Ep. 26 Burnt

The Tip Off

News, News & Politics

4.7 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Shiv Malik thought he was onto something special. He’d been working with a source who was offering incredible insights into the UK terrorist scene. And now, this same source was saying he was ready to turn his back on his past life and he wanted Shiv to tell that story.

Then things fell apart.

Shiv's book The Messenger will be released in June 2019.

Read all about it: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-messenger/shiv-malik/9781783350452

Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan

Production support: Cheeka Eyers

Music: Dice Muse, Poddington Bear, Blue Dot Sessions and Komiku

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0:00.0	There probably isn't a decision in my life that I regret more than that.
0:14.0	I don't regret almost anything but I probably I think I regret that, saying yes.
0:25.5	The golden rule for all good journalists is you protect your sources.
0:27.0	Come what may.
0:31.5	Threats, legal proceedings, jail time, you protect your sources.
0:35.1	But what happens when sources aren't all they seem to be?
0:39.8	This is a story of deception, betrayal and confusion.
0:43.3	And it begins with a taxi ride.
0:46.7	I'm Mawke-McClenigan.
0:48.6	This is the tip-off.
0:52.7	My name is Shiv Malik.
0:58.2	I was an investigative reporter for The Guardian for five years, and now I'm a freelance.
1:03.3	It was late 2005, and Shiv Malik was getting off a train in Leeds.
1:05.7	He'd travelled up from London on a mission.
1:10.8	Please remember to take all your personal belongings with you when you leave the train.
1:12.2	All change, please.
1:16.9	It was an interesting project.
1:19.5	It was fascinating, in fact, one of the most interesting projects I worked on.
1:22.6	Sheev was working as a researcher for a TV show.
1:27.7	A show that was going to dramatize the events that led up to the 7-7 bombings that had happened a few months earlier. Breaking news were getting from the PA Newswire that there's been reports of an
1:32.8	explosion outside Liverpool Street Station. That of course in the east end of London. It's the
1:39.4	bordering area. You'll be maybe familiar with the Swiss building known as the Gherkin.
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