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purejuice...cripples the inquiry by adding the BBC, one of Murdoch's betes noire, to the list of press suspects to be investigated. The Guardian and the Independent, who have lead the phone hacking inquiry, are also to be added to the list of media to be investigated by the judicial inquiry Cameron himself set up two weeks ago to contain the phone hacking scandal.
"And not just at NI but also ... the BBC, the Independent and the Guardian. This is a cathartic moment to sort it out and put it on a proper footing."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/20/phone-hacking-commons-debate-verdict
This also makes the inquiry untenable in terms of getting it done with dispatch.
The inquiry has been divided into two parts, with the investigation into hacking allegations to start only after criminal allegations have been settled.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/20/cameron-media-regulation-leveson-inquiry-bbc
In other news of tiny nuggets that are likely flashpoints, the BBC reports that Murdoch has given his lawyers, Harbottle and Lewis, permission to respond to police and judicial inquiries. Harbottle are the people who sat on incriminating hack/bribery emails for years. Harbottle screamed bloody murder Tuesday after the Murdochs' testimony that Harbottle's response to inquiry was limited by attorney-client privilege. In a statement, Harbottle implied that if NI released them from the confidentiality privilege, the story would be very different from the Murdochs' testimony. At issue was the Murdochs' insistence that in every case of malfeasance, they were relying on the advice of counsel -- among other things, on the defense that the hacking was confined to one rogue reporter and that nothing else, including police bribery, apparently, had gone down.
Along with Scotland Yard and its allegations against Cameron, I think Harbottle will be the source of serious allegations against the Murdochs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8651063/Phone-hacking-News-International-lifts-gagging-order-imposed-on-its-lawyers.html
I'm hoping this is the beginning of the holy shit story.
"And not just at NI but also ... the BBC, the Independent and the Guardian. This is a cathartic moment to sort it out and put it on a proper footing."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jul/20/phone-hacking-commons-debate-verdict
This also makes the inquiry untenable in terms of getting it done with dispatch.
The inquiry has been divided into two parts, with the investigation into hacking allegations to start only after criminal allegations have been settled.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/jul/20/cameron-media-regulation-leveson-inquiry-bbc
In other news of tiny nuggets that are likely flashpoints, the BBC reports that Murdoch has given his lawyers, Harbottle and Lewis, permission to respond to police and judicial inquiries. Harbottle are the people who sat on incriminating hack/bribery emails for years. Harbottle screamed bloody murder Tuesday after the Murdochs' testimony that Harbottle's response to inquiry was limited by attorney-client privilege. In a statement, Harbottle implied that if NI released them from the confidentiality privilege, the story would be very different from the Murdochs' testimony. At issue was the Murdochs' insistence that in every case of malfeasance, they were relying on the advice of counsel -- among other things, on the defense that the hacking was confined to one rogue reporter and that nothing else, including police bribery, apparently, had gone down.
Along with Scotland Yard and its allegations against Cameron, I think Harbottle will be the source of serious allegations against the Murdochs.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/phone-hacking/8651063/Phone-hacking-News-International-lifts-gagging-order-imposed-on-its-lawyers.html
I'm hoping this is the beginning of the holy shit story.
