Who would have thought that any of us would have lived long enough to see The Sun become a campaigning paper?
As the inquest into the death of British squaddie Matty Hull in Iraq at the hands of the American Air Force unfolds, The Sun has proven to be remarkably resourceful in providing the evidence requested.
Following the unprecedented anger of the coroner at the MOD's reluctance to make available an American combat recording from the killer aircraft, (the existance of which the MOD had originally denied) and the Pentagon's refusal to play ball also, Thatcher's favourite tabloid has gone out and procured a copy, available here.
No doubt they sent some teenage nympho into a Washington bar where the military nerds drink, and compromised some poor shit into nicking the tape, but if it let's a little truth escape into the world, who's judging.
If "our boys" are too come home in bodybags, maybe The Sun owes them at least this much.
(I also suspect that this is some kind of turning point in newspaper history, as the line between the press and broadcast media blurs, and such radical action, actually putting the forbidden tapes out there, has a real impact on events)
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