Sentences with phrase «nothing of phone hacking»

Convinced Coulson had known nothing of phone hacking (and presumably unaware that Coulson and [Rebekah] Brooks had been lovers), the prime minister ignored at least three high - level warnings about bringing him into government.»

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He will be confronted with evidence from a number of witnesses who have called into question his claim that he knew nothing about the practise of phone - hacking being widespread when he signed off a # 400,000 payment to Professional Footballers» Association chief executive Gordon Taylor.

Mr Cameron will be asked whether he really believed the story that Goodman was the only News of the World journalist indulging in phone hacking, and that the newspaper's editor really knew nothing about it.

The assistant Met commissioner was already the subject of cruel jokes after his eight hour review into phone - hacking decided, unsurprisingly, to do nothing.

Chapman says nothing indicated reasonable evidence of phone - hacking.

James Murdoch stated that News International had based its «push back» against new allegations on the combination of three pieces of evidence: that the Metropolitan Police had closed their investigation, that the Crown Prosecution Service had closed their prosecution and that they had received written advice from their legal advisors Harbottle & Lewis, that there was nothing to suggest phone hacking was not the work of one «rogue reporter» working with private investigator Glenn Mulcaire.

Funnily enough I went recently to the screening of the new film about Julian Assange, the Fifth Estate, and I was talking afterwards to Alan Rusbridger, and I said to him, and he didn't disagree, in fact he agreed, I said, «the Guardian gets the credit for basically exposing the phone hacking scandal, but if we hadn't picked it up, nothing would've happened».

Rupert Murdoch defiantly insisted on Tuesday he was not responsible for what he called «sickening and horrible invasions» of privacy committed by his company, claiming he had been betrayed by disgraceful unidentified colleagues and had known nothing of the cover - up of phone hacking.

The specific mention of the treatment of alleged victims suggests the committee is largely sympathetic to the claims of some MPs, including former Foreign Office minister Chris Bryant, who claim their phones were hacked but that the police have done nothing to help them establish the facts.

For the prime minister, the inquiry he set up at the height of the phone - hacking scandal last year is nothing less than a trial of his conduct.

Coulson said simply that he wanted to talk to Clarke about a different story which was also serious; he had known nothing about the hacking of Pawlby's phone.