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^^ Quite, she probably looked at Piers Morgan's career in the US and thought gently caress, if he can do it, no problem for me. Attractive, British accent, and ex political figure, she could get the talking head gig on all the news show circuit without much effort.
You forgot to add "despised in own country".
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That's quite the leap to make there. There were plenty of reasons for her to quit her seat, not least the looming prospect of her constituents sacking her first chance they get.
Yeah, maybe. I still have the feeling that she was pushed more towards quittibg by her husband so she could genuinely 'focus on the family' and pursue their crazy business ventures. I think she genuinely liked her role as MP, and don't think the decision was fully hers, though yes there were probably a whole load of other factors including those you guys have menshnd
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Balls.
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Nevermind.
Jesto fucked around with this message at 16:51 on Oct 1, 2014
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This was a few pages back, but
Why the gently caress would you ever stop accepting evidence? If something groundbreaking comes out after you say 'no more evidence', it can't be taken into consideration under any circumstance? Why even set a cutoff date to begin with?
When the inquiry was commissioned, a cutoff date was given so that Leveson can write a report that may be used to change how the papers operate. If there hadn't been, then the govt. would have faced accusations that there was no 'plan' and they wanted it to peter out with no conclusions drawn. However, I think a surprisingly large degree of the value of the inquiry has come from it simply being held and discussed a fair amount in the news, so the useful cutoff now becomes a problem.
I don't think that Leveson inquiry happening and ending particularly precludes another occurring, especially if we get another big interest moment, like the Dowler hacking story last time.
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I've put together a post of recommended Arab Spring and Hackgate articles from the past week, hoping to make it a weekly thing.
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Sep 23, 2012 18:37
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My regular contributor has just put together a new piece on the Cook-Hames debacle with Southern Investigations, really worth a read to understand the background to all things Southern Investigations and police corruption (with the collusions of the NotW)
http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-cook-hames-surveillance-watched.html
The BBC journalist training scheme has just opened for applications, so I'm going to give that a shot as well once it's wife approved.
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- Sex Vicar
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My regular contributor has just put together a new piece on the Cook-Hames debacle with Southern Investigations, really worth a read to understand the background to all things Southern Investigations and police corruption (with the collusions of the NotW)
http://brown-moses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/the-cook-hames-surveillance-watched.html
The BBC journalist training scheme has just opened for applications, so I'm going to give that a shot as well once it's wife approved.
Is that for the 2013 scheme? I've been looking to apply for that myself as well.
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That's the one, starting March 2013, maybe we'll both get on!
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- Smegbot
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Mon the Biffy!
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Just saw this on the BBC News ticker:
quote:Met Police is investigating how police records of the incident involving Andrew Mitchell were obtained by the Sun newspaper
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- Rude Dude With Tude
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Your President approves this text.
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A CPS statement http://blog.cps.gov.uk/2012/09/op-elveden-charge-dci-casburn-charged-.html
quote:Op Elveden charge: DCI Casburn charged
Alison Levitt QC, Principal Legal Advisor to the DPP, said:
“The CPS received a file of evidence from the Metropolitan Police Service which arose from Operation Elveden in relation to April Casburn. Ms Casburn is employed by Metropolitan Police Service as a Detective Chief Inspector in Specialist Operations.
“We have concluded, having carefully considered the file of evidence, that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction and that it is in the public interest to charge DCI Casburn with misconduct in public office. The particulars are that on 11 September 2010, April Casburn, being a public officer, and acting as such, without reasonable excuse or justification, wilfully misconducted herself to such a degree as to amount to an abuse of the public’s trust in that office. This charge relates to an allegation that DCI Casburn contacted the News of the World newspaper and offered to provide information.
“DCI Casburn will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday 1 October.
“May I remind all concerned that DCI Casburn is now charged with a criminal offence and has a right to a fair trial. It is very important that nothing is said, or reported, which could prejudice that trial. For these reasons it would be inappropriate for me to comment further."
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Interesting timing considering Brooks et al will be in court on Wednesday putting in their pleas.
