BBC: News of the World journalist ‘was asked to tap phones’ (Audio)

A former reporter on the News of the World has told the BBC that he was personally asked by then-editor Andy Coulson to tap into phones.

washington post: Sean Hoare, News of the World whistleblower, found dead, Guardian reports

Guardian reports that Sean Hoare, the former News of the World reporter who first claimed that Andy Coulson knew of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead at his home. The police told the Guardian that they do not know how Hoare died, but do not believe the cause of death to be suspicious [more…].

New York Times: British Tabloid Sought Phone Data of Investigators

Shortly after Scotland Yard began its initial criminal inquiry of phone hacking by The News of the World in 2006, five senior police investigators discovered that their own cellphone messages had been targeted by the tabloid and had most likely been listened to. [more…]

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