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Old 07-16-2011, 06:00 PM
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For nearly four years they lay piled in a Scotland Yard evidence room, six overstuffed plastic bags gathering dust and little else.
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Inside was a treasure-trove of evidence: 11,000 pages of handwritten notes listing nearly 4,000 celebrities, politicians, sports stars, police officials and crime victims whose phones may have been hacked by The News of the World, a now defunct British tabloid newspaper.
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Yet from August 2006, when the items were seized, until the autumn of 2010, no one at the Metropolitan Police Service, commonly referred to as Scotland Yard, bothered to sort through all the material and catalog every page, said former and current senior police officials.
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During that same time, senior Scotland Yard officials assured Parliament, judges, lawyers, potential hacking victims, the news media and the public that there was no evidence of widespread hacking by the tabloid.
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“It’s embarrassing, and it’s tragic,” said a retired Scotland Yard veteran. “This has badly damaged the reputation of a really good investigative organization. And there is a major crisis now in the leadership of the Yard.”
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Executives and others at the company also enjoyed close social ties to Scotland Yard’s top officials. Since the hacking scandal began in 2006, Mr. Yates and others regularly dined with editors from News International papers, records show. Sir Paul Stephenson, the police commissioner, met for meals 18 times with company executives and editors during the investigation, including on eight occasions with Mr. Wallis while he was still working at The News of the World.
Damn! Sherlock and Dr Watson would be pizzed!
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Salty- I think you may need to get out more- you appear to be getting a bit obsessed.
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Salty- I think you may need to get out more- you appear to be getting a bit obsessed.
Oh really? This story has been number one in the headlines for several days. It may occasionally shift to the number two or three slot depending on what the story is on the debt talks.
The question I have is why conservatives are so silent on an obviously explosive story.
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Stay on top of this story Salty..
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Oh really? This story has been number one in the headlines for several days. It may occasionally shift to the number two or three slot depending on what the story is on the debt talks.
The question I have is why conservatives are so silent on an obviously explosive story.
number one story in ENGLAND!
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Salty- I think you may need to get out more- you appear to be getting a bit obsessed.
I agree, but since this is about MURDOCK a supposed conservative she is hoping it brings everyone who is a conservative down. If this was about Soros and how much influence he has within the media she would remain silent.
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I agree, but since this is about MURDOCK a supposed conservative she is hoping it brings everyone who is a conservative down. If this was about Soros and how much influence he has within the media she would remain silent.
Oh you are wrong. Am I happy about it?
Delighted.
It was numero uno on the top headline again this morning (before Casey was released from jail).

Why am I delighted besides the obvious dig on a Fox News mogul?
If he is hit with a felony he cannot by law hold a license for broadcasting in the US.
Damned straight that tickles me pink. But it is a big news story. Just some are so into denial they can't think straight.
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