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- Mr Cuddles
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Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
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I've just been called for jury service at the old bailey. One can only dream.
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Sep 24, 2012 21:44
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I've just been called for jury service at the old bailey. One can only dream.
Just make sure you scream "This ones for Brown Moses!" as they get sent down.
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- HCO Plumer GCB GCM
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I've just been called for jury service at the old bailey. One can only dream.
Having been through that caper, you may not have to dream.
If there's a case which is expected to run for 3 weeks or more, then a lot of people will jump through all kinds of hoops to get out of serving on that Jury. Most are there to do their statutory duty and then get back to work. If you happen to have plenty of time, and feel it might be interesting to sit on a case like that, just dress reasonably smartly, try not to look too "interesting", and ride the selection process. Since you'll be surrounded by a lot of people doing the exact opposite, you have a decent chance of winding up selected.
A friend of mine just finished his service at Southwark, and had to dodge and shimmy his way round getting selected for that case involving the fraudulent bank trader.
It's fun.
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Actually I was dreaming about being involved in a trial arising from this scandal. It's actually a bit inconvenient apart from that faint hope because I like my job and we've got big deadlines coming up around the same time.
I didn't realize it was possible to get off it, I thought it was a legal requirement to attend. Maybe I need to actually read the letter instead of playing torchlight 2.
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I didn't realize it was possible to get off it, I thought it was a legal requirement to attend. Maybe I need to actually read the letter instead of playing torchlight 2.
I think he's probably suggesting that if you appear to be a complete nutter, they'd probably find someone else to sit for a major trial.
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Actually I was dreaming about being involved in a trial arising from this scandal. It's actually a bit inconvenient apart from that faint hope because I like my job and we've got big deadlines coming up around the same time.
I didn't realize it was possible to get off it, I thought it was a legal requirement to attend. Maybe I need to actually read the letter instead of playing torchlight 2.
I understood your intended meaning. Once you arrive with all the other new arrivals to do your service, you go into a "pool". For any new case starting, names are randomly selected for service on that case. For cases which are anticipated to last a long time, or have some other unique factor, they run a more intense selection process from a larger pool. I wasn't talking about people trying to get out of service per-se, more that a lot of people don't want to get assigned to serve on a case that might last 8 weeks or even more. When I did my service, I was "challenged out" at the last minute by a defence barrister (they are allowed to reject a certain number of jurors each), otherwise I would have wound up on the Guinness trial, which I think ended up lasting 18 weeks or something ridiculous like that.
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Yea I'm definitely not up for a massively long trial but there's no real way to tell it's going to be a long one from the outset. I'm keen to do it because I think I would be fair, and I think it would be interesting, but you've made me wonder about the risks of it dragging on and on.
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Big Hackgate 2 story expected in the Evening Standard soon, keep them peeled.
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Big Hackgate 2 story expected in the Evening Standard soon, keep them peeled.
Soon, as in the next couple of hours, or days? It's almost bedtime in New Zealand:)
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Yea I'm definitely not up for a massively long trial but there's no real way to tell it's going to be a long one from the outset. I'm keen to do it because I think I would be fair, and I think it would be interesting, but you've made me wonder about the risks of it dragging on and on.
Maybe I'm being a bit over cautious, but is this the sort of thing we should be discussing in a public forum?
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- The Supreme Court
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Pirate World: Nearly done!
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Soon, as in the next couple of hours, or days? It's almost bedtime in New Zealand:)
It's an afternoon paper, so I'd guess in the next few hours, but I'm not sure of the normal release time.
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Should be a few hours, might be related to this story just put out in the Indy
quote:Exclusive: "News of the World computer hacker" exposed Scotland Yard mole
A POLICE “mole” who secretly infiltrated a private detective firm for Scotland Yard was exposed after he was identified by an alleged computer hacker with links to the News of the World.
Former Met police officer Derek Haslam worked undercover for nine years with Jonathan Rees, the co-founder of Southern Investigations, who was a suspect for one of London’s most notorious unsolved murders.
