The supervisor of the new distribution room, a FANY sergeant I intended to head-hunt, had been told by her predecessor that all incoming code-groups had to be checked by me as soon as they arrived, and she usually had them waiting.

Catch head barman Colin in a quiet patch, and he will pass on stories told by his predecessor, Bertin, who knew Hemingway well (there's a good one involving a lot of cognac, a half-bottle of champagne and no glasses - Hemingway drank it straight from the shaker.

UK aid money will be reduced when Somaliland has international trade which is impossible without Re-recognition which we were told by your predecessor at Nairobi when he visited Mansoor at Hargeisa 2008 .

Mr. Varnedoe was told of the existence of the sketch in mid-November by William S. Rubin, his predecessor and an expert on Picasso.

Some believed that Meisdalshagen worked together with Karl Trasti to have Trygve Bratteli removed from the cabinet; Trasti would succeed Bratteli as Minister of Finance, according to the rumour, with was told to Bratteli by Meisdalshagen's predecessor as Minister of Agriculture, Rasmus Nordbø.

He perpetuated lies first told by his predecessor, Robert McFarlane, told lies of his own, presided over the lies of his aide Oliver North and when the scandal erupted, shredded and destroyed evidence.