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ลำดับตอนที่ #95 : Harry Potter: GCHQ 'intervened over Half-Blood Prince leak'
Bloomsbury's
Nigel Newton said GCHQ contacted him in 2005 after it apparently discovered an
early copy of The Half Blood-Prince on the internet.
However,
after a page was read to an editor, it was determined to be fake.
A spokesperson for
GCHQ told the Sunday Times: "We don't comment on our
defence against the dark arts."
GCHQ,
based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, is a secret intelligence agency which
monitors electronic communication to prevent terrorism and tackle serious and
organised crime.
There
was much excitement surrounding the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince after author JK Rowling hinted a major character would be killed off.
Mr Newton told Australia's ABC Radio the publisher regarded keeping the
plot secret as very important saying: "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.
It led Bloomsbury to
bring in extra security guards and dogs to patrol the press where the books were being
printed and help stop any leaks.
"We
fortunately had many allies,"
Mr Newton said. "GCHQ rang me up and said, 'We've detected an early copy
of this book on the internet'. I got them to read a page to our editor and she
said, 'No, that's a fake'. We also had judges and the police on our side.
"It
was completely mad and we were at the eye of the storm - I remember Jo Rowling phoning me once
after she had delivered a new book saying, 'please will you release the name of
the title because I have people outside searching my trash can looking for bits
of paper'.
"We
had to go into a complete security lockdown because people were trying to steal
the manuscript."
Mr
Newton also claimed a tabloid
newspaper sent a reporter with £5,000 in cash to circle the printing press and
offer workers money to steal a copy.
But
the publisher hinted sometimes exceptions were made in giving out early copies
ahead of publication.
"There
was [an instance]
where a child was going to die of an awful childhood condition before the book
came out," he said. "So we did the only thing we could do and
referred it to the author to decide how to handle it because it's her story,
not ours.
"History
doesn't tell the outcome of that sad story, but I'm sure it was a happy
one."
The
seven instalments in the Harry Potter series have sold more than 450 million
copies worldwide, with another chapter in the story scheduled for release this
summer on stage and in book form.
surveillance (n.)
the careful watching of a person or place, especially by the police or army,
because of a crime that has happened or is expected:
intervened (v.)
to intentionally become involved in a difficult situation in order to improve it or prevent it from getting worse:
to happen between two times or between other events or activities:
tackle (v.)
to try to deal with something or someone:
patrol (V.)
(especially of soldiers or the police)
to go around an area or a building to see if there is any trouble or danger:
(n.)
the act of checking that there is no trouble or dangerin
a building or area:
allies(n.)
someone who helps and supports someone else:
at the eye of the storm
A period of time during a storm when things are calm.
However,
this doesn't mean it's over. Things just get worse.
Can be
literal or figurative
tabloid (Adj.)
(of or relating to) a type of popular newspaper with smallpages that has many pictures and short, simple reports:
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