However, the 65-year-old’s cover as “Joe Poulton” was blown when the personal computer he used to send covert intelligence back to his police handlers was compromised by the alleged hacker, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The man – who is a known associate of Rees and whom we shall call Mr Anderson - has previously been accused of computer hacking for the News of the World.
In an interview with Independent Voices, Rees said: “(Someone) gave (Mr Anderson) an IP address and he identified Haslam from that.”
When asked if that was done through “legal means”, he replied: “Well, there’s ways and means, technical ways and means, I would imagine legal means…I think so, I don’t know.”
Haslam’s undercover work for the Met began in 1997 when he was asked to infiltrate Southern Investigations to gather evidence on Rees, who was a suspect for the murder of his former business partner. Daniel Morgan, 37, was found with an axe embedded in his skull in a Sydenham pub car park in 1987.
Haslam claims one of Southern Investigations’ main clients was News of the World executive Alex Marunchak whose name was “constantly mentioned” inside the firm.
While he was undercover, Haslam suspected his computer had been hacked in 2006 when it started “running slowly” at home in Norfolk.
He refused to speak to Independent Voices because he is currently suing Scotland Yard. However, we obtained a confidential briefing he passed to investigators.
He said: “I told my (handlers) something is up so they said they’d check it. I handed over my computer and they examined the hard drive and confirmed it had been hacked.”
“They found a document on it and said ‘any idea what this is’ and I said ‘that’s one of my intelligence documents’ and I said ‘who’s got it’? They said ‘it’s been taken off your computer’…and there’s a virus been put on your computer.”
At the time, Rees admits he was in possession of one of Haslam’s 11-page intelligence reports to his handlers, which includes allegations that Southern Investigations burgled MPs to obtain embarrassing information it could sell to newspapers.
When asked how he got it, Rees replied: “I received…a copy of, er, this six-week window of his reports. Now, the police…believe that was (leaked to me) by a sympathetic source within (the Met).
When asked if Mr Anderson had hacked the report, Rees replied: “Not to my knowledge. That is something he denies…he absolutely denies it. We just can’t say how that document was obtained.”
However, a document dated 2012 written by Rees’ lawyers – seen by Independent Voices – identifies Mr Anderson as the possible source.
“In late 2006 Rees received a document that appeared to be a print of a computer file, in the format of a draft report or reports to “handlers” by “Joe Poulton”,” it read. “Rees was convinced from factual references that the author must be Derek Haslam.”
In a footnote to the document, his lawyers wrote: “This seems to have been “hacked” from Haslam’s computer by Mr Anderson.”
A source close to Rees’ legal team claims to possess a taped confession from Mr Anderson, who is said to admit hacking Haslam’s computer.
When asked how the police obtained evidence on computer hacking, Rees replied: “It may have come from Mr Anderson’s computer, but there won’t be any links to me…and I would think nothing to do with Alex Marunchak, either.”
When pressed on the allegation, he replied: “Thank God Mr Anderson was out there and exposed Haslam for what he was…if he did hack Haslam, good.”
When contacted by Independent Voices, Mr Anderson said: “I cannot talk to you about any of this.”
However - when told of the allegations in Rees’ legal papers - he added: “That is something that they will have to justify and prove.”
When asked whether he had made a confession of computer hacking, he replied: “Once again, they will have to justify, support and prove that.”
Finally, when he was asked whether he legally identified Haslam “through an IP address”, Mr Anderson replied: “That is really something that…you should take up with Jonathan Rees. I am not prepared to go into this discussion unless my solicitor is present.”
In a bizarre twist, a freelance journalist who has known Rees and Mr Anderson for more than 15 years wrote openly to the Met in June 2007 and enclosed a copy of the Haslam intelligence report.
The undercover agent had mentioned Sylvia Jones in the briefing and the ex-crime reporter was complaining to Scotland Yard to say his allegations about her work were false.
