News of the World Mobile Phone Hacking

[Margaret Pilkington]

Is that a cryptic clue for something? I don't understand a word of it.......maybe you should go and be the govt Comms officer.

[accyman]

isnt this the case where david cameron refused to hand over emails between him and brooks

we can only assume what wa sin the emails but my money is that they contained something crooked or he wouldnt have had any problem with handing them over especially in a case with so much media attention and public interest

as usual though the greatest ally of a politition is time and they know that they can be as devious and under handed as they like because the public forget because if the public didnt forget half if not most of the MPs in tehir seats today wouldnt be

[westendlass]

I think Rebekah Brooks must be one hell of an actress, highly intelligent and as wily as a fox to slither out of all this. She must be very charismatic to have convinced the jury she wasn't guilty. She worked her way up from the bottom of the pile to become editor and that gives a bit of an insight in to her personality. Wouldn't fancy Muhammed Ali's chances (in his prime) in a fight with her. Hard as bloody nails.

[davebtelford]

This trial failed - which I believe it has in essence (only one convicted who hadn't already plead guilty) - because the defence was funded by Rupert Murdoch and had unlimited millions to throw at fancy lawyers whereas the prosecution had to make do with what they could get on the cheap.

[Neil]

Are you suggesting the CPS are incompetent?

[cashman]

Corrupt is a better description.

[DtheP47]

Originally Posted by davebtelford

This trial failed - which I believe it has in essence (only one convicted who hadn't already plead guilty) - because the defence was funded by Rupert Murdoch and had unlimited millions to throw at fancy lawyers whereas the prosecution had to make do with what they could get on the cheap.

As the Guardian puts it:
"Rupert Murdoch’s money flooded that courtroom. It flowed into the defence of Rebekah Brooks, because he backed her; and to the defence of Andy Coulson, because Coulson had sued and forced him to pay. Lawyers and court reporters who spend their working lives at the Old Bailey agreed they had never seen anything like it, this multimillion-pound Rolls-Royce engine purring through the proceedings. Soon we found ourselves watching the power of the private purse knocking six bells out of the underfunded public sector."

[Margaret Pilkington]

Isn't that similar to what I said in post 305?
It isn't often that I agree with the Guardian....I suppose the exception tests the rule.

[Accyexplorer]

Dodgy Dave went on TV claiming to apologise for Coulson, but to me, it sounded like Dave was just trying to save his own skin by throwing Andy Coulson under the bus so to speak.
I would say its justice 'half served' (but it's more like 1%).
There should be a prosecutions and investigations into all the other dodgy characters who closed the ranks to avoid prosecution.
Good old 'British justice' bought once again.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by DtheP47

As the Guardian puts it:
"Rupert Murdoch’s money flooded that courtroom. It flowed into the defence of Rebekah Brooks, because he backed her; and to the defence of Andy Coulson, because Coulson had sued and forced him to pay. Lawyers and court reporters who spend their working lives at the Old Bailey agreed they had never seen anything like it, this multimillion-pound Rolls-Royce engine purring through the proceedings. Soon we found ourselves watching the power of the private purse knocking six bells out of the underfunded public sector."

Se we the public had our millions wasted because the underfunded public sector didn't spend enough of out money. Ironic or what?

[Accyexplorer]

A little article on the machinations of the case and the holes in the evidence that Brooks slithered her way through.

Latest UK news and comment | UK news | The Guardian ... rt-murdoch

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Accyexplorer

A little article on the machinations of the case and the holes in the evidence that Brooks slithered her way through.

Latest UK news and comment | UK news | The Guardian ... rt-murdoch

Written by the newspaper that should have been brought up on charges for printing stolen secret documents but for some reason haven't yet

Appears they think listening to voice mails of people who didn't change the pin from 1234 is more serious than risking the lives of operatives by printing stolen secret documents!

[Guinness]

Originally Posted by Neil

Written by the newspaper that should have been brought up on charges for printing stolen secret documents but for some reason haven't yet

Appears they think listening to voice mails of people who didn't change the pin from 1234 is more serious than risking the lives of operatives by printing stolen secret documents!

You got inside info on this..or are you just making a supposition based on rival newspaper smears, political spin and USA posturing?

In a case of public interest reporting..publication of personal phone calls between royals, film stars and dead people is a lot different than publication of the machinations of our publicly elected officials exceeding their mandate.

Personally I don't care how many times Prince Harry shows his backside to strippers, but I do care if the prime minister of my country declares an illegal war because of a phone call to a US crony and tries to cover it up.

[Accyexplorer]

Andy C shouldn't be too upset, his paper was always saying how prison is like a holiday camp....



.....enjoy your holiday Andy

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Guinness

You got inside info on this..or are you just making a supposition based on rival newspaper smears, political spin and USA posturing?

In a case of public interest reporting..publication of personal phone calls between royals, film stars and dead people is a lot different than publication of the machinations of our publicly elected officials exceeding their mandate.

Personally I don't care how many times Prince Harry shows his backside to strippers, but I do care if the prime minister of my country declares an illegal war because of a phone call to a US crony and tries to cover it up.

The point was about printing illegally obtained stories, theft of phone calls and theft of documents.