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'''Jon''' (John) '''Anketell Brewer Swain''' is an award-winning [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist and writer who was portrayed by [[Julian Sands]] in the 1984 [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning film ''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]''. |
'''Jon''' (John) '''Anketell Brewer Swain''' is an award-winning [[United Kingdom|British]] journalist and writer who was portrayed by [[Julian Sands]] in the 1984 [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning film ''[[The Killing Fields (film)|The Killing Fields]]''. |
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For many years Swain was the ''[[The Sunday Times]]'''s [[correspondent]] in [[Paris]]. During this time he had many famous [[Scoop (term)|scoop]]s including uncovering the financial support extended by [[Libya]]'s [[Muammar al-Gaddafi|Colonel Gaddafi]]'s to [[Arthur Scargill]]'s [[National Union of Mineworkers]]. He also reported for the newspaper from [[East Timor]] in 1999, at the time of its vote for independence, which saw [[Timor-Leste Scorched Earth|widespread violence]] by [[Indonesia]]n-backed [[Pro-Indonesian militia|militias]] |
For many years Swain was the ''[[The Sunday Times]]'''s [[correspondent]] in [[Paris]]. During this time he had many famous [[Scoop (term)|scoop]]s including uncovering the financial support extended by [[Libya]]'s [[Muammar al-Gaddafi|Colonel Gaddafi]]'s to [[Arthur Scargill]]'s [[National Union of Mineworkers]]. He also reported for the newspaper from [[East Timor]] in 1999, at the time of its vote for independence, which saw [[Timor-Leste Scorched Earth|widespread violence]] by [[Indonesia]]n-backed [[Pro-Indonesian militia|militias]]<ref>See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/454108.stm.</ref>. |
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French journalist [[Denis Robert]], who unveiled the "[[Clearstream]] affair", wrote in 2006 in his book "Clearstream, l'enquête" |
French journalist [[Denis Robert]], who unveiled the "[[Clearstream]] affair", wrote in 2006 in his book "Clearstream, l'enquête"<ref>http://www.amazon.fr/Clearstream-lenqu%C3%AAte-Denis-Robert/dp/2352040221</ref> (pp. 229-230) that he believes Jon Swain was working in 2005 for Hakluyt<ref>See http://hakluyt.co.uk/</ref>, a private intelligence firm based in [[London]] with close links to [[MI6]]<ref>According to Robert, Swain met him three times in 2005 to get some Clearstream documents for a paper that he never wrote. According to French weekly newspaper ''[[Le Canard Enchaîné]]'' (quoted by Robert) Hakluyt received 2.7 million euros in 2005 from French giant [[EADS]] in order to spy its competitors. [[Jean-Louis Gergorin]], the number-two person in EADS at that time, was in charge of the budget. Gergorin was the whistleblower (the "crow") in the [[Clearstream scandal]] in France: he sent the anonymous letters to judge [[Renaud Van Ruymbeke]]. Robert strongly believes that Jon Swain was working for Hackluyt at that time.</ref>. |
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[[Category:British journalists|Swain, Jon]] |
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Revision as of 14:23, 11 July 2008
Jon (John) Anketell Brewer Swain is an award-winning British journalist and writer who was portrayed by Julian Sands in the 1984 Oscar-winning film The Killing Fields.
For many years Swain was the The Sunday Times's correspondent in Paris. During this time he had many famous scoops including uncovering the financial support extended by Libya's Colonel Gaddafi's to Arthur Scargill's National Union of Mineworkers. He also reported for the newspaper from East Timor in 1999, at the time of its vote for independence, which saw widespread violence by Indonesian-backed militias[1].
French journalist Denis Robert, who unveiled the "Clearstream affair", wrote in 2006 in his book "Clearstream, l'enquête"[2] (pp. 229-230) that he believes Jon Swain was working in 2005 for Hakluyt[3], a private intelligence firm based in London with close links to MI6[4].
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- ^ See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/454108.stm.
- ^ http://www.amazon.fr/Clearstream-lenqu%C3%AAte-Denis-Robert/dp/2352040221
- ^ See http://hakluyt.co.uk/
- ^ According to Robert, Swain met him three times in 2005 to get some Clearstream documents for a paper that he never wrote. According to French weekly newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné (quoted by Robert) Hakluyt received 2.7 million euros in 2005 from French giant EADS in order to spy its competitors. Jean-Louis Gergorin, the number-two person in EADS at that time, was in charge of the budget. Gergorin was the whistleblower (the "crow") in the Clearstream scandal in France: he sent the anonymous letters to judge Renaud Van Ruymbeke. Robert strongly believes that Jon Swain was working for Hackluyt at that time.