Rainbow Warrior 30 years on: How we caught the bombers

NZ Herald

26 Jun, 2015 07:23 PMQuick Read

From hearing the blast to chasing the police car as the convicted spies were smuggled out of the country, Herald reporters recount how they broke the story.

Behind every daring spy is a miserly bean-counter demanding a receipt. That may be the single most significant factor in the French government being exposed as the perpetrator of one of the most outrageous acts of terrorism on a friendly country.

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