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"Dear friend can we have a chat over drinks later as we have a couple of issues we need to discuss..." Seriously do we expect a paper trail to the person who made a decision? That aside evidence to stand up rape allegations are notoriously difficult and nothing I saw in the Panorama programme led me to a different conclusion. All I see here is the cold hand of hindsight and we have all taken editorial decisions which may not live happily in the land of scrutiny given the fast moving news environment we operate in. Now if we found journalists who were playing with the babes - that is a story I want to break!