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

[DexterTCN]

The problem Goodman has is he's a convicted hacker and rather untrustworthy,....

When you think though, the letter and his allegations fit exactly with what's happened, it's the only reasonable explanation for the payment. Apart from the fact that it's baltantly true.

 

[DexterTCN]

e2a; apart from that, really good post.

eh...question mark!

 

[Streathamite]

eh...question mark!

 

[Fedayn]

When you think though, the letter and his allegations fit exactly with what's happened, it's the only reasonable explanation for the payment. Apart from the fact that it's baltantly true.

I'd agree it does look the most likely at first face, but in court cases the medium can become the message, this, I might add, cust both ways here...

 

[weltweit]

Well the houses of Parliament are back from recess on the 5th September, I think we can expect the committees to get right back into action then.

 

[Streathamite]

Interesting that that utter waste of space Mensch is on holiday during a crucial DCMS select committee session.
getting a nice suntan are we Louise baby?

 

[teqniq]

Met officers cleared over hacking misconduct claims

Sir Paul said the outcome was 'as he would have expected it to be'​

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The former Metropolitan Police commissioner has been cleared of misconduct in his handling of the phone hacking inquiry by the police watchdog.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said Sir Paul Stephenson had not committed any criminal acts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14559802

 

[Streathamite]

When you think though, the letter and his allegations fit exactly with what's happened, it's the only reasonable explanation for the payment. Apart from the fact that it's baltantly true.

it's certainly the most likely and logical explanation.
breaking news; NOTW hollywood reporter James desborough has become the 13th person to be arrested so far

 

[DexterTCN]

And that takes us nicely to America.

Can't believe those plods were cleared though.

 

[Streathamite]

Yep - if he got up to anything dodgy on the Hollywood beat, then NewsCorp are massively in the shit.
more surprised over Yates and hayman than Stephenson and Clarke (clarke IMO is the one OB who's been totally straight over this), but Yates has still got the matter of the job for Neil Wallis's daughter to answer for.

 

[Kaka Tim]

IPCC clears police.
Who'd have thunk it?
They may end up looking pretty stupid if and when more shit comes out about the MET.

 

[butchersapron]

What's Mulcaire going to do now? I reckon he'll take brown bag money to keep quiest-ish.

Well now we know. He's suing News Corp.

 

[Streathamite]

Well now we know. He's suing News Corp.

YES!! Even if it's just for legal costs, that massively increases the chances of him spilling all he knows. What we really need, however, is for him to lose the other case he's fighting to not have to reveal all his dealings with NI.

 

[laptop]

What we really need, however, is for [Mulcaire] to lose the other case he's fighting to not have to reveal all his dealings with NI.

Well, if he's not funded, he's more likely to lose that, isn't he?

 

[ferrelhadley]

Gideons coke and hookers back in the news

Just in time to help set the leitmotif for Broken Britain: Back II Basics the sequel.

 

[Streathamite]

Well, if he's not funded, he's more likely to lose that, isn't he?

yes, that's what i'm hoping, but the idiocy of a judge can't be ruled out. fingers crossed..

 

[Streathamite]

YES!!! Mulcaire HAS lost his appeal, and he's been ordered to reveal who ordered him to hack elle McPherson's phone, plus that of 5 others.
And better still, it was alan partridge who brought the case, so to speak. A-HA!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/19/glenn-mulcaire-phone-hacking

Mulcaire, who was jailed in 2007 after pleading guilty to hacking the phones of members of the royal household for the News of the World, has been forced into making the disclosure following legal action by the comedian and actor Steve Coogan.
In February, Coogan's lawyers argued in court that if it were proved that the News of the World had instructed Mulcaire to hack into the phones of the six public figures, it would show that phone hacking was taking place at an industrial scale.
Mulcaire must now name names in relation to MacPherson, Hughes and four others – the celebrity PR Max Clifford; the football agent Sky Andrew; Jo Armstrong, a legal adviser to the Professional Footballers Association; and Gordon Taylor, the former head of the PFA. At his trial in 2006 Muclaire also admitted hacking the phones of
five of the six names in Coogan's court order.

 

[Streathamite]

just realised - this means NO NI hush money, no sweet deal with them for Mulcaire, in return for taking the rap, he's suing them anyway, so what has he got to lose by spilling the whole damn lot?

 

[ohmyliver]

I also note the Murdoch's sold his ranch in Carmel Valley, California
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cel...-Murdoch-sells-some-of-his-family-silver.html
I wonder why now?

 

[weltweit]

I also note the Murdoch's sold his ranch in Carmel Valley, California
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cel...-Murdoch-sells-some-of-his-family-silver.html
I wonder why now?

Perhaps he is thinking of going home to Oz to retire.

 

[ohmyliver]

perhaps... possibly he's thinking there's a chance that he'll get his US assets seized

 

[Streathamite]

This is impossibly far-fetched speculation, but If it turns out that his firm was up to the sort of shenanigans stateside that theyw ere up to here - ESPECIALLY bribing police, and hacking into 911 victims - he'll want to leave fast. We know he's in excellent financial shape (despite the MySpace and WSJ write-offs) - so he doesn't need to raise cash

 

[Santino]

YES!!! Mulcaire HAS lost his appeal, and he's been ordered to reveal who ordered him to hack elle McPherson's phone, plus that of 5 others.
And better still, it was alan partridge who brought the case, so to speak. A-HA!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/19/glenn-mulcaire-phone-hacking

Spiceworld!

 

[belboid]

first copper nicked! A 51-year-old detective constable was arrested at work on Thursday. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers said the police officer's arrest was "hugely disappointing".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-14596815

 

[stavros]

perhaps... possibly he's thinking there's a chance that he'll get his US assets seized

Isn't the ownership of those, like his UK operation, mainly funnelled through various tax havens via the numerous News Corp offshoots? Unless he mainly uses the States' own in-built haven of Delaware, but even then, would the state be willing to divulge power to Washington, thereby setting a precident?

 

[DaveCinzano]

So that's 17 arrests so far, not including Goodman and Mulcaire first time round?

Taking out Laura Elston that's 16 people in the poop. Are the three Elveden arrestees coppers?

 

[ferrelhadley]

So that's 17 arrests so far, not including Goodman and Mulcaire first time round?

And no charges, which some people are getting antsy about. But when you press charges you have to show your hand, reveal your evidence. Every arrest introduces a new point at which the chain of silence can break. Every person arrested has to believe everyone else is staying silent and not cutting a deal.

Must be a few valiums getting necked to get the full nights sleep.

 

[equationgirl]

Did anybody see this?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14573942

I had a look at the thread but couldn't see it mentioned anywhere.

That photo creeps me out...

 

[laptop]

Cop arrested over leaks, and we can't rule out them being leaks to the Guardian over the investigation...

A spokesperson for Guardian News & Media, which publishes the Guardian, declined to comment on reports that the leaks had been to the Guardian, and said: "We note the arrest of a Scotland Yard detective on suspicion of misconduct in a public office relating to unauthorised disclosure of information.

"On the broader point raised by the arrest, journalists would no doubt be concerned if conversations between off-the-record sources and reporters came routinely to be regarded as criminal activity. In common with all news organisations we have no comment to make on the sources of our journalism."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/19/phone-hacking-detective-arrested

Also, in the above story, another NotW hack arrested.

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Cop arrested over leaks, and we can't rule out them being leaks to the Guardian over the investigation...

Also, in the above story, another NotW hack arrested.

Would be quite telling if they were arresting whistleblowers after years of corrupt collusion with the Murdoch press being, shall we say, less than vigorously pursued.