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    #28 The Trial of John Furlong/Smearing Snowden
    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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