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GCSB row is mostly hot air and spin – but that is part of the problem

Rob Hosking
Thu, 04 Apr 2013

When a political row becomes a story about news management, perception and not much else, it's a fair bet the issue is dying.

That seems to have happened to the whole row over the appointment of Ian Fletcher to serve as Director-General of the Government Communications Security Bureau, which

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Rob Hosking
Thu, 04 Apr 2013
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