When asked by Independent Voices how she obtained a copy of the potentially unlawfully obtained document, Jones said it had been posted to her anonymously shortly before she made the complaint. She did admit seeing an extract 12 months earlier but refused to say who showed it to her.
Last week, Independent Voices revealed Haslam warned his handlers that Southern Investigations were looking for “dirt” on police and politicians in a bid to “control” them.
We also disclosed how Southern Investigations put former Met commissioner Lord Stevens under surveillance in 1999.
Haslam worked undercover for nine years with Rees, trying to solve one of London’s most high-profile unsolved murders. However, when his cover was blown he claims Scotland Yard offered him the chance to go into the witness protection programme – a system he claims he saw repeatedly compromised by the agency.
Rees said this was “wholly untrue”. It is understood Haslam turned down the offer of protection, decided he would look after himself and asked for a payout. However, this is thought to have been rejected by the Met.
He is now suing Scotland Yard for failing in its duty of care to protect him. It is understood one element of his case centres on the Met’s failure to prosecute the offenders who compromised his computer.
Daniel Morgan’s brother Alastair said: “Last week, it was disclosed that Derek Haslam worked undercover at Southern Investigations for nine years, passing back widespread intelligence of criminality to the Met, who did absolutely nothing about it.
“Now, we discover that Haslam – who put his life on the line when he infiltrated this firm – was exposed by an alleged computer hacker who has worked on behalf of the News of the World. Again, the Yard did absolutely nothing.
“The whole case just gets murkier and murkier. The only avenue left is for Home Secretary Theresa May to order a judicial inquiry into my brother’s murder. The Met cannot be trusted to get to the bottom of all this.”
The fifth investigation into the Daniel Morgan murder collapsed last year and Rees was acquitted. Detectives working on the various criminal probes into News International have arrested around 80 different people so far. Rees and Marunchak, who supplemented his News of the World income by working as a Ukrainian translator for the Met for 20 years, are not among them.
A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “We are not prepared to discuss these matters.”
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- Mr Cuddles
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Maybe I'm being a bit over cautious, but is this the sort of thing we should be discussing in a public forum?
Well I don't even know what I'm being called up for yet but yea, probably best not to discuss it any further, especially as it's not relevant to the thread.
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Elsewhere
quote:Phone-hacking claims against News International near 300
The high court is to hear details of nearly 300 damages claims against News International for alleged News of the World phone hacking, from people including the late reality TV star Jade Goody.
At least 155 new civil lawsuits – involving 174 individuals – for invasion of privacy were lodged with the high court by the 14 September deadline set by Mr Justice Vos, the high court judge overseeing the process.
Vos will also be given an update from News International on its separate phone-hacking compensation scheme, which has accepted 137 claims, at a high court case management conference on Tuesday.
The extent of phone hacking at the now-closed News of the World is expected to be confirmed by lawyers for both the claimants and News International. The 292 new claims are in addition to 58 lawsuits settled by the publisher earlier this year.
Many of the names on the court register of claims are not well-known figures to the public and are what Lord Justice Leveson called "collateral damage" – relatives of celebrities or victims of crime, such as the parents of former nanny Louise Woodward, who was found guilty of manslaughter in the US when she was 19, and Lorna Hogan, the former girlfriend of Calum Best.
Janet Woolf, the mother of Ken Livingstone's eldest child, is one who believes she was targeted because of her connection to a famous politician. Others who have not sought the public spotlight include Matthew Robertson, husband of Davina McCall.
TV producer Kate Jackson, who made a fly-on-the-wall documentary about Goody as she was dying of cancer in 2009, is also making a claim along with two of the reality TV star's best friends, Simon Bridger and Danny Hayward. As executors of her estate, they are making the claims on her behalf.
Lauren Pope, now known as a star from reality TV show The Only Way is Essex, is suing in relation to a night out with Prince Harry in 2004.
Other civil claims not previously reported include actions taken by Yousef Bhailok, the former secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain and Tara Palmer-Tomkinson.
