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PAXMAN IN ENIGMA VARIATION OF STORY

Excoriated Press Bulletin
19 Oct 2000
13:11

In a sensational development Jeremy Paxman has admitted that his involvement in the 'return' of the Enigma Coding Machine stolen from Bletchley Park was deeper than had been acknowledged.

Investigative journalists had questioned the original story by asking how it was possible for the BBC's sophisticated anti-terrorist procedures to allow a heavy, bulky package to be passed through the security-conscious post-opening procedures without suspicion and then allowed to lie in the Newsnight Offices until Paxman returned from leave.

A BBC spokesman admitted that, "in the ordinary course of events, a package of this nature would have put security staff on alert and further ultrasound examination would have shown the presence of a large metallic object inside elaborate packaging. I have to agree that it is surprising this did not happen."

Paxman himself initially refused to comment, but when pressed issued the following statement from his Newsnight Office:

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[Originally posted in uk.media.tv.misc by John Dean]

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