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If journalism is the first draft of history, what happens if that draft is flawed?
In 1999, four Russian apartment buildings were bombed, hundreds killed,
but even now we still don't know for sure who did it.
It's a mystery that sparked chilling theories.
I'm Helena Merriman, and in a new BBC series,
I'm talking to the reporters who first covered this story.
What did they miss the first time?
The History Bureau, Putin and the apartment bombs.
Listen on bbc.com or wherever you get your podcasts.
Um, Peter Manderson over the years has always been somebody who has had something of a swagger,
something of a bit of dash and a bit of a long,
some people might say, others might say, uh, sort of ridiculous silkiness and confidence.
And he's got a reputation as being an incredible master communicator.
My impression of him when we sat down yesterday was that he has been,
I think, quite devastated by losing this job.
in the White House, working with the White House,
I think he has been absolutely devastated too by the loss of his reputation because of his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein.
And I think he is at the moment a very changed person,
now whether or not he will bounce back and clearly by deciding that he wanted to take a tiptoe into public this week.