Oilcan
I am not at all sure I would even want to suggest that anything on this thread or indeed published in the media had an effect on the BOI. To be honest, I would hope it did not, and I have no reason to think it did. Indeed the strange lack of any mention of the serious leaks that occurred in theatre in October, November and December 2006, even if only somehow to discount them as a possible source of the fuel for the fire, and the complete dismissal of the QinetiQ report of March 2006 suggests that it had no effect at all. What I am sure is that much of what was described as speculation was merely reporting of fact, as in this leaked report says that, or this report obtained under Freedom of Information legislation says this. I am also certain that no-one involved in the various arguments on either side of this debate had anything but the best of intentions in what they did or didn't do.