Missing Milly Dowler's voicemail "hacked by News of the World"

[paolo]

IIRC, they were bribing phone company employees for the information, probably via police officers in some cases. Many of the targets were not using default pins. The Panorama on this had a private detective saying he'd infected a military officer's computer with a trojan to obtain documents off it.

Not as benign as they'd like you to think.

Ah ok.

 

[Kaka Tim]

I'm looking forward to a mumsnet inspired lynch mob descending on wapping ...

 

[Threshers_Flail]

Newsnight team must be writing and re-writing tonight... would love to be a fly on the wall in their office as they busily try to keep up in time for tonight's programme. One hour to go folks. Reckon NI will field a representative? Probably one who'll just go "we can neither confirm or deny"... Then Paxman gets a gun out... (sorry, carried away there )

Innit! I haven't watched it in ages but I'm gonna be glued to it tonight.

 

[paolo]

Innit! I haven't watched it in ages but I'm gonna be glued to it tonight.

Me too!

They need to do it splitscreen like Sky News - with breaking Brooks/Wade news scrolling in at the bottom

 

[Kaka Tim]

The BBC must be pissing themselves laughing - I wonder is this could be a catalyst for all sorts of other murdoch related dirt to come out.

We can hope!

And how embarassing could this be for Cameron? Hes mates with Wade/Brooks apparently, and theres the BSkyB deal - would it to being greedy to hope he gets at least partly dipped in the shit by all this?

 

[ymu]

Me too!

They need to do it splitscreen like Sky News - with breaking Brooks/Wade news scrolling in at the bottom

My partner is in charge of the remote, but when I asked if we could watch it he said: "How can we not?"

 

[paolo]

The BBC must be pissing themselves laughing - I wonder is this could be a catalyst for all sorts of other murdoch related dirt to come out.

We can hope!

And how embarassing could this be for Cameron? Hes mates with Wade/Brooks apparently, and theres the BSkyB deal - would it to being greedy to hope he gets at least partly dipped in the shit by all this?

I doubt Brooks will be invited round to Dave's and Sam's anytime soon. If I was Cameron I'd be pulling a big 'eject' handle right now.

(e2a... He's not too smart about picking friends is he.)

 

[ymu]

Not too greedy at all. I'm hoping the Met falls apart too.

 

[paolo]

My partner is in charge of the remote, but when I asked if we could watch it he said: "How can we not?"

I'm about to check if anyone else in the house is up for a communal watch.

e2a: They've all just said "Yes, we *have* to watch this", including one who isn't a big news follower.

 

[Gingerman]

Mr Grant was also asked if he thought it was appropriate for Rebekah Brooks, editor of the News of the World at the time of the alleged hacking of Milly's phone, to lead the internal investigation into hacking for the newspaper's parent company News International, where she is now chief executive.

He replied: "That would be like asking me if I thought Hitler was a good person to clear up the Nazi Party. It's completely absurd."

 

[Santino]

ITV news producer has tweeted that Brooks will resign tomorrow, then deleted it.

http://bit.ly/r7cb5S

 

[goldenecitrone]

Brooks is toast. Murdoch will do anything to hold on to Sky.

 

[Roadkill]

The BBC must be pissing themselves laughing - I wonder is this could be a catalyst for all sorts of other murdoch related dirt to come out.

We can hope!

And how embarassing could this be for Cameron? Hes mates with Wade/Brooks apparently, and theres the BSkyB deal - would it to being greedy to hope he gets at least partly dipped in the shit by all this?

Yes, yes, and ... well, let's hope so, but tbh I suspect there's enough 'plausible deniability' on Cameron's part for him to come off relatively unscathed. Fingers crossed I'm wrong, though...

It's already damaging Murdoch, though, and it's far from finished yet.

 

[goldenecitrone]

It also speaks volumes for Cameron's judgement, hiring Coulson, hanging out with Brooks. What a scumbag.

 

[London_Calling]

The quality thing about a public inquiry - as Hugh Grant knows - is that it guarantees the issue remains in the mainstream narrative for ... years.

 

[Santino]

BBC news suggesting that Coulson's about to be thrown to the wolves.

 

[London_Calling]

I presume, in the short term, it's all about whether Cameron can still gift Murdoch control of BSB.

In the longer term.... interesting.

 

[Pickman's model]

BBC news suggesting that Coulson's about to be thrown to the wolves.

if only. i'd pay good money to see that

 

[paolo]

It also speaks volumes for Cameron's judgement, hiring Coulson, hanging out with Brooks. What a scumbag.

And personally saving her bacon on the last possible firing, according to some reports.

I'd like to think he'll take a long hard look at who he's friends with. But I think it will take "strike three" for him to get that objective. Maybe it's out there.

 

[paolo]

BBC news suggesting that Coulson's about to be thrown to the wolves.

As in, to keep Brooks alive?

e2a... Can't see how that would wash now with the Indy and Channel Four news stories.

Besides, he's dead already.

 

[Santino]

As in, to keep Brooks alive?

Who knows? Maybe just clearing the decks - getting rid of anyone who's publicly tainted.

 

[London_Calling]

Well, based on previous form, there's always a job at Number 10 for Brook's if she does go.

 

[paolo]

Who knows? Maybe just clearing the decks - getting rid of anyone who's publicly tainted.

Where's he working these days? Am I being thick?

 

[stethoscope]

BBC news suggesting that Coulson's about to be thrown to the wolves.

Good, I want to see Coulson being dragged back into it too.

 

[Roadkill]

Good, I want to see Coulson being dragged back into it too.

Yup, 'cos if anything is going to direct the dirt in Cameron's direction, that is it.

Not that damaging Murdoch isn't a good thing in itself, of course.

 

[paolo]

Good, I want to see Coulson being dragged back into it too.

Brooks first.

There's a bloody queue, right.

 

[Pickman's model]

what about brooks, coulson, a doberman and a locked room?

 

[ymu]

Hope none of you cunts are planning on letting the Met off the hook.

Although ... they do seem keen to blame the politicians ... their latest excuse hints darkly at orders from Downing Street to back off investigating Murdoch's involvement .... so perhaps they can be Phase II.

 

[Descartes]

You can use

http://www.pint.org.uk/notw.html

to tweet all the advertiser on the NOTW to withdraw their adverts.

 

[DrRingDing]

Wade is an unsexy Tilda Swinton in The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.