Unexpected arrest in phone-hacking case leaves (Rupert Murdoch's) News of the World stunned

[Snoutport]

Source: Guardian UK

Weatherup's arrest stunned those at the highest level of the paper. News International executives have been saying privately that they were confident Edmondson and Thurlbeck were the only staffers still working at the paper who were likely to be implicated in hacking. The Met was so determined to conceal the new direction of its investigation that Weatherup, 55, was not given notice that he was being investigated by police officers.

Unlike his colleague and former colleague Thurlbeck and Edmondson – who were arrested last week on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting mobile phone voicemail messages – he was not given the chance to voluntarily attend a police station before being placed under arrest.
snip
There are 8,000 emails relating to Sienna Miller alone. An examination of their contents could reveal that many more public figures were targeted by the newspaper, in addition to the 24 who are already bringing legal actions, including football agent Sky Andrew and the former culture secretary Tessa Jowell

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/14/phone-hacking-arrest-news-of-world

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And here Murdoch thought his $20,000,000 pot would buy off everybody involved. Think again Mr. Murdoch.

[Confusious]

1. Hopefully they sue him into bankrupcy.

Oh, and not just his companies, him too.

[greyghost]

45. Spot on! eom

[Monk06]

2. I think the Brits are getting ready to close News of the World and kick Murdock out of the country.

Stealing Eugenie's emails and hacking her VMs was the last straw.
Charles' tampon moment was let go because he is not well liked by
the Brits. Eugenie is another matter.

I give it months before Murdock sells News of the World to a
Brit buyer and leaves the country with his tail between his legs.

My dearest hope is that he is kept out of Canada.

[dipsydoodle]

3. close News of the World ?

Given its the best selling Sunday tabloid in the UK and most of their readers probably couldn't give a shit about this I wouldn't hold your breath.

[Monk06]

4. By close I mean Murdock may have to sell to get out from under the liability. You

may be right maybe the Brits are so low brow and masochistic
that they will let Corporate spying become the norm. If so
they deserve what they get.

[Enthusiast]

12. "My dearest hope is that he is kept out of Canada."

Mine too. I love Canada. Canada would be destroyed by the likes of Murdock. Just look at the damage he has done to the U.S.

[aquart]

18. Another thing to thank the Bushes for.

[2banon]

54. actually, Murdock is Pre-Bush.. No we have both Reagan and Clinton to thank

The repeal of the fairness doctrine under Raygun, and then Clinton clinched it for Murdock in 1996 i think was the year. Handed the US media control of the market to him on a silver platter. And what Clinton get in return for this giveaway from Murdock ? A Stained Blue Dress splattered on the tv 24/7 for the next how many years of his administration.

[aquart]

62. No. George HW Bush gave Murdoch his citizenship.

Without that, he could not own major media in the US.

[Snoutport]

70. can we take it back?!

[valerief]

37. We're morons down here just like the Brits. I wish I were Canadian. nt

[Darth_Kitten]

21. Eugenie is another matter?

Yeah, now it's down to Eugenie and Sienna Miller. So well beloved and worthy of respect as opposed to other people.

[Snoutport]

50. Well, if the Royal Family decides to go after Murdoch's papers there will be a very

public bloodbath between the Royals and the papers....but, I wonder how much dirt they have on the royal family.

[NewJeffCT]

32. I'm sure Boehner & company will welcome him with open arms

back to the US

[BlueJazz]

34. Yep...I was thinking that Fox Snews could buy the company and the big...

..advantage is that they wouldn't have to change any personal or integrity problems.
"Whoa...this Company will fit right in!" :) :)

[Snoutport]

71. murdoch already owns them both

[Snoutport]

42. I think he will have to sell off News of the WOrld too...

but he won't lose his empire. What needs to happen is for his US papers and Fox to be investigated.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Phone hacking: senior News of the World journalist arrested

Source: The Guardian

The police investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World has taken a dramatic turn with the surprise arrest of James Weatherup, a senior journalist at the paper.

He is the third current or former News of the World journalist to be arrested as part of Scotland Yard's new investigation into alleged phone hacking at the paper.
...
There are also expected to be further searches of the News of the World offices in Wapping shortly. It is thought that police felt the paper had failed to be fully co-operative during searches last week and officers are now determined to be more robust.

Weatherup was news editor at the News of the World for about 18 months from 2004, and was one of the inner circle of executives under the then editor, Andy Coulson, who became David Cameron's director of communications until earlier this year.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/14/news-of-the-world-journalist-arrested

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This is a Murdoch-owned newspaper, for those unfamiliar with the British papers.

