Almost too modest

Following news of journalist and blogger Alan Hart's threats of libel action against those who were rude about his claim that Israel might be behind the kidnapping of a BBC journalist in Gaza, I've been reading Hart's sidebar:

To make the project work, Alan, on the strength of his international reputation, raised £1 million in grants from international development institutions and governments and put together a think-tank of world leaders to advise him.

The privilege was undoubtedly theirs.