issue today or else we will have to consider escalating this issue to a much more serious level. similarly, back in 2007, an independent journalist in idaho authored a piece on mr. van der sloot s support for idaho s current republican senator, james rich. she talked about mr. van der sloot s involvement in that gay documentary that was to be aired on idaho public television. for that dip into true history, she, too, said she received a warning letter from mr. van der sloot s lawyers accusing her of defamation. she also included the official photograph of van der sloot taken from the melale kuca s website. and then she received a letter accusing her of copy right infringement for using the fright. after another website writing about mr. vandersloot, melaleuca responded by obtaining an