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The funds were used as advances on expenses and also to pay sources for articles, said the former journalists.
One arrested journalist had, over several years, received more than £150,000 in cash to pay sources - a "number of whom were public officials", she added.
She does not, she insists, pay sources for stories (though outsiders wonder if the Star might pay "stringers" for a story, achieving the same result).
It is common practice at The Enquirer to pay sources thousands of dollars, and sometimes tens of thousands of dollars, for such information.
Mr. Levine said his paper didn't pay sources for the articles but was unapologetic about using the tactic in earlier reporting on Mr. Edwards.
And she said that one Sun journalist had been responsible for drawing more than £150,000 over the years to pay sources.
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