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On 12 July 2003 The Scotsman reported that Lord Robertson of Portgower, Secretary General of NATO, would be suing The Sunday Herald in respect of what were said to be defamatory statements made by a contributor to a forum on the Herald‘s website in February 2003 about disclosure of certain police documents relating to the 1996 Dunblane School shootings (see No 217).  Lord Robertson claims that the material remained on the website for three weeks after its appearance, and was seen by 600,000 visitors to the site.  The Sunday Herald claimed in its issue of 13 July 2003 that it had acted expeditiously” to take down the statement in question