Underground hero calls it a day - 1999-09-21

Underground hero calls it a day September 21, 1999, Duncan Campbell, The Guardian

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The paper was often threatened with writs, most notably when the Church of Scientology objected to a satirical and entirely fictional suggestion that Sirhan Sirhan, Robert Kennedy's assassin, had been a member of its hierarchy.

The Scientologists sued for $750,000 until someone told them that they would look foolish if they followed it up.

Wikipedia cite:

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