Insight (Sunday Times)

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Insight is the investigative team of the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The project was begun by Clive Irving in 1963. An early investigation was into the Profumo affair.[1] Insight is known for revealing in 1967 that the defector to Russia, Kim Philby, was the third man in the Cambridge Spy ring;[2] for investigating the thalidomide controversy;[3] and for revealing the secret manufacture of nuclear weapons by Israel.[4] In 2011, it exposed the FIFA cash for votes scandal.

References

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  1. ^ Irving, Clive (24 September 2020). "Harry Evans: The Editor Who Wouldn't Be Gagged Paved the Way for a Golden Age of Journalism". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Harold (20 September 2009). "The Sunday Times and Kim Philby". The Sunday Times. London. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
  3. ^ Davies, Nick (7 February 2008). Flat Earth News. London: Chatto & Windus. pp. 287–328. ISBN 978-0-7011-8145-1.
  4. ^ "Mordechai Vanunu: The Sunday Times articles". The Sunday Times. London. 21 April 2004. Archived from the original on 5 September 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2010.

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