Insight (Sunday Times)
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Insight is an investigative team for the British newspaper The Sunday Times
which is well-known for exposing stories such as discovering Soviet defect Kim Philby
's role in MI6, investigating the thalidomide
controversy,,revealing the secret manufacture of nuclear weapons by Israel
. and more recently the FIFA cash for votes scandal. The team was started by Clive Irving in 1963.
The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
which is well-known for exposing stories such as discovering Soviet defect Kim Philby
Kim Philby
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a spy for and later defected to the Soviet Union...
's role in MI6, investigating the thalidomide
Thalidomide
Thalidomide was introduced as a sedative drug in the late 1950s that was typically used to cure morning sickness. In 1961, it was withdrawn due to teratogenicity and neuropathy. There is now a growing clinical interest in thalidomide, and it is introduced as an immunomodulatory agent used...
controversy,,revealing the secret manufacture of nuclear weapons by Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
. and more recently the FIFA cash for votes scandal. The team was started by Clive Irving in 1963.