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Journalists gagged over MoD leak that put allies at risk.

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Jul 15, 2025 #lewisgoodall #jamesobrien #ukpolitics

Lewis Goodall shares his exclusive story with James O’Brien.

The government spent nearly two years using an unprecedented superinjunction to prevent the public from learning about a catastrophic Ministry of Defence data breach that exposed the personal details of thousands of Afghans who had worked with UK forces.

The breach involved the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) — a scheme set up to offer sanctuary in the UK to Afghans who supported British military operations during the 20-year war in Afghanistan.

More than 18,000 applicants were affected, with names and contact details , email addresses and phone numbers leaked. When family members are included, the number of people potentially put at risk rises to around 100,000.

The MoD sought and was granted a contra mundum superinjunction — a rare legal order that not only barred publication of the story but also prevented anyone from revealing that an injunction even existed. In court, it was described as “constitutionally unprecedented”.

The News Agents’ and LBC presenter Lewis Goodall was barred from reporting it and initially forbidden from even informing his editor. Court hearings were held in secret, with even media lawyers excluded from “closed sessions”.

The injunction was originally presented as a short-term emergency measure to protect lives while the government identified and helped those most at risk.

But subsequent hearings revealed that the number of people the MOD planned on assisting was just 200 individuals, plus their dependents — a fraction of those affected. Eventually, though there is some dispute about the figures, at least 6900 people have now been brought over as a result of the breach.

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So this was my first time calling into #LBC to have a chat, it’s not particularly good lol and there is some nervous laughter as I try to compose myself. The topic of discussion was loosely on sheep race banning, but I heard James say certain things that I wanted to address in the greater context of veganism. To be clear this guy did imply that it was veganism as a whole and not just sheep race banning that was being wrongly prioritised because he said something like ‘when x human issues are going on why should we care about the cow or the pig?’ etc, so he did dodge that first question entirely by denying he said anything to that effect. He also made a strawman out of the argument I was about to make but couldn’t actually finish off cos James loves the sound of his own voice lol and decided to derail the discussion towards sports day and how important it is to make kids exercise😹🙄hahahah oh James, my whole point was that we don’t make kids participate in sports and exercise for OUR entertainment lol cos that would be creepy and the unethical treatment of sentient beings… oh! Sounds like something else I was saying as well doesn’t it? How about that. Look what happens when people are allowed to finish their point. Lol that was pretty revealing, he had come apart intellectually, and it’s that he *did* know what I was saying, but he wanted to deceitfully invalidate my argument by derailing it lol. What I didn’t get to mention: 1) the #namethetrait argument which would have forced James to be intellectually honest, and 2) addressing his earlier point on the conundrum we face if we stop torturing, enslaving and killing animals to use and eat, they would never have the opportunity to exist, so we’re doing them a favour lol 🙄🤣 next time, James. 😉 I’ll come better prepared.

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James O'Brien (Director) Western Religion | Bio

James O’Brien

A graduate of Providence College in 1992 with BA in English Literature and a Theatre minor, O’Brien first began making short films and documentaries at PC.

After a backpacking trip around Europe, he moved to Los Angeles in the fall of ‘92. His first film out west was “Bastard,” a B&W short about a schizophrenic hit man. American Cinemateque selected the film to open for Werner Herzog’s “Nosferatu” at a DGA Herzog retrospective.

O’Brien followed this with his first feature, a 16mm color film, blown-up to 35mm, called “Venice Bound.” The film debuted at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown LA, before making it’s international premiere at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.

Variety magazine gave the film a positive review, calling O’Brien a “talent in the raw” and “Venice Bound” a movie that kept you “glued to the screen.” 

Commissioned scripts followed in the mid-to-late nineties. During this time, James worked on set doing any number of jobs from set-painter and set construction to 2nd AD on low-budget features and music videos.

In the early years of 2000, O’Brien held the post of managing editor of “Comic News,” a Vermont based monthly magazine. 

James moved back to Los Angeles in 2004. He plied his trade in the location business, doing signature work for a wide range of television shows, commercials, and studio features.

In the years that followed, O'Brien worked on two feature films concurrently:

“Wish You Were Here,” a cross country road movie and his second feature film. It debuted on iTunes in 2013.

“Hyperfutura,” a cult no budget sci-fi, and his third feature film. It debuted on iTunes and cable VOD in 2013.  

During this period, O’Brien wrote the commissioned screenplay “The Backward Path,” about a detective investigating a case in hell, as well as penning the sci-fi TV series “Hardboiled” for Producer Jefery Levy.

Western Religion is O'Brien's fourth feature and his biggest, most expansive production to date. It is currently in post production.

FILMOGRAPHY:

“Bastard” – 14 minutes, black and white. Writer/Director. 1993.

“Venice Bound” – 90 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer. 1996. www.veniceboundmovie.com

“Wish You Were Here” – 85 minutes. Writer/Director/Producer. 2012.

“Hyperfutura” – 61 minutes, Writer/Director/Producer. 2013. www.hyperfutura.com

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0754536/