How the UK Security Services neutralised The Guardian

Re:How the UK Security Services neutralised The Guardian by MichaelMoser123 on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:34PM (#20947271)

I have a stupid question: how does this committe know in advance what a newspaper is about to be publishing? I mean in order to give advanced notices they need to know what the newspaper is up to?

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Re:How the UK Security Services neutralised The Guardian by diodesign on Thursday September 12, 2019 @03:32AM (#20948932)

Credible journalists contact governments, businesses, individuals, and any other subjects of articles, ahead of publication to ask for official comment, interviews, on-the-record explanations and confirmations, and so on.

It's basic due diligence to speak to both sides of a story. However, it can tip off organizations and folks that they are about to be a headline...

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