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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]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/454108.stm] |
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]].[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/454108.stm] |
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French journalist [[Denis Robert]], who unveiled the "[[Clearstream]] affair", wrote in 2006 in his book "Clearstream, l'enquête" [http://www.amazon.fr/Clearstream-lenqu%C3%AAte-Denis-Robert/dp/2352040221] (pp. 229-230) that he believes Jon Swain was working in 2005 for Hakluyt [http://hakluyt.co.uk/], a private intelligence firm based in [[London]] with close links to [[MI6]] |
French journalist [[Denis Robert]], who unveiled the "[[Clearstream]] affair", wrote in 2006 in his book "Clearstream, l'enquête" [http://www.amazon.fr/Clearstream-lenqu%C3%AAte-Denis-Robert/dp/2352040221] (pp. 229-230) that he believes Jon Swain was working in 2005 for Hakluyt [http://hakluyt.co.uk/], a private intelligence firm based in [[London]] with close links to [[MI6]]. |
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Revision as of 19:19, 10 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.
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