UK police warn publishers not to use leaked documents

Counterterrorism police unit leader Neil Basu warned against any further publication of leaked documents. He said that could be a criminal matter.

The Official Secrets Act prohibits public servants from making “damaging” disclosures of classified material.

The chairman of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee, Tom Tugendhat, said Sunday he does not believe publishing leaked material constitutes a crime.

He says a free press is “essential.”