[Scuba]

6. As for an American arrest in this scandal, the smart money is on it happening....

...never.

[Uben]

7. Murdoch will be found guilty...

...and he will be sentenced up to 5 but not less than one day of in-home incarceration at his $500 brazillion dollar estate. He will also be subject to a huge fine, not to exceed $5.

[The Backlash Cometh]

8. This has to be the gift that keeps on giving.

How is it possible that Murdoch couldn't affect the U.S.? Unless that whole AT&T wire tapping thing was the U.S. version of what's going on in England?

[Snoutport]

59. my thought exactly!

[valerief]

38. That's billionaire justice, all right! nt

[JDPriestly]

44. Although, rest assured, it is happening.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Third British Journalist Arrested in Hacking Case

Source: New York Times

Third British Journalist Arrested in Hacking Case
By RAVI SOMAIYA and J. DAVID GOODMAN
Published: April 14, 2011

LONDON — Police officials said Thursday that they had arrested a third journalist in connection with an expanding case of phone-hacking by reporters at The News of the World, a British tabloid.

The Metropolitan Police issued a statement announcing the arrest of a man early Thursday morning “on suspicion of unlawfully intercepting mobile phone voice-mail messages,” but did not identify the suspect, who remained in custody for questioning.

A person with knowledge of the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicate nature of the investigation, said the suspect was James Weatherup, an assistant editor at The News of the World who has also worked as a reporter and news editor there. British news media also identified Mr. Weatherup as the suspect.

~snip~
The case has major political repercussions. Critics have said that the original police inquiry, which continued for five years without any arrests other than those of Mr. Goodman and Mr. Mulcaire, was inhibited by concern at Scotland Yard and in the previous Labour Party government over the strong political influence wielded by the media empire controlled by Mr. Murdoch, whose News International subsidiary owns The News of the World and several other major titles.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/world/europe/15hacking.html?_r=1&src=mv&ref=world

[Snoutport]

73. thanks!

i didn't realize the NYT was covering the story again :0)

[xchrom]

10. Recommend

[TygrBright]

27. "James Weatherup, a senior journalist"-- They have JOURNALISTS working there?

Who knew?!?

amazedly,
Bright

[Snoutport]

63. yeah...working with people who now work for murdoch's US papers

[intaglio]

11. I hope Mud Dock goes

but he has the Sun, The Times (of London), The Sunday Times and the Sky satellite/cable network.

[nicky187]

13. Props to...

... the Metropolitan Police (ably led by Jane Tennison).

[myrna minx]

39. LOL - she knows how to take 'em down.

:thumbsup:

[brooklynite]

14. "voluntarily attend a police station?"

There's always be an England...

[rfranklin]

17. The same procedure happens in the USA...

Suspects "surrender" to the police under terms negotiated by their lawyer or a TV personality.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

28. "Wealthy," "Connected" or "Famous" suspects get that option.

Not Jane and Joe Blow.

[Uncle Joe]

51. The Blows are more likely to have their door busted in after a 3 second warning,

get tazed and have their family dog; shot if he doesn't behave like Duke on the Beverly Hillbillies.

[ooglymoogly]

29. Our constabulary under the tight reins of Holder is looking forward doncha know.

Every time some big wig in this country breaks the law, a thousand times a day, a new "We're looking forward meme crackles forth from our non surveillance of the big wigs because we are concentrating on surveillance on the little guy.

Gotta get those maryjane smokers in prison before they infect the nation so the prison owners can bleed the country for their daily keep of as much as $600,000 per year; mostly non violent "offenders" many for crimes only the state has mandated as crimes but the general public does not; thus leading to a for profit police state.

The billions being stolen every day is a non starter for our criminal government who has taken on the role of theft enabler.

[Snoutport]

43. "voluntarily"... that means that Murdoch has bought off so many police

that they didn't even interview the people involved. that is changing now.

[drm604]

15. Still waiting for this to cross the pond.

My gut tells me it's been going on here, and not just to gain juicy tabloid stories.

[Botany]

25. Remember all those NSA wire taps for W's war on terror?

I have no doubt that it was done in the states too and most likely w/ the help
of the bush administration.

[glinda]

47. Sure they have been tapping political figures.

[suffragette]

58. They tapped political figures over there

and surely, tapped them here as well.

My gut's with your gut on this.

[Snoutport]

69. It has been so successful for them in England...why wouldn't they do it here?

[lonestarnot]

16. :)

[marmar]

19. Personally, I think this person would look smashing in pinstripes:

[SpiralHawk]

20. Republicon Family Pharisee Values - Brit style

Shows the kind of ethics the Fox clowns are infested with...

