#28 The Trial of John Furlong/Smearing Snowden

June 18, 2015

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Freelance writer Denise Balkissoon on Laura Robinson's defamation suit against John Furlong and the CBC's modified headline following the publication of Glenn Greenwald's exposé of a false Sunday Times report.

5:25 Canadaland Episode #61 with Laura Robinson (December 2014)

5:28 Laura Robinson’s original piece in The Georgia Straight (published September 2012)

16:55 Sunday Times article, “British spies betrayed to Russians and Chinese “

16:55 Full Text of Sunday Times article

16:55 Glenn Greenwald’s Intercept editorial about Sunday Times article

18:37 CBC article, “Journalists slam article claiming Russia, China cracked Edward Snowden files” (previously entitled “Russia, China crack Edward Snowden files, UK pulls out spies”)

Denise Balkissoon: https://twitter.com/balkissoon

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