User blog comment:Bronzey/Anyone notice... (LotSB)/@comment-2256917-20100917161846

Yes, if you give her the intel before you've talked to her about (or maybe before you've recruited) Thane and/or Samara, and so she goes home, Liara's computer terminal will have intel links regarding these two. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to recruit them (since the various spaceport employees won't speak to you unless you've gotten the scoop from Liara first).