ME and Ophelia

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GUARDIAN UK'S KILLER COLUMN UNLEASHES SECRET SERVICE -
Guardian posts apology and pulls column

Following on from yesterday's posts below, Judi McLeod at Canadafreepress reports that Washington D.C.'s Secret Service is investigating Charlie Brooker of the UK Guardian.

Citing federal statute 18 USC 879, Florida attorney John B. Thompson, called in the Secret Service Protective Intelligence Unit. "Please do whatever is necessary to punish the UK Guardian and to educate Matt Drudge on the meaning and scope of statute 18," Thompson wrote in a letter faxed to the SS on Saturday.

Thompson's letter indicates that not only was his complaint being taken seriously by the SS, but that it had already been tipped off about the Guardian story before receipt of his letter. "I am relieved to find out that you were alerted to this danger last evening and are working on it" he said.
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GUARDIAN UK PULLS COLUMN
And posts apology from Charles Brooker

Here is a copy of the Guardian's apology online Sunday October 24, 2004.

Ohio Republican spokesman Jason Mauk was quoted in the New York Post as saying: "The British are our loyal allies, but voters in Clark County are outraged at this tacky publicity stunt conducted by an anti-Bush publication to manipulate the vote in Ohio. It has backfired miserably and fired up our base. The Guardian did us a big favor."

Heh.