Frank Grevil
Frank Søholm Grevil (born November 16, 1960 ) is a former Major des Forsvarets Efterretningstjeneste (FE, Denmark's Foreign Intelligence Service ) who became a whistleblower in 2004 when he obtained secret documents about the likelihood of the existence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq from his agency without their authorization gave to the public. In 2008 he was sentenced to four months ' imprisonment for this, and after three months in prison, he was released on September 10th.
Awards
On January 26th, 2009 Grevil received the Sam Adams Award for “Special Integrity in the Intelligence Service” because his actions “ risked his career and his own freedom for democracy. "
"Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. This is not something we just believe. We know. "
“Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. It's not something we just believe. We know it."
After individual representatives of Danish intelligence agencies warned the government that there was little or no evidence to support this claim, but that it showed no interest in the facts and began the war in Iraq in coalition with the United States and United Kingdom forces in 2003 , Grevil submitted the appropriate Documents to the press .
Movie
- "Being Frank"
Being Frank is a Danish-language documentary that shows the events of Frank Grevil and his family in 30 minutes after he became a whistleblower. The film was shown with English subtitles at several film festivals and was named “Best Documentary on Human Rights ” by the Skena Up of the Albanian University of Pristina in 2008 . The Victoria Film Festival , Victoria (British Columbia) awarded the title "Best Documentary" in 2010.
literature
- Charlotte Aagaard : I nationens tjeneste. Frank Grevil, majors of the fik nok. Information, København 2005, ISBN 87-7514-117-5 ( Danish )
Web links
- Frank Grevil in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- being-frank.com - Website for the film "Being Frank"
- grevilsupport.dk/uk - Grevils support website
Individual evidence
- ^ Honoring a Whistleblower in the Sam Adams Tradition , The Huffington Post website. Retrieved May 5, 2014.
- ↑ facebook.com/beingfrank - Facebook website for the film. Retrieved May 4, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grevil, Frank |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grevil, Frank Søholm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish intelligence officer and whistleblower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 16, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Denmark |