Kate Adie

Did anyone see the report in the Sun newspaper saying that BBC bosses were under preassure to sack Kate Adie because she gave his whereabouts on a top-secret high-risk mission in a foreign destination after the government got a black-out.

(Edited by Todd at 1:10 am on Oct. 11, 2001)

Kate Adie Article

Just in case you wanted to see the article

Yeap - seen the email too.

It wasn't Kates fault. Before they went to her live, the circuit had been up for quite a while & she heard a report on Breakfast outlining the PMs plans, so assumed it was safe to mention.

It wasn't though! The producer concerned had their wrists quite severly slapped

Rightly so.

I do hope she doesn't get sacked... [TIME OUT - WILL FINISH THOUGHT LATER]

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/whitehall/story/0,9061,567370,00.html

This is from Guardian's politics site, and the best report about this whole mess I've come across so far.

The important bit is:

'Jeremy Bowen, the former Middle East correspondent turned breakfast presenter, tells viewers of BBC1 and BBC News 24 that the prime minister is heading for Oman. Turning to Kate Adie, live from the Gulf, he asks about the visit, the details of which are meant to be under wraps. Surprised, Adie directs the conversation away.

Downing Street names Adie in its morning press briefing and sends a written complaint to the BBC director general, Greg Dyke. Despite BBC protests that Adie was not to blame, the involvement of a star reporter in the gaffe - blamed on Breakfast producers - is too good a story to miss.'