>>I'm interested in the Collins thing, though. Why did he get such a bye?<< Stop and think. The UK press has not named a single person from the Operation Ore list - they didn't name Pete until he 'fessed up. Even when the entire list was said to be in the hands of The Times not one name came out. Now there is supposed to be a government-mandated blackout. If Collins is on that list (hey, he did play Uncle Ernie in 1989 ;-0) he didn't confirm it and so the press had nothing to clamp on.