He did. He called her (though she has no idea how he got her number) and asked to speak off the record.

No, really. He did. "Hey Sarah, I realise there's this massive story blowing where I threatened to wage war on you and your family and I know you're a high profile journalist in this area but can we just have a quick friendly chat off the record?"

Scroll to the bottom of her article: http://pando.com/2014/11/17/the-moment-i-learned-just-how-fa...