I'm wondering whether there's any way for journalists to verify this, and if not, why we should trust statements by the U.S. or U.K. governments on this topic, given their repeated falsehoods in the past.
Perhaps the next press release will claim, 'paying taxes reduces the risk of death by 42%!'
Section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000:[0]
"Information held by a public authority is exempt information if it was directly or indirectly supplied to the public authority by, or relates to [...] the Government Communications Headquarters"