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Jonathan Beale is a BBC News reporter.^[1] Before joining the BBC in 1999 Beale had been an assistant to a Member of Parliament. Beale spent two years as the BBC's Brussels correspondent. He served in Washington DC covering the 2006 midterm elections. In 2009 he covered the Guantanamo military commissions.

In 2005, Beale reported that then President George W. Bush was supporting the followers of the controversial "intelligent design" idea.^[2] This article stirred controversy.^[3] As of 2017, Beale is the BBC Defence correspondent.

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• Jonathan Beale (2006). "Interview With Jonathan Beale of the BBC" (PDF). United States Department of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010.
• "Film: Tories in Europe. Jonathan Beale asks whether the composition and views of the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidates reflect the views of the electorate on Europe and the social make up of voters". BBC News. 21 November 1999. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004.