Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the freedom of information response which was reported in The Irish Times, the official said that the author of the section apparently had some problems about the perceived interference with their independence. The unnamed official went on to say, "This is not something I find holds much water". The article also says that Professor John FitzGerald was the person who edited the report. Professor FitzGerald acknowledges that it should not have happened, but he was the person who did it.