[[Allan Thompson]] was a reporter for the *Toronto Star*. He, along with [[Valerie Lawton]], was told by [[Sean McDade]] in August 2000 that there were issues he could not talk about related to his investigation, which centered on [[PROMIS]].[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.