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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 01:51 PM Feb 2012

Phone hacking will be the single largest corporate corruption case for 250 years because 'cover up'

Phone hacking will be the single largest corporate corruption case for 250 years claiming the 'cover up' went up 'to the very highest levels', a senior Labour MP sensationally claimed today.

Speaking in an adjournment debate held in Westminster Hall, Chris Bryant claimed the 'cover-up' at News International extended to executive and chairman James Murdoch and that senior figures 'ordered - we know this for sure - the mass destruction of evidence'.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2107703/MP-claims-phone-hacking-single-largest-corporate-case-250-years-cover-went-highest-levels.html#ixzz1nhT9hTrw

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Phone hacking will be the single largest corporate corruption case for 250 years because 'cover up' (Original Post) dipsydoodle Feb 2012 OP
Rupert in chains would be a nice sight Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #1
++++1 Vincardog Feb 2012 #2
Can we each donate a link? Scuba Feb 2012 #9
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2012 #3
I wonder if we'll ever get to see the list to determine who was affected? Keystone Writer Feb 2012 #4
Unlikely at least not until all charges have bought dipsydoodle Feb 2012 #5
Well, it took decades after the Mccarthy era before people realized they made it on the list. Keystone Writer Feb 2012 #8
Wow. CNN and MSNBC must be all over this... think Feb 2012 #6
does this include all the garbage being put on cell phones to spy on us? nt msongs Feb 2012 #7
Do you have anything particular or just that they use it to track people? midnight Mar 2012 #11
Has News Corp spied on Americans? alfredo Feb 2012 #10

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
5. Unlikely at least not until all charges have bought
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 02:31 PM
Feb 2012

and trials conducted. An issue with the current enquiry is the risk of information coming to light / being discussed which could prejudice a trial. That's already happened in the case of Rebekah Brooks as a result of one of the barristers going OTT. A trial could collapse almost as soon as it started.

 

Keystone Writer

(65 posts)
8. Well, it took decades after the Mccarthy era before people realized they made it on the list.
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 02:46 PM
Feb 2012

I guess we'll have to wait a little longer.

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