[Update] The News Corp scandal

[devilincarnate]

Not sure if this has been posted?

Technology firm HCL has told the Home Affairs select committee that it was aware of the deletion of hundreds of thousands of emails by News International, but also insisted that it knew of nothing "untoward" in the requests.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...ed-emails.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/wo...html?ref=world

On the ground floor of the sprawling office complex that was, until recently, the home of The News of the World, a bespectacled clerk sat at a counter behind a reinforced glass cashier’s window. When reporters needed cash to pursue articles, they simply filled out a green form and, after getting authorization from the managing editor, exchanged it at the window for up to tens of thousands of pounds, said several journalists who worked there

So far a search by the company of the cash records has found more than $200,000 in payments to police officers from The News of the World, according to two people with knowledge of the documents.

A search by the company?

A press officer for News International said the police agreed to allow the company to retain possession of the records while it conducted the first examination of them. The company said it could not hand the evidence directly to police without ensuring that journalistic sources, and legally privileged documents, were protected.
That arrangement drew criticism from a former senior Scotland Yard official, who was not involved in the hacking inquiry. “On the day News Corp. announced it was shutting down the newspaper, what I would have done is gotten a warrant, raided the premises and taken everything so that I could have looked at it myself,� the former official said.

Yes well something still smells..

The failure to pursue this with the rigour it deserves is the very reason two of the most senior coppers in the UK have fallen on their swords.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Chris

The failure to pursue this with the rigour it deserves is the very reason two of the most senior coppers in the UK have fallen on their swords.

Yes most definitely and perhaps the higher echelons of the Met Police will now do their jobs which they are very highly paid properly.

[BenMcr]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Yes well something still smells..

Definately. Can't imagine them doing that with anyone else

'Excuse me Mr Tax Evader, we are going to check you records in two weeks time...'

[devilincarnate]

Looks like it was not the only one doing it?

Heather Mills has alleged a senior Mirror Group journalist admitted hacking voicemails left for her by her then-boyfriend Sir Paul McCartney.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14393925

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcas...-reporter.html

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Yes well something still smells..

Indeed. It's not entirely the same, but a Freight Forwarding company I used to work for was raided (by Customs officers, not Police). I never found out why, and it was before I worked there, so I didn't pry.

Even though the company had legally privileged documents (some of which, due to the fact they did a lot of work for the MOD at the time, were covered by the official secrets act), the customs officers walked in, told everyone to leave. When everyone had (and the building was searched for people), they told everyone to leave contact details and go home. They then sealed the building.

Sorry, but in my opinion, if the Police have good grounds to suspect someone of a crime, they don't allow the suspects access to the evidence first..

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by devilincarnate

Looks like it was not the only one doing it?

Like anyone's going to believe that person, she wouldn't know the truth if it came up behind her and chopped her leg of, besides what's she playing at, trying to get these hacks a bit of sympathy or something.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

Like anyone's going to believe that person, she wouldn't know the truth if it came up behind her and chopped her leg of, besides what's she playing at, trying to get these hacks a bit of sympathy or something.

l do not think anybody has any sympathy for those hacking.

Am i the only one that has waited for heather mills to pop up i am surprised it has taken her this long tbh.

[LondonRoad]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Am i the only one that has waited for heather mills to pop up i am surprised it has taken her this long tbh.

Given her history of giving evidence I don't think it'd stand up in court.

[roughbeast]

Given that many of the negative things we know about Heather Mills are the product of tabloid tittle tattle, should we be slagging her off? I think the whole country is the victim of the tabloids, but she has been specifically attacked at times.

We can't go around decrying criminal tabloid behaviour and their style and then be totally suckered by them at the same time. Give the girl a break and wait until we hear more through the responsible press.

BTW this story is buried deep within the news section of the Guardian.

Snippet from the latest copy of Private Eye.

Cameron during his tenure had 26 meetings and social engagements with NI to discuss the ruling on the BBC licence fee agreement and BSkyB bid.

Cameron's meetings/social engagements during the same tenure with the BBC to discuss the ruling on the BBC licence fee and the BSkyB bid=1

I wish I could have found the last issue but for some reason it was sold out.
Never mind this latest issue has provided me with much amusement as well as annoyance.

[denphone]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

Snippet from the latest copy of Private Eye.

Cameron during his tenure had 26 meetings and social engagements with NI to discuss the ruling on the BBC licence fee agreement and BSkyB bid.

Cameron's meetings/social engagements during the same tenure with the BBC to discuss the ruling on the BBC licence fee and the BSkyB bid=1

I wish I could have found the last issue but for some reason it was sold out.
Never mind this latest issue has provided me with much amusement as well as annoyance.

Yes that is vey interesting and tells us how close their links were.

[roughbeast]

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

The Guardian has a news section.?

You should perhaps read it some time. You actually get news in the news section and opinion in the opinion section, not hopelessly mixed up as in most 'newspapers'.