Limits to the use of news exclusives | 15 and that irrelevant political considerations may therefore have been included in the case. The Ombudsman stressed that it was important that the authorities involved treated the case in all respects in a way which underpinned confidence in them. The Ministry of Justice’s actions in the case had not underpinned such confidence. (Case No. 2019-3). Professional political methods of communication, such as news exclusives, can thus be natural and effective tools in political cases. But there may be unfortunate consequences if they are, for instance, used in connection with the processing of specific criminal cases against individual citizens.