Stobart Stopper
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editor said:So if you were going to bump someone off (via bumbling yet invisible hitmen) because they might reveal some dark secrets, would you do it before they'd given a long and exclusive interview with one of the world's largest media organisations, or after?
Well that all depends, doesn't it? It well documented that media organisations are riddled with people who are on the unofficial payroll of our security services. They serve a purpose I suppose. That's one of the reasons Shayler came to light, he spoke to the wrong people, got busted before he really had the chance to blow the lid.
Andrew Gilligan was, IMO, not an MI5/6 glove puppet and that's why he was able to get Kelly to speak to him like he did.
You have to remember though, that any phone, mobile or landline can be listened to at any time and you would never even know about it. People who rock the boat a bit, be it Princess Diana, government ministers or the Prince of Wales, fall victim to these spies and that's how much of what you see in the media in regard to scandals really comes out.