Edi Sidibeh,

You are not my level/standard, so I am not going to waste, even a minute of
my time and debate you. And, by the way, you do not have to believe what I
post to the L, that's your prerogative. In fact, that is even healthy in
true democracy.

But, fortunately, Edi, I did not delete the e-mail, in which one of my
sources in the Gambia asked me to empty my PC, and I am now reproducing part
of it, just for the record, so that you can read it for yourself.

You'll even realise that there was in fact a compliment in the e-mail,
captioned "Be on the Look out", but which compliment I had deleted, just
trying to be humble.

Yes, Edi, in most cases, I do rewrite the e-mails that I receive from my
sources, without, of course, distorting the facts. And that is
permissible/normal in Journalism. But you wouldn't even know that fact!

I rewrite the e-mails, first and foremost, to disguise the sources, and,
secondly, to simplify the content, so that the information they contain is
well understood.

Ebrima Ceesay
Birmingham, UK.

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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Be on the look out
>Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 14:46:31 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Hello Ebrima,
>Empty your PC of all messages I sent. They are trying
>to have someone break into your apartment. Clean the
>PC and send me a note. I see that you are quite
>popular these days. You are a hero in Banjul
>
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