[walthamstow]

I find it absolutely mad that you can write and release a fictional book that is named a government report, is written and printed like a government report, and features real named individuals from the government.

I assume it's all down to first amendment protections. Absent that protection I find it unlikely that any government would let you publish this.

[defrost]

> Absent that protection I find it unlikely that any government would let you publish this.

You can't be serious, surely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarfolk for one example of many.

Addendum: Reply to deleted comment:

Ok, you're talking about the libel law part, writing a book that mischaracterises an actual person and inserts them within a fiction?

Well, Brass Eye went further .. it fabricated fictional stories and fooled real people into taking part.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_Eye

Paedogeddon! takes the cake there. https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5bg85g

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paedogeddon