He is best known for breaking the international exclusive story of the CIA's secret rendition programme.A former editor on the Sunday Times's investigations unit, the Insight team, he continues to contribute to that newspaper, as well as to the New York Times, Guardian, Times, Independent, New Statesman and Newsweek. He has reported for Channel 4's Dispatches, BBC Newsnight, BBC Radio Four and the World Service. His book on the CIA rendition programme, Ghost Plane, was published in 2006.