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#policebribes Chief reporter John Kaye and chief for corr Nick Parker among five Sun journos arrested re alleged police bribes

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16996275#TWEET76263

The point is:
Mitchell DID give Edmondson PERMISSION to print.
"and while its true we did discuss a possibility of a piece going into the paper, I was left with the distinct impression it would be a minor piece, and that it would be entirely supportive."
SO MUCH FOR KM being 'mentally raped'
Unless Clarrie didn't tell her!
So it would be NO surprise to KM that a 'minor piece,entirely supportive' from her dairy would be printed in the NOTW.
NO SHOCK AT ALL!
Leveson is left looking like a FOOL now!
Trying to make out the nasty journos printed without permission and being horrible to 'our Kate'
Wonder what else Leveson has been fOOLED by, by the McS?
THEY (mcS) never once said, under OATH for the first time ever, at the inquiry that 'Madeleine WAS abducted'
Yet FOOL Leveson did!

http://www.prweek.com/uk/news/1116614/Clarence-Mitchell-speaks-following-Leveson-Inquiry/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH
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WHY hasn't J WILKINS sued the MCCanns for calling him a BLATANT LIAR.... 5 (FIVE) times?

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Crikey Iris.....another brick in the Murdoch Empire Wall taken out !!!!! did you see the post on the Armageddon thread about the Meeting in London last
May?. The Board of Newscorp , while it is still making a profit, is p***ed off having to pay all these hacking awards with more to come, and now this. I
think Murdoch will be forced to stand down and Carey will be appointed chairman. the Murdoch 70% shareholding will also be reduced.

Brunty has now posted that there are fears amongst the remaining Sun journos, that the Sun might follow the News Of The World down the pan.

Iris wrote:Brunty has now posted that there are fears amongst the remaining Sun journos, that the Sun might follow the News Of The World down the pan.

Most would argue that the Sun has been down the pan for many years.

Chris wrote:

Iris wrote:Brunty has now posted that there are fears amongst the remaining Sun journos, that the Sun might follow the News Of The World down the pan.

Most would argue that the Sun has been down the pan for many years.

For anyone interested I posted a Press Report on U.K. thread

I've just had a comforting thought: As both Leveson and the Police Investigation are hammering hard at the Journalistic Edifice, maybe a future witness might actually admit to bugging Healy and McCann and report within the confines of the Leveson Enquiry incriminating information that had been discovered but which was not published?

Something akin to "Parliamentary Privilege" .............. surely it's worth a punt, if your career is about to go down the pan anyway? Go out in a blaze of glory.

The End Is Nigh wrote:I've just had a comforting thought: As both Leveson and the Police Investigation are hammering hard at the Journalistic Edifice, maybe a future witness might actually admit to bugging Healy and McCann and report within the confines of the Leveson Enquiry incriminating information that had been discovered but which was not published?

Something akin to "Parliamentary Privilege" .............. surely it's worth a punt, if your career is about to go down the pan anyway? Go out in a blaze of glory.

cOULD HAPPEN i SUPPOSE, BUT WOULD lEVESON DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

He wouldn't, no - but ironically any such outburst by a sinking journo would, of course, be reported.

I'm just dREAMING (!!)

It`s always struck me as odd that the McCanns were NOT hacked.

Chris wrote:

Iris wrote:Brunty has now posted that there are fears amongst the remaining Sun journos, that the Sun might follow the News Of The World down the pan.

Most would argue that the Sun has been down the pan for many years.

Yes it belongs in the sewer together with some of the spineless crustations that have inhabited those soiled walls in the past,piers morgan comes to mind.

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16167723







Defence Staff Held In Illegal Payments Probe

6:07pm UK, Saturday February 11, 2012
A serving member of the Armed Forces, a Ministry of Defence worker and five Sun journalists are among eight people arrested over claims of illegal payments to police and public officials.

A serving police officer was also held on Saturday morning by the Metropolitan Police, who said the arrests were made as part of the Operation Elveden investigation into illegal payments.

It is the first time the investigation has spread beyond payments to police to corruption in a public office.

Sky's crime correspondent Martin Brunt said the deputy editor of The Sun, Geoff Webster, was one of those detained.

News International site

Offices at News International's HQ in Wapping were searched

Others included picture editor John Edwards, chief reporter John Kay, chief foreign correspondent Nick Parker, and reporter John Sturgis.

Three of the eight people arrested have now been released on bail, according to police.

The Sun's editor Dominic Mohan said: "I'm as shocked as anyone by today's arrests but am determined to lead The Sun through these difficult times.

"I have a brilliant staff and we have a duty to serve our readers and will continue to do that. Our focus is on putting out Monday's newspaper."

A journalist at the newspaper told Sky: "Journalists at The Sun believe this is a witchhunt against one newspaper."

Rupert Murdoch has reassured staff of his "total commitment" to The Sun following the arrests.

In an internal memo to staff at News International in Wapping, in east London, where The Sun is based, chief executive Tom Mockridge said he had had a "personal assurance" from Mr Murdoch that he would continue to own and publish the paper.

All eight people are being questioned at police stations in London, Kent, Essex and Wiltshire.

Their home addresses were searched and officers also searched offices at News International, which also publishes The Times and The Sunday Times.

News Corp - parent company of News International - said its management and standards committee had provided information to the Elveden investigation which led to the arrests.

