No charges against Hague leak warden

Former warden of the Scheveningen prison Timothy McFadden violated the rules of the Hague Tribunal, a specially appointed chamber of the court has decided. However, although the Irishman leaked information about former Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic to U.S. officials, the chamber concluded there were no grounds for McFadden to be charged with contempt of court. No charges against Hague leak warden The request for an investigation against McFadden was filed by Radovan Karadzic and Vojislav Seselj, both currently detained at the Hague. They referred to a piece of diplomatic correspondence from the U.S. embassy in The Hague, which described McFadden's communication with U.S. diplomats on November 12, 2003. The correspondence was made public by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks in January this year. According to the information on Wikileaks, McFadden disclosed information on Milosevic's health, contacts with his wife and views about his lawyers. The chamber decided that the information was confidential and that all employees had to treat it as such. As an employee of the Hague, McFadden was not allowed to share the information with any government, institution or individual, the chamber stated. However, they determined that McFadden's actions did not constitute a willful interference with court proceedings and decided not to file contempt of court charges against him. Since McFadden violated his code of conduct, the chamber still allowed other measures to be taken, in line with UN employment regulations, "to prevent the incident from being repeated". A view of the Scheveningen prison (Beta, file)

No charges against Hague leak warden

The request for an investigation against McFadden was filed by Radovan Karadžić and Vojislav Šešelj, both currently detained at the Hague.

They referred to a piece of diplomatic correspondence from the U.S. embassy in The Hague, which described McFadden's communication with U.S. diplomats on November 12, 2003. The correspondence was made public by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks in January this year.

According to the information on Wikileaks, McFadden disclosed information on Milošević's health, contacts with his wife and views about his lawyers.

The chamber decided that the information was confidential and that all employees had to treat it as such.

As an employee of the Hague, McFadden was not allowed to share the information with any government, institution or individual, the chamber stated.

However, they determined that McFadden's actions did not constitute a willful interference with court proceedings and decided not to file contempt of court charges against him.

Since McFadden violated his code of conduct, the chamber still allowed other measures to be taken, in line with UN employment regulations, "to prevent the incident from being repeated".