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This index profiles some of The Guardian's key conspirators - four of whom have a curious common interest in Britain's and America's intelligence services - and also lays out the evidence proving concisely eleven fundamental lies that they and other Guardian journalists propagated, most in collusion with their lawyers, as part of The Guardian's cover-up.
    Their conspiracy enabled The Guardian to destroy its innocent victims and escape redress after publishing its false and evidence-free 'cash for questions' story of 20 October 1994, accusing London's top lobbyist of bribing Conservative MPs.

Note: it is strongly advised that these pages be read in tandem with the document entitled "The concise true story of the cash for questions affair"; and, for serious students of The Guardian's corruption, the document entitled "The brainwashing of a democratic state", both of which can be found in Section Two.  It is also advised that each of the documents listed below is read in sequence.

The interweaving relationships and activities of a Labour MP with access to US and UK intelligence secrets; a former US naval intelligence officer and Soviet agent; and two hard-Left journalists specialising in undermining the British and US security services; plus four other players who had key roles in The Guardian's 'cash for questions' campaign.

The Webs They Weave:
The roles of eight players in The Guardian's 'cash for questions' campaign

Guardian Westminster correspondent David Hencke lies in his articles and signed witness statement to create the false impression that he had given the lobbyist Ian Greer and the two Tory MPs whom he accused Greer of bribing, Tim Smith & Neil Hamilton, due notice of those allegations -- when, in fact, he had given none.

Guardian Lie No.1:
THE EVIDENCE against David Hencke

Former Guardian editor Peter Preston lies in his signed witness statement by stating that, at the time of The Guardian's original 'cash for questions' article accusing lobbyist Ian Greer of bribing Smith & Hamilton, Mohamed 'Al' Fayed had not bore any sinister motive against the Conservative government; when, in fact, Preston knew full well that Fayed bore a massive double grudge over a £5m tax bill following Prime Minister John Major's refusal to intervene to grant him a British passport. (Peter Preston is a trustee of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian.)

Guardian Lie No.2:
THE EVIDENCE against Peter Preston

Peter Preston lies in his signed witness statement to create the false impression that Mohamed Al Fayed had alleged, proactively, that his lobbyist Ian Greer had bribed Smith & Hamilton, and that The Guardian had merely reported this allegation; when, in fact, after years of rumours about the lobbyist The Guardian had approached Fayed for information to bring Greer down, and had used Fayed's spitefully-motivated assent to the Guardian's invented story to achieve its ends.

Guardian Lie No.3:
THE EVIDENCE against Peter Preston

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger submits to Sir Gordon Downey's parliamentary inquiry a document of zero evidential value and confers on it crucial importance by describing it as an "affidavit" (i.e. sworn on oath) of one of his journalists, John Mullin; when, in fact, Mullin had not even signed it least of all sworn it on oath. (Alan Rusbridger is a trustee of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian.)

Guardian Lie No.4:
THE EVIDENCE against Alan Rusbridger

After resisting pressure for five years, Guardian journalist John Mullin finally becomes embroiled in his colleagues' cover-up by signing a witness statement to support their lies - unaware that his false testimony is exposed by a secretly-taped telephone interview he gave another journalist nearly two years earlier.

Guardian Lie No.5:
THE EVIDENCE against John Mullin

The Guardian's comment editor David Leigh, who at the time was working as the legal aide to The Guardian's Counsel Geoffrey Robertson QC, nevertheless authors two diametrically opposite accounts of the timely late emergence of three of Mohamed Al Fayed's employees, who appeared out of the ether on the eve of Ian Greer & Neil Hamilton's libel action testifying to a new allegation that they had processed cash bribes in envelopes to Greer & Hamilton.

Guardian Lie No.6:
THE EVIDENCE against David Leigh & Geoffrey Robertson QC

The Guardian's solicitor Geraldine Proudler and Fayed's US lawyer Doug Marvin together submit to Sir Gordon Downey's parliamentary inquiry the Guardian & Fayed camps' official account of the last minute 'discovery' of Fayed's three crucial 'corroborating' employees.  This is quite different to the accounts given by Robertson and Leigh, and in any event is proved false by Proudler's receipt of documents from Fayed's solicitor Laurence Harris the previous year. (Geraldine Proudler has since become a trustee of the Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian.)

Guardian Lie No.7:
THE EVIDENCE against Doug Marvin and Geraldine Proudler

In his oral evidence to Sir Gordon Downey's inquiry, and in the presence of David Leigh, Geraldine Proudler and Geoffrey Robertson QC, Alan Rusbridger corroborates one of the two accounts of the three Fayed employees' late emergence given by David Leigh.  This contradicts Leigh's other account and is quite different to the account given by Geraldine Proudler and Doug Marvin.

Guardian Lie No.8:
THE EVIDENCE against Alan Rusbridger (& Leigh, Proudler, & Robertson)

In The Guardian's submissions to Sir Gordon Downey's parliamentary inquiry, Alan Rusbridger presses Downey constantly to accept the paper's erroneous contention that commission payments, which lobbyist Ian Greer gave to people for introducing new clients to his firm, were really bribes to reward MPs for supporting his clients in Parliament.  In the event, Downey rejects all The Guardian's allegations against Ian Greer, but despite this, and with stupefying front, Rusbridger claims Downey's verdict is a total vindication of The Guardian's reporting.

Guardian Lie No.9:
THE EVIDENCE against Alan Rusbridger

After stonewalling three requests for interviews from Hunt & Keith-Hill Alan Rusbridger introduces to The Guardian a 'corrections column' and appoints an Ombudsman and a Readers' Editor, all in a supposed quest for accountability. 
    Rusbridger then stonewalls three more requests for interviews and instructs his head of legal affairs to threaten Hunt in an effort to stop him from publishing his book 'Trial by Conspiracy'.  Hunt responds with two more requests for interviews.
    Then, when Hunt launches his book, Rusbridger smears Hunt by accusing him of having "published his main findings without bothering to speak to any of the characters he feverishly seeks to smear".

Guardian Lie No. 10:
THE EVIDENCE against Alan Rusbridger

Former Observer and Granada TV journalist Mark Hollingsworth, who specialises in formulating allegations of dishonesty and greed against Conservative MPs from poring over their business interests, takes hypocrisy to uncharted depths by selling confidential stolen legal papers to Mohamed Al Fayed for £10,000 to pervert the course of Neil Hamilton's 1999 libel action.

Guardian Lie No.11:
THE EVIDENCE against Mark Hollingsworth