Simon called one day to say that he’d spoken to some journalists, and there was a media blackout on the story. They’d been issued with Defence Advisory Notices by the government, warning them not to publish any intelligence that might damage national security. The Cabinet Office’s Media Monitoring Unit would not let anyone else touch it. Simon explained how difficult it was to get someone to report it when their salary depended on not reporting it. Someone had also tried to hack into Truth.com’s website and take it down, but they hadn’t succeeded.
