In a report published on July 9, the newspaper claims it has "reviewed" four classified reports from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) which were obtained from an Austrian fraudster named Jan Marsalek. His source for the documents, the newspaper suggests, was a Russian intelligence agency. Austrian press investigations say Marsalek's source was the Austrian government.
The names of the fakers are Roula Khalaf, the Financial Times editor; Paul Murphy, investigations editor; Dan McCrum, a reporter; Helen Warrell, NATO correspondent; and Max Seddon of the Moscow bureau.
They claim that Marsalek "touted secret documents about the use of a Russian chemical weapon in the UK, as he bragged of ties to intelligence services to ingratiate himself with London traders. ...Documents shown to traders in 2018 and reviewed by the FT included the precise chemical compound for novichok, used in the poisoning of an ex-spy and his daughter in the UK in March of that year." They cited a British Army chemical warfare commander as source for claiming the documents had not "come from OPCW member states in western Europe or the US". They implied Marsalek got them from "Russia's GRU military intelligence unit". In a related publication the next day, the reporters identified "Mr Marsalek's association with individuals or networks linked to Russia's military intelligence directorate, the GRU."
Asked to substantiate the OPCW documents they are holding, correct factual mistakes they made from the papers themselves, and identify their evidence of Marsalek's alleged GRU connection, Khalaf and the reporters refuse to answer.
Comment: Twitter is a corporate psychopath, which explains their compulsive lying:
BTW, isn't the word "blacklist" racist?