On the entertainment front, former EastEnders actor Lacey Turner is suing as is Claire Powell, Kerry Katona's former agent, and Footballers' Wives actor Laila Rouass.
Suzanne Dando, the former British Olympic gymnast and ex-girlfriend of former Sky Sports presenter Andy Gray, is also claiming damages for alleged hacking.
Joining the ranks of current and former Premier League footballers seeking damages are Noel Whelan, Chris Kiwomya and Neil Ruddock.
Among the other claimants who filed before Vos's 14 September deadline were actor Hugh Grant, the former Labour leader Neil Kinnock and his wife Glenys, and former secretary of state for trade and industry Stephen Byers.
The names of claimants will be confirmed before Vos during the case management conference on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, he ordered a three- to four-day hearing in a bid to clear the way for potential trials of the second wave of phone-hacking claims against News International sometime after May next year.
This second tranche of claims has become a protracted matter – this is ninth hearing this year – with ongoing legal arguments over what News International should and could reveal to claimants.
The publisher settled 58 claims in January and February this year, including suits brought by Jude Law, Steve Coogan and Sienna Miller
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Well I don't even know what I'm being called up for yet but yea, probably best not to discuss it any further, especially as it's not relevant to the thread.
As long as you don't discuss any details of the trial you're fine, from a legal standpoint - however your posts here might disqualify you from a jury if you disclosed them, or if you made it onto the jury and convicted someone and then your posts ITT were later discovered it might be grounds for a mistrial as generally they want jurors, where possible, to have no foreknowledge of the evidence and events to be tried. You still wouldn't be in any trouble though, unless you specifically denied having any knowledge of or connection to the events in the trial (I forget what the actual wording of the question used in jury selection is).
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Should be a few hours, might be related to this story just put out in the Indy
Read the whole drat thing.
So the NOTW may have paid a hacker who they may have used regularly to expose an undercover agent who was infiltrating what is reported as their favoured PI firm and Scotland Yard might have known about it but did nothing.
Now you've really got me on edge for the Evening Standard piece, how long do we have to wait?
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Not long I think, hopefully it'll expand more on what the Indy wrote. It's beginning to look like the Met were more interested in finding out about what was being done against them rather than the Daniel Morgan murder.
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Here's the Evening Standard's take on the story
quote:'News of the World computer hacker blew cover of Met police mole'
A police mole was exposed after he was identified by an alleged computer hacker with links to the News of the World, it was claimed today.
Derek Haslam, 65, worked undercover for nine years as he infiltrated a private detective firm for Scotland Yard.
The agency was Southern Investigations and its co-founder Jonathan Rees was a suspect in one of London’s most notorious unsolved murders.
Mr Haslam, a former Met police officer, had his cover as “Joe Poulton” blown when the computer he used to send intelligence back to his police handlers was compromised by the alleged hacker, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The man — who is a known associate of Rees and whom we shall call Mr Anderson — has previously been accused of computer hacking for the News of the World.
In an interview with the Evening Standard’s sister website independentvoices.com, Rees said: “(Someone) gave (Mr Anderson) an IP address and he identified Haslam from that.”
When asked if that was done through “legal means”, he replied: “I would imagine legal means … I think so, I don’t know.”
Haslam’s undercover work for the Met began in 1997 when he was asked to infiltrate Southern Investigations to gather evidence on Rees, who was a suspect for the murder of his former business partner.
Daniel Morgan, 37, was found with an axe embedded in his skull in the car park of the Golden Lion pub in Sydenham in 1987.
Rees was acquitted along with two other men at the Old Bailey last year after the trial collapsed. It was the fifth investigation into the murder.
Haslam claims one of Southern Investigations’ main clients was News of the World executive Alex Marunchak whose name was “constantly mentioned” inside the firm.
Haslam suspected his computer had been hacked in 2006 when it started “running slowly” at his home in Norfolk.
He refused to speak to the Standard because he is suing Scotland Yard. However, we obtained a confidential briefing he passed to investigators.
Haslam said his handlers examined his hard drive and found one of his intelligence reports to the Met had been “taken off” his computer.
