, City University London. Retrieved 30 August 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Brook, Stephen. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/mar/24/british-press-awards-2010-telegraph-expenses">"Daily Telegraph dominates British Press Awards with expenses exposé"</a>, <i>The Guardian</i>, 24 March 2010.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGrice2010" class="citation news cs1">Grice, Elizabeth (8 April 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/7564986/Heather-Brooke-warrior-queen-of-MPs-expenses.html">"Heather Brooke, warrior queen of MPs' expenses"</a>. <i>Daily Telegraph</i>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0307-1235">0307-1235</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 December</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Daily+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Heather+Brooke%2C+warrior+queen+of+MPs%27+expenses&rft.date=2010-04-08&rft.issn=0307-1235&rft.aulast=Grice&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fnewstopics%2Fmps-expenses%2F7564986%2FHeather-Brooke-warrior-queen-of-MPs-expenses.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJames_Burgess2010" class="citation web cs1">James Burgess (25 April 2010). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-iiosi-happy-list-2010--the-100-1953745.html">"The IoS Happy List 2010 – the 100"</a></span>. <i>independent.co.uk</i>. The Independent. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/the-iiosi-happy-list-2010--the-100-1953745.html">Archived</a> from the original on 9 May 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 July</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=independent.co.uk&rft.atitle=The+IoS+Happy+List+2010+%E2%80%93+the+100&rft.date=2010-04-25&rft.au=James+Burgess&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpeople%2Fnews%2Fthe-iiosi-happy-list-2010--the-100-1953745.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2009_Annual_Report_Page_7-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2009_Annual_Report_Page_7_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110728171322/http://www.washingtoncog.org/pdfs/Presidents%20Report%202009.pdf">"Washington Coalition for Open Government 2009 Annual Report"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington Coalition for Open Government. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtoncog.org/pdfs/Presidents%20Report%202009.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 28 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Washington+Coalition+for+Open+Government+2009+Annual+Report&rft.pub=Washington+Coalition+for+Open+Government&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtoncog.org%2Fpdfs%2FPresidents%2520Report%25202009.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2010_Open_Government_Conference-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Washington_Coalition_for_Open_Government_2010_Open_Government_Conference_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110728171333/http://www.washingtoncog.org/pdfs/WCOG_Conference_Handout.pdf">"Washington Coalition for Open Government January 16, 2010 Open Government Conference Program"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Washington Coalition for Open Government. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtoncog.org/pdfs/WCOG_Conference_Handout.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 28 July 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Washington+Coalition+for+Open+Government+January+16%2C+2010+Open+Government+Conference+Program&rft.pub=Washington+Coalition+for+Open+Government&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtoncog.org%2Fpdfs%2FWCOG_Conference_Handout.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazettes-top-ten-investigative-journalists-brave-and-unstoppable-nick-davies-tops-list">"Press Gazette's top ten investigative journalists: 'Brave and unstoppable' Nick Davies tops the list"</a>. 5 February 2013.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Press+Gazette%27s+top+ten+investigative+journalists%3A+%27Brave+and+unstoppable%27+Nick+Davies+tops+the+list&rft.date=2013-02-05&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pressgazette.co.uk%2Fpress-gazettes-top-ten-investigative-journalists-brave-and-unstoppable-nick-davies-tops-list&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See her blog at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://heatherbrooke.org/">HeatherBrooke.org</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-TheBookseller.com:_Brooke_to_tackle_internet_campaigners_in_new_Wm_Heinemann_book-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-TheBookseller.com:_Brooke_to_tackle_internet_campaigners_in_new_Wm_Heinemann_book_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140814194859/http://www.thebookseller.com/news/124224-brooke-to-tackle-internet-campaigners-in-new-wm-heinemann-book.html">"TheBookseller.com 27 July 2010 News Brief – TheBookseller.com: Brooke to tackle internet campaigners in new Wm Heinemann book"</a>. TheBookseller.com. 27 July 2010. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thebookseller.com/news/124224-brooke-to-tackle-internet-campaigners-in-new-wm-heinemann-book.html">the original</a> on 14 August 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=TheBookseller.com+27+July+2010+News+Brief+%E2%80%93+TheBookseller.com%3A+Brooke+to+tackle+internet+campaigners+in+new+Wm+Heinemann+book&rft.pub=TheBookseller.com&rft.date=2010-07-27&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thebookseller.com%2Fnews%2F124224-brooke-to-tackle-internet-campaigners-in-new-wm-heinemann-book.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Threat_Level:_Assange_Opposed_Quick_Publication_of_Cables_Out_of_Concern_for_Manning-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Threat_Level:_Assange_Opposed_Quick_Publication_of_Cables_Out_of_Concern_for_Manning_27-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/assange-opposed-cables/">"Assange Opposed Quick Publication of Cables Out of Concern for Manning"</a>. <i>Wired</i>. 14 February 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Wired&rft.atitle=Assange+Opposed+Quick+Publication+of+Cables+Out+of+Concern+for+Manning&rft.date=2011-02-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wired.com%2Fthreatlevel%2F2011%2F02%2Fassange-opposed-cables%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WikiLeaks:_the_revolution_has_begun_–_and_it_will_be_digitised-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WikiLeaks:_the_revolution_has_begun_–_and_it_will_be_digitised_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/nov/29/the-revolution-will-be-digitised">"WikiLeaks: the revolution has begun – and it will be digitised"</a>. <i>The Guardian</i>. 29 November 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Guardian&rft.atitle=WikiLeaks%3A+the+revolution+has+begun+%E2%80%93+and+it+will+be+digitised&rft.date=2010-11-29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2010%2Fnov%2F29%2Fthe-revolution-will-be-digitised&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHeather+Brooke" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WikiLeaks_Annotated_Transcript_of_We_Steal_Secrets-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WikiLeaks_Annotated_Transcript_of_We_Steal_Secrets_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikileaks.org/IMG/html/gibney-transcript.html">"WikiLeaks Annotated Transcript of We Steal Secrets"</a>. 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