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To this and this.
From this source (emphases mine):
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So, was there an actual law suit or the THREAT of one? If the latter, then legal discovery and consideration of the evidence in the book were not involved.
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Follow-Up: Alms for Jihad
To this and this.
From this source (emphases mine):
Here’s a story with huge implications for freedom of speech (all negative), and it’s apparently gone almost entirely unreported in the mainstream press. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription required), under threat of a law suit, Cambridge University Press has just agreed to pulp all unsold copies of the 2006 book, Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World. According to the Chronicle, this is the fourth such book on terrorism funding to be pursued by a libel action. The Chronicle quotes Rachel Ehrenfeld, director of the American Center for Democracy, whose own book, Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed–and How to Stop It is one of the four books.In an interview on Monday, Ms. Ehrenfeld characterized as "despicable" Cambridge's decision to settle this week, a move the press has defended as necessary and just. Ms. Ehrenfeld, who is a friend of Mr. Burr's [one of the authors of Alms for Jihad], said that, as she understands it, press officials "caved immediately."
"They didn't even consider the evidence that the authors had given them," she said. "They received a threatening letter, and they immediately caved in and said, Do whatever it takes. Pay them whatever they want. Ban the book, destroy the book, we don't want this lawsuit."
Go HERE for internal links.
So, was there an actual law suit or the THREAT of one? If the latter, then legal discovery and consideration of the evidence in the book were not involved.
- British Law May Be Changed To Prevent Libel Tourism
Amiel Ungar reports that Britain looks like it's changing its laws to get rid of libel tourism: Britain is about to change its libel laws. This development rates as world news for a few reasons: Britain will no longer be the favored site for "libel...
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CALIFORNIA BECOMES SECOND STATE TO PROTECT AMERICANS FROM FOREIGN LIBEL LAWS byMichael Travis The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, signed a law yesterday that will protect American journalist and broadcasters from British and foreign libel...
- Ny's Dreadful Judicial System Refuses To Uphold Ehrenfeld's First Amendment Rights
As Publisher's Weekly says, this is a major disappointment that they should throw away a chance to defend American citizens from libel suits filed in Britain. Here's the New York Sun's report on the turnout. However, as Democracy Project tells,...
- We Might Irritate Them !
Every once in a while we get a reminder of what a liberal really is. One would think in their opposition to some/most/all things which SEEM republican, institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Vassar, California State University at Berkeley, Los Angeles,...
- Don't Let British Law Overrule American Law And The Search For Truth
Rachel Ehrenfeld may be reaching a victory in one of the most important free speech cases in the past three decades. WorldNetDaily has the latest on what Ehrenfeld's been dealing with: In 2003, she documented and wrote, "Funding Evil: How Terrorism...