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.
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.