I think it was an 'administrative error'.......
It was not proven to be *******s. There wasn't enough hard evidence to win a libel case. Those are two very, very different things.
Bob Maxwell won loads of libel cases. Presumably you think he was whiter than white, too? :hehe:
The allegation was based on the testimony of a KGB colonel who had seen the KGB files on Foot and whose intelligence was impeccable in every single other regard. Why would he lie about Foot all of a sudden?