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Everything that is now being done to the Guardian has already been done to the tabloid press, a hundred times over, and often at the behest of the Guardian.

Some of JIEDDO's intelligence work, particularly the collection of data on US companies, occurred "at the behest of [JIEDDO] leadership".

Security sources believe Barot was probably the person identified in the 9/11 commission's report as Issa al-Britani, who, according to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, principal architect of 9/11, learned his craft from Hambali, alleged mastermind of the Bali bombing, and went to New York to check out potential targets at the behest of Bin Laden.

Updated at 7.07pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 6.42pm BSThe:42 The remains of a Macbook that held information leaked by Edward Snowden to the Guardian and was destroyed at the behest of the UK government.

The Battle of Anghiari was covered or destroyed at the behest of the Medici.

As Zuley's interrogation of Slahi was underway, Miller, the Army two-star general in charge of the Guantánamo detention center, traveled to Iraq at the behest of the Pentagon.

"The MDC views this is as a wanton act of aggression by Zanu-PF aimed at covering up the massive electoral fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) orchestrated at the behest and connivance of Zanu PF," the party said.

Nor does Jing reveal that this is a video produced at the behest of Peabody Energy, the world's largest privately-held coal mining company, which also has its headquarters in St Louis.

Milne was force to resign in 1987 at the behest of BBC chairman Marmaduke Hussey, who had been appointed by Margaret Thatcher to bring the broadcaster to heel.

As a result, Cameron himself, rather than at the behest of Clegg, has had to shelve the British bill of rights, as the Tory party tries to work out how to transpose populism into law, especially how withdrawal from the European convention on human rights could possibly be achieved in the face of a veto by the Scottish government.

"It presents you with the chance to put some MPs in the Commons not just because you want their party to form a majority but because you actually believe they'll stand for something in there rather than just be at the behest of party whips".

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