[florida08]

22. News of the World hacking scandal moves to UK court

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-newscorp-hacking-idUSTRE73E1WO20110415

An attempt by Rupert Murdoch to draw a line under an escalating phone-hacking scandal looked set to fail on Friday with a host of lawyers going to court to join forces against his British newspaper publishing arm.

[florida08]

49. well they changed the headline are info

Murdoch hacking scandal set to drag into next year...

Last week News Corp deputy chief operating officer James Murdoch, the son of the company patriarch, said the company had managed to "put this problem into a box" but Judge Geoffrey Vos made clear that was not the case.

"The show ain't over. That's pretty obvious," Vos told a packed London courtroom.

Let's hope it's long drawn out and scandalous:nopity:

[loudsue]

23. We need to start DEMANDING a similar investigation on this side of the pond.

You KNOW that if they've done it over there, they've done it, and they're probably STILL doing it, over here. We need to demand this, for the same reason that it would compromise national security, and put our congresscritters in a position to be blackmailed.

[glinda]

48. You are right but how do we "demand" it? We need to. Am sure they will find something.

[Demeter]

24. This is such good news!

I never thought to find any good news this week.

[Crowman1979]

26. Maybe Rupert Murdoch will have a sheer heart attack.

:evilgrin:

If you know what I'm referencing, please feel free to comment.

[Mnemosyne]

30. Turn the tv on, let it drip right down in your eyes. - It was the DNA...

Did I win? :evilgrin:

I so wish that old bastard would go to prison for many, many years, but doubt it has any basis in the current reality. He has been valuable to 'them' and will be protected.

[Crowman1979]

66. You get two youtube clips of that song being performed live by Queen.

One is from the 1977 concert in Houston:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1Dzt3AMBM

The other one is from 1979 in Tokyo. Freddie's voice was nearing exhaustion since this was the last leg of the tour, but he makes up for it by destroying the stage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8pSb-1uTsc

[Mnemosyne]

67. I miss Queen. And there is not one soul that can ever take Freddie's place,

least of all Sammie Hagar. :hi:

Thanks for the videos, frustratingly, I am on dial up. :evilgrin::cry:

[concreteblue]

55. @Crowman:

"I feel so.so..so..so.....In ar tic ulate"

[Mnemosyne]

68. Welcome to DU, concreteblue!

Another Queen fan, I see! :hi:

[NewJeffCT]

31. Now, Sienna Miller is very attractive

but, 8,000 emails related to her? WTF could they be discussing?

[blm]

46. Beauty attracts power.....who knows how many powerful man were arrogant enough to pursue her

.

[indimuse]

33. KNR! n/t

[Greybnk48]

35. This put me in a good mood right off the bat this a.m.

Thanks Snoutport! :hi:

[BEZERKO]

36. Even Hugh Grant got involved in this.

His phone was hacked by News of the World reporters. When his car broke down in Kent, he took a ride from one of its reporters. The guy was kind of cavileer about hacking the phones of celebrities, which is against the law in the UK. He turned the tables on him and recorded the conversation: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/04/listen-tapes-yeah-police

[AlbertCat]

40. And here Murdoch thought his $20,000,000 pot would buy off everybody involved.

Nope.

Now if "here" was the USA... yes.

[Zorra]

41. Meanwhile, no one else except Fox News watchers is surprised at all. nt

[Uncle Joe]

52. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Snoutport.

[Plucketeer]

53. Simply COULD NOT

happen to a more deserving fella than ol' Rupert. Rot in HELL Rupe! :grr:

[Kingofalldems]

56. What will Fox's little internet buddies say?

[alp227]

57. Here's a British TV debate about the phone hacking case

from the Channel 4 talk show 10 O'Clock Live - I can't post this on Political Videos as Channel 4 doesn't allow embedding of its YouTube videos (like the American CBS on its YT channel)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxWB2WlX0M

It's between a former NotW journalist and John Prescott, a former Deputy PM

[habitual]

64. wow that journalist really showed what a absolute SLIMEBALL

he is..

It's the same dude that Hugh Grant secretly recorded bragging about it and acting like it is absolutely FINE to do it.

[Snoutport]

72. WOW! thanks for sharing that! nt

[emsimon33]

60. Just when the world seems bleakest, there is a ray of light

We have had our faces rubbed with Murdoch's ass droppings long enough! It is time for him to pay for lowering the political conversation to the level of comments on bathroom walls. (With him gone, the first sentence would have used the terms feces or caca.)

[defendandprotect]

61. K/R -- need to catch up with this subject -- back later -- !!

[and-justice-for-all]

65. I hope this sinks that fuckwad...nt