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http://www.cpj.org/news/2006/europe/denmark01may06na.html
DENMARK: Two journalists indicted for reporting on Iraq intelligence

    New York, May 1, 2006—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by 
the criminal charges brought against two Danish reporters accused of leaking 
state secrets by publishing intelligence reports that questioned the existence 
of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Danish journalists say it is the first 
time that reporters have been indicted in their country for leaking state 
secrets, Agence France-Presse reported.

    A state prosecutor announced April 27 that Michael Bjerre and Jesper Larsen 
of the conservative Copenhagen daily Berlingske Tidende had been charged in 
connection with a series of articles published between February and March of 
2004 that said the Danish Intelligence Service had found no evidence that 
ousted Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. The 
articles embarrassed Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen by showing that he 
had ignored the assessments of his own intelligence service to support the 
U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Bjerre and Larsen face up to two years in prison if 
convicted, AFP said.

    “Journalists have a duty to publish information of such obvious public 
interest, and should not be criminally charged for leaks from government 
agencies,” said CPJ Executive Director Ann Cooper. “We call on the state 
prosecutor to drop all charges against our colleagues Michael Bjerre and Jesper 
Larsen immediately.”

    Berlingske Tidende editor-in-chief Niels Lunde said the newspaper had the 
right to publish the classified information, and he expects his reporters to be 
acquitted, the state broadcaster Danmarks Radio reported.

    Frank Grevil, an intelligence officer who admitted leaking the reports to 
Bjerre and Jesper, spent four months in prison after being convicted in 
November 2004.


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