http://ask.metafilter.com/119351/Who-leaked-the-Downing-Street-smear-scandal/ Comments on Ask MetaFilter post Who leaked the Downing Street "smear scandal"? Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:34:22 -0800 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:34:22 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/119351/Who-leaked-the-Downing-Street-smear-scandal Who leaked the Downing Street "smear scandal"? <br /><br /> I seem to be missing something fundemental in the ongoing <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/12/damien-mc-bride-labour-smear">"Downing Street Smear Scandal"</a>. Namely how did the offending email get leaked to the press? If the right-wing blogger <a href="http://www.order-order.com/">Guido Fawlkes</a> got hold of them? post:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.119351 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:03:58 -0800 MrMerlot politics labour smearscandal media blogs http://ask.metafilter.com/119351/Who-leaked-the-Downing-Street-smear-scandal#1708841 Staines/Guido says pretty clearly <a href="http://www.order-order.com/2009/04/mcpoisons-going-is-good-for-political-standards/">here</a> that he gave the story to a couple of papers "for pleasure not profit," but he's not telling how he got hold of the emails, if that's your question.<br> <br> Staines implies <a href="http://www.order-order.com/2009/04/maguire-missed-the-scoop-under-his-nose/">here</a> that the "scoop" was available to at least one Labour-friendly journalist for a while. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.119351-1708841 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:34:22 -0800 mediareport http://ask.metafilter.com/119351/Who-leaked-the-Downing-Street-smear-scandal#1709225 Speculation right at the end of <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/13/email-smear-tactics-gordon-brown">this </a>Guardian article is one of Charlie Whelan's enemies in Unite. comment:ask.metafilter.com,2009:site.119351-1709225 Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:48:22 -0800 punilux