Is Brown Back in Hiding Then?

I know it's Sunday and I know that the phone hacking scandal is pretty trivial but I've got five minutes while I'm doing laundry so;

On Monday (11/7/11) the Guardian newspaper published a story claiming that two News International newspapers - the Times and the Sun - illegally accessed ex-British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's financial, legal and medical records to publish a story about his son, Frazer being diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. This prompted Brown to appear in Parliament for pretty much the first time since the 2010 General Election to make an impassioned speech about the immense emotional distress News International had caused him by crossing into the criminal underworld to breach his infant son's privacy.

The only problem is that the Guardian story was a complete pack of lies and they have already published a retraction and apologised to News International. Gordon Brown however has neither apologised to News International nor apologised for misleading Parliament. Instead he's trying to keep the lie going for as long as possible by reporting the matter to the police although he is being very careful not to repeat the allegation in a forum where he could be sued for libel.

It also seems that the phone hacking scandal is spreading to America which seems like a mistake to me. I understand why the Obama administration has an axe to grind with Fox News but I'm surprised anyone else is touching the story because being two weeks away from a debt default I would say that America has swallowed all the British poison it can take right now.