on 5 august 2012, a leaked memo from the motion picture association of america showed the mpaa's attempts to recruit "third party surrogates" to write news stories and blog posts to back their own interests. in the document they note the overwhelming support for o'dwyer and that 95% of the public did not support the extradition, and also point out the difficulty of finding "allies" within the united kingdom. the mpaa gave no comment on this strategic document leak.