British AG Denies Press Gag

The Guardian has the story. Lord Goldsmith claims he was giving "advice" to the papers with his recent threatening letter. Experts contend the attorney general is on weak ground to begin with. $Q: A QC specialising in media law said: "If the material has already been published it's pretty hard to see how the subsequent publication of the same material will either amount to a disclosure - because how can you disclose something that's already been circulated? - or satisfy the test that the publication is damaging."