Executives Dispute Account of Murdoch Son in Hacking Case

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Times

As the phone hacking scandal in Britain continues to gnaw at Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, a parliamentary panel opened new hearings on Tuesday, seeking to determine who knew about unauthorized voice mail intercepts ordered by the now defunct News of the World tabloid.

Two of four former executives called to testify said they had informed Mr. Murdoch’s son, James, at a 15-minute meeting in 2008 that the use of hacking went further than his company had publicly acknowledged at the time. But one of the executives, Tom Crone, the former legal manager at the tabloid, denied that there had been a cover-up.

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Testifying on Tuesday, Mr. Crone, the former legal manager, said the contentious e-mail was “clear evidence that phone hacking was taking place beyond” Clive Goodman, the newspaper’s former royal reporter who was the only journalist who had been publicly identified at that time as having intercepted voice mails. Mr. Goodman and a private investigator, Glenn Mulcaire, both served prison terms in 2007 for hacking the voice mails of members of Britain’s royal family.

“It was the reason we had to settle the case and in order to settle the case, we had to explain the case to Mr. Murdoch and get his authority to settle, so clearly it was discussed,” Mr. Crone told the parliamentary panel. “I can’t remember the conversation and there isn’t a note of it. The conversation lasted about 15 minutes. It was discussed, but exactly what was said I can’t remember.”



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/world/europe/07hacking.html?_r=1&hp

[SpiralHawk]

1. A lying corporate republicon propagandist

How typical

[dipsydoodle]

2. Evidence 'unclear and contradictory', says News International

News International has hit back at evidence given by former company executives to the culture, media and sport select committee today as part of its phone hacking investigation, calling it "unclear and contradictory".

In a statement issued today, the company's chairman James Murdoch denied claims by former legal manager Tom Crone and former editor of the News of the World Colin Myler that they were certain Murdoch was informed of the "For Neville" email which suggested wrongdoing was more widespread than first thought.

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"I was told by Mr Crone and Mr Myler when we met, in that short meeting, that the civil litigation related to the interception of Mr Taylor’s voicemails to which Mulcaire had pleaded guilty the previous year.

"I was informed, for the first time, that there was evidence that Mulcaire had carried out this interception on behalf of the News of the World. It was for this reason alone that Mr Crone and Mr Myler recommended settlement. It was in this context that the evidence was discussed. They did not show me the email, nor did they refer to Neville Thurlbeck.

http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/evidence-unclear-and-contradictory--says-news-international/s2/a545924/

Its actually a copy of the email being referred to here : Scotland Yard had the original.

Much of what happened this morning in sequence is here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14801587
See narrative on right hand side - now time reversed so's earliest first.

[SoapBox]

3. It's no wonder that it was easy for Crooks and Liars to set up a website

when there are SOOOOO many crooks and liars.

Murdochs...liars...crooks...creeps...thieves...rotten to their very core.

[Javaman]

4. Morlock is doing his best mob boss he can to keep himself from being

directly connected.

Alas, he's failing. all the arrows are slowing pointing directly at him.

I wonder who will have the guts to actually accuse him.

THAT is the 64,000 dollar question.

(yes, I spelled his name morlock. read HG Welles "The Time Machine" and you will know what I mean).

[samsingh]

5. kick for the truth