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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.
We're here with newscasters who may know more in the future than we do.
It's always a funny feeling, isn't it?
Yeah.
So if you're listening to this now,
you will inevitably know more than we do at 10.39 just by virtue of being alive,
assuming that we know more every minute we're alive.
We've drafted expert witness to help us work out what will happen today,
the chronology and the politics, all on Sunday's Newscast.
Newscast.
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