whether you decide to take a legal action or not, I think you should talk to
some reporters about it.
The sad part about that is that because the OP didn't have his card in hand the media spin would likely be that it was all his fault. Such is the case when the sheep flock has the idea that these types of things only happen to those who do something wrong... and as long as they don't do anything wrong it couldn't possibly happen to them.