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'''Linda Mack''' is a Canadian reporter who worked with Pierre Salinger at the London bureau of ABC News, specifically with the investigation of a terrorist bombing of a Boeing 747 over Scotland, which killed 270 people in 1988. Currently, she is a [[Wikipedia]] administrator under the name of '''SlimVirgin''', as it was evidenced by Daniel Brandt of NameBase.org.   

'''Linda Mack''' is a Canadian reporter who worked with Pierre Salinger at the London bureau of ABC News, specifically with the investigation of a terrorist bombing of a Boeing 747 over Scotland, which killed 270 people in 1988. Currently, she is a [[Wikipedia]] administrator under the name of '''SlimVirgin''', as it was evidenced by Daniel Brandt of NameBase.org.   

Brandt has written that ''"In the early 1990s, American journalist John K. Cooley worked with Pierre Salinger at the London bureau of ABC News, and was involved with the investigation of Lockerbie. In his email to Brandt, he described how they hired an impressive and energetic Linda Mack, who was eager to investigate the bombing. But after a while it became clear that Linda was trying to push journalists toward the official version of the story that accused Libya. It wasn't long before a special unit of Scotland Yard raided ABC News and seized certain materials. Because only a few people knew about the seized material, Salinger realized that this was the work of Linda Mack, and he locked her out of her office. ABC's efforts to fight the seizure were unsuccessful in court. Daniel Brandt had already announced the identification of SlimVirgin as Linda Mack publicly, and she knew that he was about to ask John Cooley for information. She called Cooley as a former colleague and asked him not to speak to Brandt. But her request was late — an email from Cooley to Brandt had already been sent."'' <ref>[http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/russmag.html Wikipedia-Watch]</ref>

Brandt has written that:

<blockquote style="font-style:italic;">"In the early 1990s, American journalist John K. Cooley worked with Pierre Salinger at the London bureau of ABC News, and was involved with the investigation of Lockerbie. In his email to Brandt, he described how they hired an impressive and energetic Linda Mack, who was eager to investigate the bombing. But after a while it became clear that Linda was trying to push journalists toward the official version of the story that accused Libya. It wasn't long before a special unit of Scotland Yard raided ABC News and seized certain materials. Because only a few people knew about the seized material, Salinger realized that this was the work of Linda Mack, and he locked her out of her office. ABC's efforts to fight the seizure were unsuccessful in court. Daniel Brandt had already announced the identification of SlimVirgin as Linda Mack publicly, and she knew that he was about to ask John Cooley for information. She called Cooley as a former colleague and asked him not to speak to Brandt. But her request was late — an email from Cooley to Brandt had already been sent."<ref>[http://www.wikipedia-watch.org/russmag.html Wikipedia-Watch]</ref></blockquote>

Salinger, who was based in London, spent a considerable amount of time and energy investigating the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. ''"I know that these two Libyans had nothing to do with it. I know who did it and I know exactly why it was done,"'' Salinger said during his testimony at the Zeist trial, where one of the Libyans was convicted of murdering the 270 victims. <ref>[http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=374006&rel_no=1 Ohmynews]</ref> Salinger later came to believe that Mack was actually working for Britain's [[MI5]] on a mission to investigate the bombing and to infiltrate and monitor the news agency. This discovery comes only months after another Wikipedia admin  --the infamous Essjay-- was caught lying about his credentials to the press. <ref>[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/27/1943254 Wikipedia infiltrated by Intelligence agents?]</ref>  

Salinger, who was based in London, spent a considerable amount of time and energy investigating the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. ''"I know that these two Libyans had nothing to do with it. I know who did it and I know exactly why it was done,"'' Salinger said during his testimony at the Zeist trial, where one of the Libyans was convicted of murdering the 270 victims. <ref>[http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=374006&rel_no=1 Ohmynews]</ref> Salinger later came to believe that Mack was actually working for Britain's [[MI5]] on a mission to investigate the bombing and to infiltrate and monitor the news agency. This discovery comes only months after another Wikipedia admin  --the infamous Essjay-- was caught lying about his credentials to the press. <ref>[http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/27/1943254 Wikipedia infiltrated by Intelligence agents?]</ref>  

Despite the evidence, Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales told the readers of the board Slashdot.org (who had published the story), the following statement: "''This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who has absolutely no relation to the wild stories that this article promulgates. Slashdot.org, you have been trolled."''

Despite the evidence, Wikipedia co-founder Jimbo Wales told the readers of the board Slashdot.org (who had published the story), the following statement:

 

<blockquote style="font-style:italic;">"This story is demented and broken on so many levels, it is quite difficult to know where to begin, even. Here we have an excellent Wikipedia administrator who has been victimized by lunatic conspiracy theorists, a private person who has absolutely no relation to the wild stories that this article promulgates. Slashdot.org, you have been trolled."</blockquote>

== As SlimVirgin in Wikipedia ==

== As SlimVirgin in Wikipedia ==