This article doesn't have a lot of information but my first instinct is to ask: if children are dying like flies and you are a reporter then the best way to confirm this to the British govt, to MI6 and to everyone would be to <i>report on it</i>.<p>My second thought was: I wonder in the future how many people in positions of wealth/power will come out as having worked for GCHQ/MI6 given this seems to be a growth "industry" in the UK.
Incidentally, Forsyth wrote a non-fiction book about Biafra: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Biafra-Story-Making-African/dp/1844155234" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-Biafra-Story-Making-African/dp/184...</a><p>Turns out special agent fiction sells a lot better.
From the article: Forsyth said he saw "no harm" in confirming the truth that "children were dying like flies" in Biafra.<p>Yes, it's wonderful to be a journalist in a conflict zone where each side assumes you're an agent for whichever Western power is propping up the puppet regime/insurgency. And they have grounds for the suspicion.