Glenn Mulcaire: I acted only on News of the World's orders

[oldironside]

Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the centre of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, has said that he only ever acted on instructions from his employers.

The day after revelations that Sara Payne's phone may have been targeted by Mulcaire, who worked for the News of the World for several years before being jailed for intercepting voicemail messages in early 2007, the statement issued by his solicitors firmly pushed the spotlight back on his former News International employers.

Mulcaire said he was "effectively employed" by the News of the World from 2002 until 2007 "to carry out his role as a private investigator".

"As he accepted when he pleaded guilty in 2007 to charges of phone interception he admits that his role did include phone hacking. As an employee he acted on the instructions of others," said the statement.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/29/glenn-mulcaire-news-of-the-world

It's getting a bit like Nuremberg. I was just obeying orders. Apparently, when they collared Himmler his explanation was: "Am I responsible for the excesses of my subordinates?" I look forward to a similar line from Murdoch, Murdoch and Brooks.

(edited for punctuation)

[Jackpine Radical]

1. I think Murdoch has already said something like the Himmler quote. (nt)

[non sociopath skin]

2. I thought Murdoch Snr was working more from the Uriah Heep playbook.

"Ever so 'umble, Master Copperfield ...."

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