At the time, Rees admits he was in possession of one of Haslam’s 11-page intelligence reports to his handlers, which includes allegations that Southern Investigations burgled MPs to obtain embarrassing information it could sell to newspapers.
When asked how he got it, Rees replied: “I received … a copy. Now, the police … believe that was (leaked to me) by a sympathetic source within (the Met).”
When asked if Mr Anderson had hacked the report, Rees replied: “Not to my knowledge.”
However, a document dated 2012 and written by Rees’s lawyers identifies Mr Anderson as the possible source.
When contacted by the Standard, Mr Anderson said: “I cannot talk to you about any of this.”
When told of the allegations in Rees’s legal papers he added: “That is something that they will have to justify and prove.”
Daniel Morgan’s brother Alastair said: “Haslam — who seems to have put his life on the line when he infiltrated this firm — was exposed by an alleged computer hacker who has worked on behalf of the News of the World and the Yard did absolutely nothing. The case just gets murkier and murkier.”
A spokesman for Scotland Yard said: “We are not prepared to discuss these matters.”
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I've just interviewed the brother of Daniel Morgan, Alastair Morgan, about the latest hackgate revelations, which you can read here.
The Zelo Street blog has also taken a look at the latest accusations, which you can read here.
Brown Moses fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Sep 25, 2012
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- Comstar
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Do you hear the sound of inevitability, Mister Anderson?
The only thing that's inevitable is that the people behind this at News Corp, Scotland Yard, the local Police and everyone involved is going to get away with a slap on the whist, or scott free and get away with murder. I have no confidence in anything more.
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Why aren't we reading or hearing about the burglary aspect? Private injunction? D-Notice?
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Tomorrow's highlight:
quote:Ex-Murdoch editor Brooks due in court on hacking plot charges
Rebekah Brooks, a former executive in Rupert Murdoch's media empire and friend of British Prime Minister David Cameron, faces charges in court on Wednesday that she conspired to hide evidence from police investigating a phone hacking scandal.
The charges are part of the criminal inquiry into assertions that UK newspapers intercepted messages on the phones of celebrities, politicians and crime victims, and made illegal payments to public officials.
The scandal has damaged the reputation of Murdoch's global media operations, raised questions about Cameron's judgment and exposed the close relations between British politicians, police and journalists.
Brooks, 44, was expected to enter a plea on three counts of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice between July 6 and July 19, 2011. The hearing will take place at the Central Criminal Court in London.
The Crown Prosecution Service said the first charge alleges she conspired with her husband Charlie Brooks, a racehorse trainer, to "conceal material from the officers of the Metropolitan Police Service" in London.
The second accuses Brooks and Cheryl Carter, her one-time personal assistant, of plotting "to remove seven boxes of material from the archive of News International", Murdoch's UK newspaper business.
The third alleges that Brooks, her husband and three others conspired "to conceal documents, computers and other electronic equipment from officers".
Cameron's ex-media chief Andy Coulson, who also worked as a Murdoch newspaper editor, is due in the same court for a preliminary hearing on charges that he conspired to intercept phone messages.
Brooks is separately charged with conspiracy to intercept phone messages, allegations she has denied. Wednesday's hearing will encompass both the charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and those related to phone messages.
Brooks was one of Murdoch's most trusted and loyal managers, editing two of his top-selling tabloid newspapers before going on to run News International. She was also close to Cameron, exchanging text messages with the Conservative leader.
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Am I correct in thinking there won't be a stream of brook's court appearance?
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Oh the mundanity
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Am I correct in thinking there won't be a stream of brook's court appearance?
Correct. We don't have televised court rooms in the UK - I think that's part of the reason the Leveson Inquiry stream was so popular, it's the nearest most of us will get to seeing court TV.
I don't think much will happen at this appearance anyway, other than the accused confirming their names and that they understand the charges (but am happy to be corrected).
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Actually I believe some pleas are being put in today, and the timing of Monday's charging of the first police officer might have something to do with that...
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