---
category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: Reporter for the Toronto Star who was briefed by Sean McDade on his PROMIS
  investigation in 2000.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
---

[Allan Thompson](/people/allan-thompson/) was a reporter for the *Toronto Star*. He, along with Valerie Lawton, was told by [Sean McDade](/people/sean-mcdade/) in August 2000 that there were issues he could not talk about related to his investigation, which centered on [PROMIS](/programs/promis/).[^1]

[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.