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Sweeping inquiry into phone hack claims
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September 10, 2010, Friday
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BRITISH legislators authorized a sweeping inquiry yesterday into illicit snooping on politicians and celebrities by tabloids, with one politician calling for media tycoon Rupert Murdoch to testify over allegations one of his newspapers illegally hacked into cell phones.
Tom Watson, a former Cabinet Office minister and opposition Labour Party member, said Murdoch, chief executive of News Corp, should be asked to explain the actions of reporters and editors at the News of the World, the weekly tabloid owned by his company.
Politicians agreed that the UK parliament's standards and privileges committee would hold hearings into claims that illegal methods to gather personal information on high-profile figures have been used throughout the British media.
It follows new allegations about tactics used at the News of the World - claims which have brought into question the position of the newspaper's ex-editor Andy Coulson, now Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director. Coulson quit in 2007 after his royal reporter and a private investigator were convicted of hacking into phone messages left for royal officials, including some from princes William and Harry.
An article published in The New York Times quoted former reporter Sean Hoare as saying Coulson had been aware of the practice of phone hacking. Coulson denies any wrongdoing.
The Guardian yesterday quoted another ex-journalist at the tabloid, Paul McMullan, as saying he had commissioned private investigators to commit hundreds of illegal acts on the newspaper's behalf and that Coulson knew.
Tom Watson, a former Cabinet Office minister and opposition Labour Party member, said Murdoch, chief executive of News Corp, should be asked to explain the actions of reporters and editors at the News of the World, the weekly tabloid owned by his company.
Politicians agreed that the UK parliament's standards and privileges committee would hold hearings into claims that illegal methods to gather personal information on high-profile figures have been used throughout the British media.
It follows new allegations about tactics used at the News of the World - claims which have brought into question the position of the newspaper's ex-editor Andy Coulson, now Prime Minister David Cameron's communications director. Coulson quit in 2007 after his royal reporter and a private investigator were convicted of hacking into phone messages left for royal officials, including some from princes William and Harry.
An article published in The New York Times quoted former reporter Sean Hoare as saying Coulson had been aware of the practice of phone hacking. Coulson denies any wrongdoing.
The Guardian yesterday quoted another ex-journalist at the tabloid, Paul McMullan, as saying he had commissioned private investigators to commit hundreds of illegal acts on the newspaper's behalf and that Coulson knew.
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