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Re: [Update] The News Corp scandal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011...police-consult
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Scotland Yard only approached the DPP for advice after trying to force the Guardian to reveal sources using the Official Secrets ActScotland Yard officers failed to consult either the director of public prosecutions or the attorney general before invoking the Official Secrets Act to try to force the Guardian to reveal journalistic sources, it has been revealed.
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Although police are not technically required to get the DPP's permission at an early stage of inquiries, Starmer told a media law conference he encouraged sensitive police investigations to be carried out from an early stage in close consultation with the DPP's lawyers from the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Of course the Guardian is bound to be partisan..
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