Hot off the Press here in Australia.
http:// www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-22/george-papadopoulos-alexander-downer-meeting-what-happened/10286868
What happened when Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos sat down with Australian diplomat Alexander Downer.
An Australian foreign minister with the airs of antipodean aristocracy turns spy for his birth land, using a prized diplomatic posting to pursue oil and gas interests in the Mediterranean.
He's introduced to an ambitious American up-and-comer through a diplomatic aide with Israeli contacts, and learns of a Russian attempt to nobble a presidential aspirant.
They meet in an upmarket London wine bar that boasts 150 different varieties, but decide that gin and tonic is their tipple of choice.
No, it's not the blurb on the back of an airport lounge page-turner. It's the story being spruiked by a convicted liar about Australia's former high commissioner to the United Kingdom, Alexander Downer.
The real story — or as close to it as can be gleaned — is also intriguing, but the motives ascribed to what went on are far less calculating.
George Papadopoulos, sentenced to 14 days' prison earlier this month for lying to the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, has had plenty to say about Australia's former top diplomat in London.