Sure, look at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-shuts-nsa-surveillance http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-sh...

Sure, look at http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-shuts-nsa-surveillance http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/20/groklaw-sh... States explicitly "Groklaw relied in some cases on email tips from readers and other anonymous sources". Following the early days of the SCO reporting it was obvious there was unreleased information being shared. There was even lots of discussion about whether Groklaw was some secret group of IBM agents and stuff like that due to the knowledge and insight being displayed at the time.