[propertius]

Talking to a British lawyer, who admittedly said it would be hard to pin down, my understanding is they could get him on two counts: involuntary manslaughter, first of all. If Gilligan exaggerated what Kelly said to such an extent that it can be shown it drove the man to suicide and if that exaggeration can be shown to be wilful with the intention of causing distress they can get him on that count. It's all to do with a Gaslight style case where a husband drove his wife literally crazy over a period of years by making the house seem haunted that she killed herself.
The second case that could be brought is something to do with an offshoot clause of the Official Secrets Act that prohibits reckless endangerment of national security. Publishing falsehoods about why Britain went to war could, I am told, fall in that category.

Anyway... keeping my fingers crossed.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Official Secrets Act that prohibits reckless endangerment of national security.

I think we could make a case against the American news media by simply downloading the over a hundred CENTCOM security and humanitarian reports....toss 'em on the judge's desk and say, "Judge, do you know how much progress our troops have made with the help of the Iraqi people daily since Baghdad Liberation Day? No. Nor does the rest of the world - which gave nations that previously promised troops and $$$ support an excuse to pull out, gave the Democrats an excuse to attack the CIC during wartime, undermined the will of the misinformed American people, endangered our troops, gave comfort to our enemies."

Case closed.

Thanks for the info. Our press is as 'free' as our educational institutions.