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04-11-2016, 08:18 PM
British intelligence agency GCHQ helped prevent 'Harry Potter' book leak back in the day
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LONDON — Anyone who was a Harry Potter fan back when the books were still being written will remember the intense frenzy that greeted each **vel's release date.
What people might **t k**w, however, is the extreme lengths that publishing house Bloomsbury went to in order to keep the contents of each new book a secret.
SEE ALSO: 'Harry Potter' recut as 'The Breakfast Club' is an instant classic (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/harry-potter-trailer-mix/)
The founder of Bloomsbury, Nigel Newton, spoke to Australian radio station ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/04/06/4437991.htm) last week to shed some light on the measures that had to be taken.
"It was completely mad and we were at the eye of the storm," Newton said.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/gchq-harry-potter-book-leak/)
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LONDON — Anyone who was a Harry Potter fan back when the books were still being written will remember the intense frenzy that greeted each **vel's release date.
What people might **t k**w, however, is the extreme lengths that publishing house Bloomsbury went to in order to keep the contents of each new book a secret.
SEE ALSO: 'Harry Potter' recut as 'The Breakfast Club' is an instant classic (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/harry-potter-trailer-mix/)
The founder of Bloomsbury, Nigel Newton, spoke to Australian radio station ABC (http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2016/04/06/4437991.htm) last week to shed some light on the measures that had to be taken.
"It was completely mad and we were at the eye of the storm," Newton said.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/11/gchq-harry-potter-book-leak/)
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