BIN LADEN'S GIFT TO LAWYERS
"Say what you like about Osama bin Laden. He's done wonders for the defamation [libel] bar," a British barrister told journalists after a recent hearing in one of a load of libel suits filed by Saudis whom media reports have alleged have ties to terrorists. The suits take advantage of Britain's pro-plaintiff libel law to attack American as well as British critics. Newsweek's Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball report. Read the whole thing.