let's talk about the mark fullbrook fbi story. how did that one come together?itous fashion. we were interested in reports that the fbi were investigating a venezuelan—born italian citizen based in mayfair, over claims that he had channelled money into the us—administered island of puerto rico. and the reason why we at the sunday times became interested in this was twofold. the first was that the man in question, julio herrera velutini, was a party donor — how does a venezuelan—born italian citizen donate to the tories? and, two, why is the fbi looking into him in an american territory? we also heard that ct group — a well—known lobbying firm, very active in westminster — had been consorting with this velutini character. and i've got to say, much of investigative journalism nowadays — i mean, i'm sure this has always been the case, but i think we feel this very acutely in the newsroom right now — much of what we do involves dealing with lawyers — both our lawyers at the sunday times and the lawyers of — maybe our adversaries isn't the right word — but for legal