Sentences with phrase «investigating phone hacking»

Rupert and James Murdoch capitulated to Parliament last night and agreed to appear before MPs investigating phone hacking after facing the bizarre threat of imprisonment in a cell halfway up Big Ben.

On 6 December 2013, Morgan was interviewed, under caution, by police officers from Operation Weeting investigating phone hacking allegations at Mirror Group Newspapers during his tenure as editor.

Operation Weeting has been investigating phone hacking by the News of the World since January.

The trio have been left in a state of legal limbo by the privileges committee following serious accusations made against them in 2012 by the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, which was then investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

Rupert Murdoch and his son James and Rebekah Brooks are to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

Rupert Murdoch, his son James and Rebekah Brooks are to appear before a parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

A man who lost two children in the bombings told the BBC that police officers investigating phone hacking had warned him that their contact details were found on a target list, while a former firefighter who helped rescue injured passengers also said he had been contacted by police who were looking into the hacking allegations.

Late last year, for example, it decided not to investigate the phone hacking scandal revealed by the Guardian.

Exclusive: Channel 4 News has learned that members of the committee set up to investigate the phone hacking scandal shied away from forcing News International chief executive and former Sun editor Rebekah Brooks to attend a meeting with them.

Not exact matches

He also voiced concern about «public perceptions» surrounding the Met's current probe into phone - hacking, asking: «Does the public really believe this is being thoroughly investigated?»

News of the World journalist Clive Goodman and private investigator Glenn Mulcaire were jailed for hacking the phones of royal aides, but the Met did not see fit to investigate if phone - hacking was more widespread.

Cantor goes on to urge not just the FBI to investigate reports that News Corp reporters may have hacked into the phones of 9/11 victims, but also the Department of Justice, Federal Communications Commission, and any relevant House or Senate committee.

He even hit out at the inquiry's lead counsel Robert Jay, who had suggested that Mr Murdoch's delegation of investigating phone - hacking allegations to Les Hinton might be «consistent with a desire to cover up».

«For the past 19 months, I have fought to hold the Metropolitan police to account for its unwillingness to investigate illegal phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch's News of the World,» he told the Hull Daily Mail newspaper.

I pointed out to the beleaguered - sounding commander who phoned me after I raised the phone hacking issue at prime minister's questions that plots to conduct covert surveillance on sitting prime ministers were the sort of thing you'd see in movies, and that most people would think a «rigorous assessment process» wasn't really required when deciding to investigate.

He has been arrested in connection with the Metropolitan police's Operation Weeting investigating the phone - hacking scandal and bailed until this October.

Those arrested - current and former journalists - are being investigated by police for suspected phone - hacking for the now defunct newspaper the News of the World in 2005 - 2006.

The acting deputy commissioner told MPs that the Met had failed to investigate sufficient cases of phone - hacking because it had operated under previous Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidelines, which found that a crime had only been committed if voicemails were hacked before the intended recipient heard them.

Today we hear that the police are investigating whether the mobile phones of several of those who lost family members in those attacks were hacked by the News of the World.

May says that it is not for the Home Secretary to decide if there is evidence to investigate into an issue but a decision for the police when quizzed by Jay following the New York Times article outlining the scale of the phone - hacking saga.

The National Union of Journalists also objected, saying the government should halt the deal until the second stage of the Leveson inquiry, the one that is supposed to investigate specific phone - hacking allegations at News of the World and elsewhere, has been completed.

Otherwise, certainly some of the victims of phone - hacking will not be satisfied that the thing has been investigated thoroughly.»

This step came after executives who had joined NI more recently discovered its existence and sent it to the Operation Weeting team investigating News of the World phone hacking.

Mrs May's official spokesman said: «Almost # 50 million of public money has already been spent on investigating phone - hacking.