Hello, it's Alexi here. I'm the investigations editor at Tortus, and for the past few months,

I've been working with my producer, Gary Marshall, on our latest series. It's called Elon Spies,

and it's about Elon Musk. Now, I understand if your first thought is what more is there to say about him.

You'd have to be living under a rock not to know about the tech billionaire who runs SpaceX,

Tesla, X, and many other companies.

Or how he's become a hugely powerful and controversial figure.

But Gary and I have been investigating a very particular part of his life,

one that exists in the shadows.

And that's the way he uses private investigators and surveillance

to shape the world around him.

It's a story that takes us from London to Thailand and ends on the Gold Coast of Australia.

And it is, I hope, a very real insight into a man who claims to be a free speech absolutist,

but appears to behave very differently behind closed doors.

You're about to hear episode one of three. To listen to the rest of the series, just search for

Elon Spies wherever you're listening to this. Tortus.

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And you want to stay anonymous in this interview.

Can you tell me why it's important that we protect your identity?

I'm standing up against very dangerous and powerful individuals.

So it's reasonable to protect my identity.

Can you give me an outline of what you want me to look at?

The documents showing what kind of services Tesla and Mr. Musk

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