My first juicy leak came in 2013 when an EU source gave me an inch-thick dossier of files documenting EU Commission cock-ups on diplomatic security in Afghanistan.
They brought it to my home in Brussels and told me they felt morally compelled because lives were being put at risk and taxpayers' money was being wasted.
It was a jumble of email correspondence, minutes of internal meetings, and procurement contracts.
On...
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