Craig Murray: Murder in Samarkand: The FCO prepares for legal action
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office seem determined to stop me publishing my book. They are threatening four grounds of legal action:
a) Libel
b) Crown Copyright
c) Breach of Confidence
d) Official Secrets Act
The first point is that plainly this is an attempt to suppress the book and prevent publication by scaring me (and the publishers) with the threat of legal action. This will not work, as neither of us scare easily…
Posted on February 13th, 2006 at 7:27 pm
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Craig deserves being Craig and speaking the truth.
The FCO as a public body surely can’t sue for libel? (Goldsmith v Bhoyrul.)