11 Facts About David Pallister

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David Pallister was born on as David Pallister Clark; 15 March 1945 – 4 September 2021 and was a British investigative journalist.

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David Pallister worked on The Guardian for many years, specialising in miscarriages of justice, the arms trade, corruption in international business, and British and international politics, terrorism and terrorist financing, mercenaries, race relations and Africa.

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3.

David Pallister changed his name to avoid confusion with another journalist with the same name who was a co-founder of The Leveller magazine.

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David Pallister began working as a reporter on the Stockport Express, going on to the Manchester Free Press and the Manchester Evening News.

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5.

David Pallister worked for the Guardian until leaving the paper in 2009.

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6.

David Pallister was centrally involved as a personal libel defendant in the denouement of Jonathan Aitken, causing Aitken to be convicted and jailed for perjury.

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7.

David Pallister won a Project Censored Award from Sonoma State University on the failure of the FBI to investigate the Bin Laden family.

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8.

David Pallister was the author of South Africa Inc : The Oppenheimer Empire.

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9.

David Pallister helped Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four with his autobiography, Proved Innocent.

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10.

In 2012 David Pallister joined the investigative news website Exaro, writing about unrest at Lonmin's platinum mine in Marikana, South Africa.

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11.

David Pallister was on the editorial advisory board of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

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