But despite Fox's letter to the CPS, the two ministers sidestepped questions about whether they would like to see a prosecution.
But the two ministers sidestepped questions whether they would like to see a prosecution, after former defence secretary Liam Fox wrote to the Crown Prosecution Service asking whether there is a case for legal action against the paper.
But despite the former defence secretary Liam Fox writing to the Crown Prosecution Service asking whether there is a case for legal action against the Guardian, the two ministers sidestepped questions about whether they would like to see a prosecution.
The federal government's pursuit of Bonds has been relentless, and at times it has seemed more like a persecution than a prosecution.
Instead of arresting gang kingpins, Perez focused his energies on minor gang members like Ovando, described by a prosecution source as "little more than a gang mascot".
His book reads, too, more like a brief for a prosecution case than a considered work of history, as so many of the ambiguities and complexities of the subject are simply left out of account.
I share their anger that a prosecution like this was carried out by lawyers presenting themselves in court as representing the United States of America.
