To be carried in The Times on Wednesday 13th July 2011

"It is not The Times’s normal practice to discuss the payment details of our contributors. But given that it has been widely misinterpreted that this retainer is related to other matters it seems worth pointing out that Andy Hayman, a former assistant commissioner at the Metropolitan Police in charge of counter-terrorism, has a retainer of £10,000 per year to write on anti-terrorism issues and provide insight for our readers on important issues about Scotland Yard and its handling of anti-terrorism, al-Qaeda, Northern Ireland and other security matters."