The New Statesman can reveal that Banks directed investigators from Precision Risk and Intelligence (a private investigation firm he previously owned, which is now dissolved), to look into Pogrund after the Insight story. Banks did not deny he had launched the probe. “We believe the Sunday Times used hacked information and that was an area of interest. We do have an investigative arm that’s got advanced capabilities,” he told the New Statesman.
So the extreme right wing party not only has their gangs of yobs ready to burn down a town at a moment’s notice, but also their own private intelligence gathering network that investigates their political enemies including journalists? Hmmm…
I thought Mr “I run Banks” preferred to keep out of the limelight.
