In London, a government translator was cleared today of violating Britain’s Official Secrets Act after the government offered no evidence against her. The woman, Katherine Gun, had leaked information to the press last year that the US asked Britain to help them in spying on diplomats at the United Nations in the lead up to the UN vote on Iraq. The “leaked” memo from January last year reportedly said the National Security Agency had begun a “surge” in eavesdropping on UN Security Council countries about to vote on action in Iraq. Officials from Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria, Guinea and Pakistan all had their phones tapped in what was described as a “dirty tricks” operation. Gun leaked an internal email to the Observer newspaper which publicized the spying operation last March.