Chronology of Guardian working for intelligence Archived Message
Posted by George Brennan on June 25, 2019, 5:57 pm, in reply to "Guardian working for intelligence: remember Harding's sensational 'Christmas Eve' story?"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/julian-assange-russia-ecuador-embassy-london-secret-escape-plan There is a momentum here. This Escape Plot, claiming multiple anonymous sources, was published 21 September 2018. If I have understood Matt Kennard below, deputy editor Paul Johnson was thanked by the D-notice committee in middle of November for his services to the state, rendered since joining the committed in 2014. Recent services may include the article above. Then on 27 November, heralded by a tweet from Paul Johnson himself, Harding published the infamous article alleging three secret Assange meetings over years with Manafort in the Embassy. These allegations were promptly and thoroughly debunked, but as far as I can find Viner has never retracted them. The most important meeting was March 2016. “A well-placed source has told the Guardian that Manafort went to see Assange around March 2016. Months later WikiLeaks. released a stash of Democratic emails stolen by Russian intelligence officers” https://twitter.com/paul__johnson/status/1067424431390318592?lang=en https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-held-secret-talks-with-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy “Sources Say” was added to the headline here as insurance when the first edition aroused universal scepticism. The Well Placed Source might well b the discredited Christopher Steele, or just possible his invisible associate Pablo Miller. Or Perhaps one of Paul Johnson’s committee chums. Anyone’s guess. The Escape Plot is beyond disproof because it describes an event that never occurred. The Secet Visits story is different. I still don’t quite understand why they should have fed the gullible Harding with a yarn so easily tested and falsified. if anyone spots any sort of Guardian retraction of the Secret Visits story, let me know. I am writing elsewhere about Katherine Viner and would avoid wronging her . gb Something goes wrong when I insert "dump" before Guardian. It never has before. Can anyone see here the exact date at which Paul Johnson was thanked. https://twitter.com/DCKennard/status/1139187916184391680
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