Corrente has been operating for the last month under something of a threat, something in the nature of an implied possibility of legal action that could be taken against us, at least Lambert and myself, as the “owners and managers” of the website, for not exercising “due care,” in that we allowed one of our commentators, “Bringiton,” to publish a post, “Lies, Damnable Lies And Political Commentary,” to which one of its several subjects, Stephen Diamond, took strong exception.

Mr. Diamond is a professor of law and political science and teaches both at Santa Clara University Law School. In addition, he is a practicing labor lawyer and provides council to a variety of labor unions and associated organizations. Professor Diamond also maintains a blog,Global Labor and The Global Economy where you can find his impressive resume in the side bar.

Bringiton’s post appeared on our front page on 6/11/08. Professor Diamond published a response, on his own blog, also dated 6/11/08, which was cross-posted at No Quarter and Rezco Watch, where his work often appears.
The next day, 6/12/08, Professor Diamond sent Lambert an email requesting that we take down the offending post, the entire comment thread that it generated, any follow-up posts, and that we issue a correction and retraction. Lambert had connectivity problems for several days, and we didn’t get the email until June 15th. By that time, Professor Diamond had published the email on his own site as an update to his original response, and the email was also featured at No Quarter and Rezko Watch.

In view of its previous public circulation, we assume that Mr. Diamond will not object to our posting his original email as it arrived in Lambert’s Inbox.

UPDATE; I apologize for the failure of several links, especially those to Professor Diamond's blog. They are now fixed.