So, Bonds's attys aren't disputing the claims in the book, but are going after the authors on a technicality?
Generally, when a person chooses not to file a libel/slander suit, you can pawn it off as saying that they don't want to pay the expense of litigation....but even that excuse doesn't fly here.
This is no technicality, and I've wondered about it ever since the SF Chronicle printed portions of secret grand jury testimony last year. It is a crime to leak grand jury testimony; why can the media print such testimony and get away with it?
I am NOT defending Bonds for juicing; whatever happens to him, he's brought it on himself.
On the other hand, the secrecy of grand jury testimony is one of the foundations of our criminal justice system; for the press to knowingly disregard the secrecy of grand jury proceedings for their own gain is a disgrace.
If Bonds gets banned from baseball and the Hall of Fame for his actions, so be it. On this issue, however, I hope he wins. The Chronicle (and the authors of this book) have shown an utter disregard (if not contempt) for grand jury secrecy, and ought to be slapped down for it.