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Originally Posted by towny
I think you are being a conspiracy theorist here 
Seriously, you can spot a conspiracy theory - lots of leading questions but very little in the way of proof. There is such a fever of speculation, and even a touch of moral outrage, around Carr at the moment that just about anything seems plausible. |
Actually normally I'm the first to criticise conspiracy theories - but this all seems a little too obvious. Having worked in the media for many years, I know the way that these things can work - journalists and governments do deals to leak this kind of stuff at the top level. As the most basic, say the guy who's car it was felt strongly about the subject - it's been known to give the nod to a paper or journo that the information is going to be at a certain place at a certain time. This could be purely for monetary reasons or just what he might feel (somewhat misguidedly in my opinion) to be the 'right' thing to do.
It's all just a little too convenient that this information has fallen into the public domain. Also the thing about the papers being 'found dumped' on Hampstead Heath - this is classic journalist disposal method. I mean, any normal person would burn them, shred them, bury them in the garden, etc!!