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In a state of surprise, Hamza and Brian leave a meeting with the man the Trojan Horse letter was first sent to. And they learn about an internal investigation report that local officials have kept hidden, but which they think could contain a bombshell.

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 3

From serial productions and The New York Times, I'm Brian Reed.

Here's what Hamza and I have figured out.

The Trojan Horse Affair wasn't a mistake.

The government didn't overreact simply because they'd failed to investigate the source of

They hadn't actually missed the link to Adderley Primary School and Rizvan Adar and then

pressed ahead anyway with teacher bands, legal cases, school takeovers, enhanced national

To tell you the story of how we figured that out, we're going to go all the way back to

To an interview we did with a key figure in this saga, the first person The Trojan Horse

Alber borne was the leader of the Birmingham City Council.

Before we'd really focused on Rizvan Adar and the legal troubles she was facing when

The Trojan Horse letter popped up, portraying her as an innocent victim.

At this point in our reporting, we were still just gathering basic info about the letter.

My staff, they opened the letter and brought it to me and said that...

We were hopeful Councilor Borne, my absent, and useful to share because not only was he

the first person to receive the letter, but he seemed like one of the few politicians

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0:00.0	From serial productions and The New York Times, I'm Brian Reed.
0:07.0	I'm Hamza Sayed.
0:08.6	This is The Trojan Horse Affair.
0:10.6	Here's what Hamza and I have figured out.
0:16.3	The Trojan Horse Affair wasn't a mistake.
0:18.8	The government didn't overreact simply because they'd failed to investigate the source of
0:22.7	The Trojan Horse letter.
0:24.2	It hadn't tricked them.
0:25.6	They hadn't actually missed the link to Adderley Primary School and Rizvan Adar and then
0:30.1	pressed ahead anyway with teacher bands, legal cases, school takeovers, enhanced national
0:35.1	security policy.
0:37.2	To tell you the story of how we figured that out, we're going to go all the way back to
0:41.3	our very first week of reporting.
0:43.7	To an interview we did with a key figure in this saga, the first person The Trojan Horse
0:48.3	letter was sent to.
1:04.4	Alber borne was the leader of the Birmingham City Council.
1:32.4	Before we'd really focused on Rizvan Adar and the legal troubles she was facing when
1:35.7	The Trojan Horse letter popped up, portraying her as an innocent victim.
1:40.1	At this point in our reporting, we were still just gathering basic info about the letter.
1:44.9	My staff, they opened the letter and brought it to me and said that...
1:51.3	We were hopeful Councilor Borne, my absent, and useful to share because not only was he
1:55.4	the first person to receive the letter, but he seemed like one of the few politicians
	...

The Trojan Horse Affair - Part 3

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