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Originally Posted by All Systems Go
The leak was purposeful, so that he could be brought back. It was all a publicity stunt. Anyone disagree?
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This is complete rubbish. There is absolutely no evidence of such an intention. Given your propensity to believe in conspiracy theories I'm not really that surprised that you fell for it, but this is worse than the Moon landings.
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Originally Posted by Smudge
apparently it was the Australians who leaked it on a small time magazine website then the Americans went full throttle with it.
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No, a small Australian gossip magazine found out from a military source but chose not to make much of it. 'Frau Im Speigel' magazine also found out, but no-one really picked up on it there either.
A couple of months later the Drudge Report went full throttle with it, but you can hardly call Drudge a member of the mainstream media as you imply (by not differentiating). Since the site gets a hell of a lot of hits the entire British media swung into action that afternoon and published all of their exclusive material.