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| Man behind expenses leak revealed | Man behind expenses leak revealed |
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| The man who arranged for leaked MPs' expenses details to be given to the Daily Telegraph has been named. | The man who arranged for leaked MPs' expenses details to be given to the Daily Telegraph has been named. |
| Former SAS man John Wick acted as a broker, passing the details from an anonymous source to the newspaper. | Former SAS man John Wick acted as a broker, passing the details from an anonymous source to the newspaper. |
| Mr Wick said the version of the claims which the Commons was due to release had had so much detail removed that it would have been "highly sensitised". | Mr Wick said the version of the claims which the Commons was due to release had had so much detail removed that it would have been "highly sensitised". |
| Mr Wick said he had no regrets, but that his main concern was how serious and unknown the consequences might be. | Mr Wick said he had no regrets, but that his main concern was how serious and unknown the consequences might be. |
| In a video interview, he told Telegraph.co.uk: "The biggest problem was knowing you had to do something but not knowing how violent the writhing of the snake was going to be. | In a video interview, he told Telegraph.co.uk: "The biggest problem was knowing you had to do something but not knowing how violent the writhing of the snake was going to be. |
| "We were going to hold on to something at the end and not know how long it was and how sharp its fangs were. But sometimes you've just got to step out." | "We were going to hold on to something at the end and not know how long it was and how sharp its fangs were. But sometimes you've just got to step out." |
| They want to know everything about us, I think we're entitled to know about them John Wick | |
| Mr Wick added that he felt there was an injustice in how much information the government wanted to have about the public, while they wanted to keep their own affairs secret. | Mr Wick added that he felt there was an injustice in how much information the government wanted to have about the public, while they wanted to keep their own affairs secret. |
| He said: "We've all had - you as the media, we as the public - have had concerns about the expenses and how they've managed it, purely because of how they've handled our request for information. | He said: "We've all had - you as the media, we as the public - have had concerns about the expenses and how they've managed it, purely because of how they've handled our request for information. |
| "We've reached the stage in society where they want to know everything about us, I think we're entitled to know about them." | "We've reached the stage in society where they want to know everything about us, I think we're entitled to know about them." |
| The BBC's Reeta Chakrabarti said Mr Wick says he is a supporter of the Conservatives but he was not motivated by party political concerns. | |
| She said that Mr Wick was not the actual source of the leak, but he was contacted by a man inside Parliament who at first gave him five names in order to test the authenticity of the information. | |
| She added that the Metropolitan Police and the Crown Prosecution Service had said Mr Wick would not face any charges as the information is not a threat to public safety and is in the public interest. | |
| Mr Wick, who served in the SAS during the 1970s, now works with a City of London firm that advises insurance companies on how to manage their risk. |