Janice -- yup, truth must be an absolute defense
(at least leaving aside genuine legally-protected privacy realms such as personal medical records and the like [breaches/publications of which are subject to other/their own law beyond any potential defamation-type action])
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."
from John Philpot Curran, Speech
upon the Right of Election, 1790
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