I have nothing to do with the selection of stories. I'm the reporter.

The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

But in the first Gulf war the United Kingdom was not under any threat from Iraq, and is still less so in the second one. Then there is no justification for obstructing freedom of information, particularly as nations have a right to know what their soldiers are being used for.

My job is to get to the heart of a story, to find out what's really going on; to get it verified and, then, to get it out to as many people as possible as fast as.

I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!