BAE files
BAE, Europe's biggest arms company, claims there is 'no evidence' that it has engaged in massive corruption to sell arms overseas.
David Leigh and Rob Evans have published the evidence and documents gathered round the world in support of those allegations. Readers can judge for themselves.
Awkward guests
Leader: Diplomacy often calls for pretence and evasion to further the needs of nations but rarely in such public fashion as this week.
Transatlantic justice
Leader: The anti-corruption probe by the US Department of Justice into BAE Systems will now put the firm through the mill in the very market that is central to its commercial strategy.
Indisputably murky
Leader: There are conflicting accounts of the status of the Saudi bank account into which 1bn was secretly transferred. But no one is disputing the fact of the payment, its scale or its linkage to Britain's biggest arms contract.
BAE files: Prince Bandar
Prince Bandar, challenged as to whether there is corruption in deals with the Saudi royal family, replies: "Yes. So what?".
BAE files: Peter Gardiner
Peter Gardiner, the man who ran a slush fund for BAE, testifies about his experiences.