Dominic Mohan on his way to the Leveson inquiry

Sun editor Dominic Mohan: 'Shocked as anyone by arrests'

The company said in a statement that it had also provided the option of "immediate legal representation" to those arrested.

"News Corporation... is committed to making certain that legitimate journalism is vigorously pursued in both the public interest and in full compliance with the law," the statement said.

The Ministry of Defence said it would not comment on an ongoing investigation.

It is the second high-profile batch of arrests at The Sun in as many weeks.

Senior Sun employees Chris Pharo, 42, and Mike Sullivan along with former executives Fergus Shanahan, 57, and Graham Dudman, were named by sources as suspects facing corruption allegations in the preview batch of arrests. All five were released on bail.

The previous arrests was described by sources within News Corporation as "draining the swamp".

Operation Elveden - which runs alongside the Met's Operation Weeting team - was launched as the phone-hacking scandal erupted last July with allegations about the now-defunct News Of The World targeting murder victim Milly Dowler's mobile phone.

Shurely some mistake (ed)

News Corporation, the parent company of News International which owns the Sun and the Times, confirmed that five Sun staff were among those arrested today.

It said its Management and Standards Committee (MSC) had provided information to the Elveden investigation which led to the arrests and had also provided the option of "immediate legal representation" to those arrested.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/feb/11/sun-journalists-arrested

A journalist at the newspaper told Sky: "Journalists at The Sun believe this is a witchhunt against one newspaper."

http://news.sky.com/home/uk-news/article/16167723

The Sun's editor Dominic Mohan said: "I'm as shocked as anyone by
today's arrests but am determined to lead The Sun through these
difficult times"

Another one pleading ignorance!!!

Chris , it probably is true that Newscorp helped in the investigation....they did with the phone hcaking of the NOTW and passed the information on to the Police. Irt's on the Armageddon thread on World News, Newscorp is paying all the claims from people who were hacked and none too happy. They have already paid out £78 million and not finished yet.

oh dear whos gonna promote kates new beeewik in the spring ? tide will turn im sure

It wouldnt surprise me if Richard and Judy come back just so they can
review the book in their book club!

The End Is Nigh wrote:I've just had a comforting thought: As both Leveson and the Police Investigation are hammering hard at the Journalistic Edifice, maybe a future witness might actually admit to bugging Healy and McCann and report within the confines of the Leveson Enquiry incriminating information that had been discovered but which was not published?Something akin to "Parliamentary Privilege" .............. surely it's worth a punt, if your career is about to go down the pan anyway? Go out in a blaze of glory.

Oh, if only. I just cannot believe that their phones were NOT hacked. They were the obvious targets. If Millie Dowler, why not the McCanns or Tapas 7? The Pink One has suggested his might have been hacked, so why not the Mcs? Unless of course they were slick enough to register a new password. But if that`s the case, why didn`t Pinky change his.

Do we know definitively that Healy & McCann were not hacked - or have we just been led to believe that they weren't?

cherry1 wrote:It wouldnt surprise me if Richard and Judy come back just so they can
review the book in their book club!

Oh yes that reminds me..............

Oldartform wrote:

The End Is Nigh wrote:I've just had a comforting thought: As both Leveson and the Police Investigation are hammering hard at the Journalistic Edifice, maybe a future witness might actually admit to bugging Healy and McCann and report within the confines of the Leveson Enquiry incriminating information that had been discovered but which was not published?Something akin to "Parliamentary Privilege" .............. surely it's worth a punt, if your career is about to go down the pan anyway? Go out in a blaze of glory.

Oh, if only. I just cannot believe that their phones were NOT hacked. They were the obvious targets. If Millie Dowler, why not the McCanns or Tapas 7? The Pink One has suggested his might have been hacked, so why not the Mcs? Unless of course they were slick enough to register a new password. But if that`s the case, why didn`t Pinky change his.

Bearing in mind the holiday was shortly after Goodman and Mulcaire were jailed it is possible the hacking activities by the tabloids were reined in. Then again most of the hacking arrests and evidence of hacking to date have stemmed from material in the notebooks kept by Mulcaire so would relate to pre 2007 anyway.

Its been tweeted that next week its going to be coming out about a phone hacking that is on the same scale as the Dowler one.......wonder who that can be, surely not, can it????

Chris wrote:
Bearing in mind the holiday was shortly after Goodman and Mulcaire were jailed it is possible the hacking activities by the tabloids were reined in. Then again most of the hacking arrests and evidence of hacking to date have stemmed from material in the notebooks kept by Mulcaire so would relate to pre 2007 anyway.

Thanks chris.

Lillyofthevalley wrote:Its been tweeted that next week its going to be coming out about a phone hacking that is on the same scale as the Dowler one.......wonder who that can be, surely not, can it????

Ooh really? Something to watch out for.

Crikey annabel, that post was never-ending.


News Corporation's Management and
Standards Committee (MSC) handed over the identities of sources on the
grounds that they do not deserve protection because there is evidence
that The Sun or the News of the World may have paid them for
information."

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100438/The-Sun-associate-editor-Trevor-Kavangh-says-newspaper-swamp-needs-draining.html#ixzz1mNg5lv3j

Newscorp have been very thorough doing their own investigation and Murdoch will sacrifice the Sun to keep his American interests according to
Neville. He could face charges in the U.S. under their Good Governance of Foreign Business rules. My guess is he will be forced to stand down.