"But for anyone following Alexander's activities last year, his return to Parliament was puzzling. The last time he testified, on October 24, 2024, he levelled an explosive accusation: that long-time Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese was a paid Russian asset, brandishing what Alexander claimed were photocopies of incriminating KGB documents as proof. The allegation made for splashy headlines. Pugliese pushed back. The media moved on."
"As Taylor C. Noakes reports in this issue (" Spy Games "), international experts who reviewed the materials said they bore markings of fabrications. The documents used a computer font created in 1993 on papers dated 1990; displayed letters with repeating identical "dust specks," suggesting digital manipulation; and showed handwriting too uniform to be of different people. Unbelievably, almost no one has reported on this."
On October 27, 2025, former MP Chris Alexander appeared before a parliamentary committee studying Russian disinformation. Alexander previously testified on October 24, 2024, accusing Ottawa Citizen reporter David Pugliese of being a paid Russian asset and displaying photocopies of incriminating KGB documents as proof. International experts who reviewed the materials found numerous signs of fabrication: the documents used a computer font created in 1993 despite being dated 1990, contained letters with repeating identical dust specks suggesting digital manipulation, and showed handwriting unnaturally uniform. Almost no major outlets reported the experts' findings, raising questions about potential smearing and a lack of scrutiny.
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