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Alastair Thompson
Scoop Publisher
Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
Alastair Thompson - Latest News [Page 80]
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 21 October 2002, 3:50 pm | Alastair Thompson
- The Armstrong Affair FULL COVERAGE - What's Good For The Goose... - Jane Kelsey And ARENA Are Watching APEC - Tranz Rail Top Trio Earn $2.7 Million As Staff Are Cut - Media Doyen Appointed First EEO Commissioner - Howard’s End: Empty Words Satisfy ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 18 October 2002, 3:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
The Ross, Helen & Enron Show Is Wound Up - Media Torture In The Land Of The Free - Keith Rankin: Why William Wallace Is Like Osama bin Laden - Naked In Nuhaka: Cross Ditch Musings And Rememberings - Sharon’s Hatred For Arafat - Sydney Police Drugs ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 17 October 2002, 3:54 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Editorial - NZers Are Entitled To The Truth - Bali Bombing: What Did Helen Know And When? - Bali Bombing: Intelligence Failure - Scoop's Full Coverage - Bali Bombing: Where To Buy Your Own C-4 - Scoop Is In The House - New Wellington Hotel ... More >>
Scoop Editorial: Our PM And The Business Of Lying
Thursday, 17 October 2002, 2:43 pm | Alastair Thompson
“The bottom line is, neither the US nor Australia nor NZ nor anyone else had information that would lead them to tell their nationals not to go to Bali,” says Prime Minister Helen Clark on Radio New Zealand this afternoon. More >>
Bill English - Where Was NZ's CIA Bali Warning?
Thursday, 17 October 2002, 11:50 am | Alastair Thompson
National Party Leader Bill English has just finished a Press Conference at Parliament at which he called on the Prime Minister to come clean on the question of whether or not warnings were received from the CIA concerning a possible attack in Bali. More >>
PM Answers Questions On Intelligence Failure
Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 5:55 pm | Alastair Thompson
I give the House exactly the same advice that John Howard gave Australians yesterday, which is that Australia was given no warning of the Bali bombing, we were given no warning of the Bali bombing. The Prime Minister of Australia said that it had no ... More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 4:08 pm | Alastair Thompson
Bali Bombing: Intelligence Failure Emerging - EARLIER: Taiwan’s Government Was Warned About Bali Attack – Were We? - Bali Bombing: Stateside's View Of The Attack - Bali Bombing: NZ’s Relief Mission Breaks Down - Bali Bombing: Police Sent To Bali - Bali ... More >>
NZ PM’s Office Dodges Questions On Bali Warnings
Wednesday, 16 October 2002, 9:48 am | Alastair Thompson
The New Zealand Prime Minister’s office has dodged specific questions from Scoop on a warning concerning a South East Asian terrorist attack reportedly given to Taiwan on Friday by US intelligence officials. More >>
Translation: Taiwan Report On Bali Attack Warning
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 3:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
NOTE: Scoop thanks the reader who very kindly made the following translation of the report cited in... "Report May Suggest Foreknowledge Of Bali Bombing" . See also... "More News On Taiwan’s Attack Warning From The US" for another ... More >>
More News On Taiwan’s Attack Warning From The US
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 3:17 pm | Alastair Thompson
The following report from Taiwannews.com sheds some light on the earlier report carried by Scoop concerning warnings given by the US to Taiwan of an imminent terrorist attack in South East Asia. (See… Report May Suggest Foreknowledge Of Bali Bombing ) More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 2:26 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Bali Bombing: NZ Sends Hercules, Medical Team - Bali Bombing: Did Taiwan Know In Advance? - Bali Bombing: David Miller - As The Dust Settles - Bali Bombing: Australian Defence Force Updates - Terror Arrives Downunder - FULL ... More >>
Report May Suggest Foreknowledge Of Bali Bombing
Tuesday, 15 October 2002, 12:00 am | Alastair Thompson
The following posting on a usenet message board led Scoop to seek out an automatic translation of the news item in question. However as can be seen below, the translation falls way short of clearing up this matter. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Monday, 14 October 2002, 2:47 pm | Alastair Thompson
Terror Arrives Downunder - Decision To Allow Porn Birth Filming Outrages - Howard’s End: Is ACC Chief Garry Wilson Blind And Deaf? - Big News: The Right To Smack - Stateside Election 2002: California’s Gubernatorial Race - The Real Deal: Stealing By The Rich ... More >>
NEWSFLASH: At Least One Kiwi Dead In Bali Bombing
Sunday, 13 October 2002, 2:10 pm | Alastair Thompson
Two car bombs in Bali Indonesia this morning which have killed at least 67 people, mainly foreigners, have also killed at least one New Zealander according to the latest reports. More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Friday, 11 October 2002, 5:05 pm | Alastair Thompson
How To Show Your Appreciation - Hard News Is Coming! - Keith Rankin: The Madness Of Mayor John - Naked In Nuhaka Five - Uri Avnery: This Is Not A Joke - NITA: Moving In On Blighty - Scoop Was In The House - New Hope For Parkinson’s Sufferers More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 4:58 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Bush’s Harken Harvard Bailout – Prez. Caught Lying - Government passes controversial anti-terrorism law - A Palestinian From Bethlehem Visiting Wellington - Is Coddington’s Libertarian Cred Slipping - US Elections 2002: Betrayed By Expediency ... More >>
Scoop Update #10 – Three Ways To Love Scoop
Thursday, 10 October 2002, 3:32 pm | Alastair Thompson
In This Edition: Everyone Loves A Winner…. Vote For Scoop! – Be An Angel - Do You Know Any Advertisers? More >>
Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Wednesday, 9 October 2002, 4:38 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - Israel’s Latest War Crime - The Dangers Of Truth Telling – The Jason Leopold Story - The Real Deal: Austin Fitts Takes On DoD Misinformation - UQ Wire: The MI5’s Dirtiest Secret – Payoffs To bin Laden - Stateside: Butterflies! ... More >>
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Wednesday, 9 October 2002, 3:36 pm | Alastair Thompson
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Scoop: Top Scoops + Just Politics
Tuesday, 8 October 2002, 3:27 pm | Alastair Thompson
Scoop Is In The House - David Miller: Keeping NZ Nuclear Free - Exploding Tankers Mean Higher Oil Prices - The Article That Salon & The NYT Don’t Want You To Read - SOL: Good Vibrations - Brazil Elections: Lula Looks Forward To October 27th - Undernews: ... More >>
