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The Graun is one of a number of supposedly independent papers chosen by the whistleblower. Sounds like a similar arrangement to the wikileaks and Snowden deals. It puts the paper in a tricky position of trying to put the readers first and not serve as the PR outlet of the whistleblower. The material has to be checked fast, under pressure from the whistleblower, who is trying to break the story before their adversaries expose them. It's a delicate balance. The other papers and the lobbyists and politicians always scrutinise these relationships, trying to find evidence that the paper hasn't lost impartiality. Sometimes they make mistakes. Plenty to read on the Guardian's wiki entry about all that.