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The reputation of BBC journalism, already under the spotlight at the Hutton Inquiry, faces another test after one of its senior correspondents announced he was taking legal action against an American magazine.

Tom Mangold said he was “issuing legal proceedings” against Newsweek after it alleged that his exclusive report on tthe arrest of a British-Indian businessman for attempting to sell missiles to Islamic terrorists had “blown” a major intelligence operation.

Hmm. This strikes me as ill-advised. Bill Adams has more thoughts on the subject.