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

From the Guardian blog.
Former Met police chief Brian Paddick has told my colleague Vikram Dodd it is now "blindingly obvious" that police would want to arrest and interview Rebekah Brooks, the controversial boss of News International.

Paddick said: "If Andy Coulson has been arrested, it is inevitable that Rebekah Brooks will get an invitation from the police that she can not refuse."
:D

She's wearing Dalmation Puppies!
 
I don't see why it can't be a bit of both.

Either way, whatever she is, Brooks isn't stupid and she presumably understands whatever game they're playing...

That's the bit I would not be sure of at all. I suspect she is completely at sea and doesn't know what the fuck to do. She's facing jail and complete ruin, and I don't see any way for her to prevent it.

Also, I think she is stupid. She's an arrogant prick who is going to go to jail. That's pretty stupid in my book.
 
I don't see why it can't be a bit of both.

Either way, whatever she is, Brooks isn't stupid and she presumably understands whatever game they're playing...
I'm not at all sure she does. She's serving a purpose. She's certainly caught on the tide and there's not a lot she can do about it.
 
supposedly a riot van outside NOtW as of 3 mins ago :D


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Coulson arrested, Brooks could be arrested, Murdoch Jr maybe in the frame - all chummy with Disco Dave - not saying Disco has committed a crime - but his position is threatened - he talks about fresh starts - maybe the Tory party agree with him
 
Gaurdian main story is now -


Phone hacking: Police probe suspected deletion of emails by NI executive• 'Massive quantities' of archive allegedly deleted
• Emails believed to be between News of the World editors

Police are investigating evidence that a News International executive may have deleted millions of emails from an internal archive, in an apparent attempt to obstruct Scotland Yard's inquiry into the phone-hacking scandal.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/08/phone-hacking-emails-news-international

So which executive? Brooks or Murdoch jnr? The Graun are clearly being fed regular high quality info by the cops. Will we see a police raid on Wapping?

Oh boy, is this good!
 
Kinda stifles the launch of Huff Post UK, doesn't it?

True, but I wouldn't have thought even Murdoch would do this to boost circulation.

What's the going rate for taking a five-year prison term?

I don't know, but if Uncle Rupert ended up with five years then his cellmate would have reasonable grounds to sue for breach of his human rights. Imagine five years, trapped beside Rupert Murdoch in a room the size of a parking space.
 
That's the bit I would not be sure of at all. I suspect she is completely at sea and doesn't know what the fuck to do. She's facing jail and complete ruin, and I don't see any way for her to prevent it.

I'm not at all sure she does. She's serving a purpose. She's certainly caught on the tide and there's not a lot she can do about it.

Oh I think she must have a reasonable idea of what the Murdochs are doing. She's been too senior there for too long not to. She must know how they operate and how their minds work. Assuming your human shield theory is right, ymu - and I think it might well be - she presumably understands that that is her role, but that begs the question, what's in it for her? That's really what i was driving at...
 
Would a hack know how to delete stuff in such a way that the police couldn't retrieve the information? How good is the average newspaper room IT department? :hmm:

This could roll on until well into the 2020s, the volume of stuff to read and piece together here. Bliss. :cool:
 
Oh I think she must have a reasonable idea of what the Murdochs are doing. She's been too senior there for too long not to. She must know how they operate and how their minds work. Assuming your human shield theory is right, ymu - and I think it might well be - she presumably understands that that is her role, but that begs the question, what's in it for her? That's really what i was driving at...

Oh, I don't disagree that she might well have perfect insight. I just don't think it's a foregone conclusion, nor that relevant. She's on the rollercoaster called 'no fucking choice' right now. :D
 
Oh I think she must have a reasonable idea of what the Murdochs are doing. She's been too senior there for too long not to. She must know how they operate and how their minds work. Assuming your human shield theory is right, ymu - and I think it might well be - she presumably understands that that is her role, but that begs the question, what's in it for her? That's really what i was driving at...

But what choice does she have? If she spills the beans, she also incriminates herself, so that doesn't save her from jail time. I get the impression that she is effectively doing nothing because she can't think of anything to do. Poor diddums is stuck.
 
So we now could be looking at charges for hacking e-mails, bribing cops, perjury and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice heading the way of Coulson, Brooks and Murdoch jnr. And thats before the fraud squad have a good long look at the accounts and who knows what other little illegal delights might turn up.

Methinks they might just fail Ofcoms 'fit and proper persons' test.

Thought jsut crossed my mind - is this a co-ordianted operation by the cops, the graun and others to fuck News international?
 
this is becoming similar to Watergate - are we going to see Cameron making a Nixon like exit, after being given a Pardon by Clegg? (Temp PM)
 
this is becoming similar to Watergate - are we going to see Cameron making a Nixon like exit, after being given a Pardon by Clegg? (Temp PM)

Remember that Watergate didn't bring down the Republican presidency, though. If the tories manage to replace Cameron and carry on, I don't quite see what has been achieved there. There needs to be a wedge driven between the tories and the libdems over this so that it doesn't just bring down Cameron, it brings down the government.

That's still a long way off, though, imo. A grovelling apology and admittance of a 'grave error of judgement' may well ensue, but not necessarily any resignation.
 
Did Brooks sack the NoTW staff whilst wearing Dead Dalmation Puppies and does her chosen attire for that dirty, dirty deed meet the definition of 'Ironic Clothing'?
 
Wonder how Rebecca's meeting at the NoftW is going?

Tea and biscuits?

from the Grauniad:

4.17pm: Ignore @ExNOTWJournalist, at least for the moment, because Sky News's political correspondent Sophy Ridge – who used to work at the News of the World – has a source in the Brooks meeting and is tweeting away.
Live blog: Twitter

@sophyridge Rebekah Brookes has apologised to staff fir "operational issues" ie email access

@sophyridge She also said she is trying to find them jobs where possible across News International and News Corp
 
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