UK’s Cameron draws line between police and govt on hacking
Posted: 2011/07/21 Filed under: David Cameron, Metropolitan Police, Scotland Yard Leave a commentfrom Reuters
PRETORIA, July 18 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David Cameron sought
to distance himself from the resignation of the country’s most senior
policeman on Monday, saying the London force’s role in the phone-hacking
scandal was quite different from …
Phone Hacking: John Yates facing ‘questions’ over Neil Wallis links
Posted: 2011/07/21 Filed under: Asst. Commissioner John Yates, Neil Wallis Leave a commentfrom Telegraph.co.uk
By Andrew Hough
One of Scotland Yard’s most senior detectives, John Yates, is set to be
investigated over his links with former News of the World executive Neil
Wallis, in a fresh twist to the hacking scandal. The
Assistant Commissioner will face …
Phone hacking: Boris Johnson says Met chief resignation is ‘right call’
Posted: 2011/07/21 Filed under: Boris Johnson, Metropolitan Police Leave a commentfrom The Guardian
The London mayor, who chose to stand down as chair of the Metropolitan
Police Authority (MPA) 18 months ago and hand the reins to his deputy, Kit Malthouse, said he had been “hacked off” to discover there had been a
financial relationship between Neil …
Hugh Grant Sues Police After Taping Reporter’s Hacking Claim
Posted: 2011/07/19 Filed under: Hugh Grant, Metropolitan Police, News of the World phone hacking Leave a commentfrom Bloomberg
Sues now- defunct News of the World over claims reporters for the tabloid
hacked into the mobile phones of politicians, celebrities, and murder and
terror victims. Suing the police has been a means for possible victims,
including former government …
Is Piers Morgan connected to phone-hacking scandal?
Posted: 2011/07/19 Filed under: News Corp, Piers Morgan Leave a commentfrom Reuters
By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap) –
Is CNN’s Piers Morgan the next to fall in the News Corp. phone-hacking scandal? CNN, which has given the scandal plenty of play, is starting to face questions about its treatment of allegations implicating its own …
Scandalized Britain ponders press reform
Posted: 2011/07/19 Filed under: Press Leave a commentfrom The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) —
Britain has been transfixed by the phone hacking scandal
that has shaken its media world. But will it really change the nation’s
press? Much depends on the shelf life of the outcry over alleged
skullduggery by journalists working for …….
Phone hacking: Boris Johnson attacks Sir Paul Stephenson over hiring News of …
Posted: 2011/07/19 Filed under: Boris Johnson, Neil Wallis, Sir Paul Stephenson Leave a commentfrom Telegraph.co.uk
By Mark Hughes, and Andrew Porter
Boris Johnson has accused Britain’s most senior police officer of
potentially jeopardising the integrity of the phone hacking investigation. Mr Wallis, the paper’s former deputy
editor, earned more than £1000 a day to …
Brits want Piers Morgan, to testify about phone hacking
Posted: 2011/07/19 Filed under: News of the World phone hacking, Piers Morgan Leave a commentfrom Detroit Free Press
Members of British Parliament want Piers Morgan, a former UK tabloid
editor, to answer questions about the phone hacking scandal that is rocking Britain. Authorities are calling for Morgan, a former editor at Britain’s News of the World and Daily …
Phone hacking: Jean Charles de Menezes’s cousin attacks Rupert Murdoch
Posted: 2011/07/19 Filed under: Jean Charles de Menezes, News Corp, News of the World phone hacking Leave a commentfrom Telegraph.co.uk
By Robin Yapp, Sao Paulo
The cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes who may have had his phone hacked by the News of the World has launched a bitter attack on Rupert Murdoch and said he plans to sue News Corp. Alex Pereira accused Mr Murdoch of profiting …
Phone-hacking scandal: Tuesday’s key quotes
Posted: 2011/07/18 Filed under: Gordon Brown, News International Leave a commentfrom The Guardian
Allegations that the former prime minister Gordon Brown was the victim of systematic hacking and “blagging” have upped the stakes in the News International scandal still further. …
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