“Harry Potter” book was protected from leaks by British spy agencyApril 12, 2016 - 11:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The publishers of the massively popular “Harry Potter” book series had to go to extreme lengths to prevent copies of the book from leaking before their release. At one point, British intelligence agencies were even involved, TheWrap said. Bloomsbury founder Nigel Newton recently explained some of the extensive security measures in an interview with Australian radio station ABC. “It was completely mad and we were at the eye of the storm,” he said. Newton explained that security reached its peak ahead of the release of the sixth book. The printing factory employed constant security to prevent snooping reporters from bribing employees to steal a copy of the book. “If newspapers splashed ‘Dumbledore dies’ what pleasure is there going to be for a kid reading it? The enemies stood to ruin a great deal of pleasure for the world,” he said. In 2005, ahead of the release of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the British intelligence agency GCHQ contacted Bloomsbury after an early draft of the book was detected floating around the Internet. “I got him to read a page to our editor and she said, ‘Nah, that’s a fake’,” Newton said. According to the BBC, when asked for comment, the GCHQ had little to say on the matter: “We don’t comment on our defence against the dark arts.” Photo: Jonathan Lodge Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |