This Johnson said on the air Sky News.
“The media should feel free to bring important facts to the public,” he cited TASS.
At the same time, the politician noted that the perpetrators of the leak of such information "should be brought to justice."
“In my opinion, the prosecution of newspapers or any other media for publishing such materials is unthinkable when there is clearly no risk to national security,” he stressed.
Earlier, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that, in his opinion, the media have the right to publish leaks of classified information.
On July 7, the media reported that the British ambassador to the US, Kim Darrok, in his letters sent to the kingdom’s foreign ministry, said that he considered the administration of the American President Donald Trump incompetent and helpless. The British government later regretted the leak.
The head of the counterterrorism police, Neil Basu, reminded the media that the publication of classified information could be considered a criminal offense in the UK.