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- maclauk, on 07/09/2009, -0/+37For those of you in the US this is the same media empire that owns Fox and runs Fox News. Over here they own 3 newspapers : The Sun, The News of the World and The Times, as well as Sky, the main satellite broadcaster in the UK.
Great work by The Guardian after it seems like the legal system dropped the ball. - QidProQ, on 07/09/2009, -2/+32This is a huge story.
- ocean17, on 07/08/2009, -3/+32Fox News, your Master's been caught. Will you be long after?
- ConcernedCanuck, on 07/10/2009, -1/+16More of that Fox Brand Of 'Fair and Balanced' that we're used to!
- anonymous1986, on 07/10/2009, -0/+14Since when is the guardian comparable to the Daily Mail or the Sun?
- phantomsranch, on 07/10/2009, -3/+17***** Rupert Murdoch, ***** him in the ear.
- manicleek, on 07/10/2009, -3/+15Oh no, a story from one of the most respected new sources in the world!
Idiot - novenator, on 07/10/2009, -1/+12FTA -"• Conservative leader David Cameron's director of communications, Andy Coulson, who was deputy editor and then editor of the News of the World when, the suppressed evidence shows, journalists for whom he was responsible were engaging in hundreds of apparently illegal acts."
So conservatives on the other side of the pond are fond of domestic espionage too I see. - enantiodromia, on 07/10/2009, -2/+12how you do consider this a right vs left thing? is that all you can think about?
- Myztry, on 07/10/2009, -1/+9Isn't that what private investigators are for - stealing private and confidential information.
I'm not a peeping tom unlawfully taking photos of sexual acts in private - I'm a private investigator... - bonmot5, on 07/10/2009, -0/+8The understatement of the year. Last night Prescott said, 'I think Mr Cameron should be thinking of getting rid of Coulson.'
"If that were the case, I would have known about it." Rupert Murdock, the omniscient! - enantiodromia, on 07/10/2009, -0/+6Murdcoh said if this had happened, he would have known about it.
So either:
1/ it didn't happen (we'll see)
2/ it did happen and he didnt know about it, which makes him a liar and inept
3/ it did happen and he did know about it, which makes him exactly what his critics think he is - inactive, on 07/10/2009, -0/+5Australians who grew up with him still call him crazy, because he is!
- ConcernedCanuck, on 07/10/2009, -2/+7Not enough LIES for ya huh?
How do you feel about Russia Today?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RNyaoYR3y0 - Culyt, on 07/10/2009, -1/+5I would have guessed Murdoch would have direct access to the secret AT&T wiretapping bunker in exchange for most of his news outlets being a government spokes piece.
Give it a few more years and every telephone conversation will be wiretapped, recorded permently in that NSA datacenter, transcribed by text-to-speech programs, and data mined by AI to find 'terrorists'.
We really need encrypted VoIP to be the standard. Although that might not be secure either: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/19/listen-in-on- ... - paulsmith288, on 07/10/2009, -0/+4I wonder how this would pan out in the USA - mega corp hacks Vice Presidents mobile phone the secret service would go nuts and all sorts of court papers would fly around. Someone would do time.
Our police dont even bother to investigate. They are so bad these days - actually I rephrase that. The senior plod are very bad. - tomweaver, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2Kind of scary that even a private investigator could hack mobile phones that easily, and of so many people. Presumably that means getting hold of contact lists and text messages, not intercepting calls as well?
In any case, I'm sure a few home grown terrorists reading this may be switching to pay and go phone packages. - jorune100, on 07/10/2009, -0/+2I wonder how widespread this practice is around the world? I wonder what reactions media players will have if these allegations are in fact true. It could be that the bubble mentality that affected the banks was also at play in media organisations around the world. I can imagine both groups thinking they were untouchable. Now is the time for govt, police and judiciary to show their hands, are they masters or servants to the press and by consequence are we all subject to the same measure? Is there any defence for the common man once the media has decided that they are today's favourite chew toy?
Comparing the limitations for covert intelligence agencies and their spying efforts (MI5, FBI, etc) and overt intelligence agencies (News Corp, etc.) we have to wonder who is more effective? The overt agencies print their findings while the covert hide theirs. - paulsmith288, on 07/10/2009, -1/+3the right can do no wrong
- Swivelstick, on 07/10/2009, -2/+3So you approve of it then??
- pagno, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2Seriously. Is it that hard to imagine corporations doing ***** like this? It doesnt have to be the Govt. They own your reps already, and Obama is bought and paid for. It doesnt matter who they are; MS, News Corp, Exxon, Google, they are above the law. Its hardly a theory when its all right in front of you.
- mikesoba, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1A single corporation should not control so much of the world's news and delivery systems. We know conservatives have encouraged this because Murdoch and his publications are the propaganda arm of the right. This empire needs to be dismantled.
- BobNoxious211, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1So when do we read the story about Murdoch's goons doing the same thing here in the US?
You know its happening. - inactive, on 07/10/2009, -1/+2'terrorists' being what ever suits the agenda of the day. It could be you! That's right, you could become a tool! a tool for the government to further its agenda. How can you refuse that comra...patriotic fellow citizen.
- zombo, on 07/10/2009, -0/+1why?
- BobNoxious211, on 07/11/2009, -0/+1Correct, Endisnighe, cell phones use public airwaves that ANYONE can listen to if they have the necessary equipment. We also know from CIA testimony that cell phone manufacturers have for years designed our phones so that the authorities can track our whereabouts and listen in on us even when the phone appears to be turned off. Serious violation of the Fourth Amendment.
Thanks, Moto, et al. - spook69, on 07/10/2009, -0/+0Pull the string! Pull the string!
- widgetmaker, on 07/10/2009, -1/+1Loony conspiracist!
- ohreilly, on 07/10/2009, -2/+1No, they own SOME of Sky (around 40%), enough to have outright control but not total ownership.
- endisnighe, on 07/10/2009, -4/+3People, listen up, unless their is a law on the books regarding listening into radio waves, this will go nowhere. Did you know, the gov does not need a warrant to listen into your cell phone. It is based on radio waves which are regulated by the FCC and are not protected by wired privacy laws. Also, it is not fiction that someone can turn your cell phone on over the air, without it ringing, and use it as a listening device. 1984 is already here. That is why satellite phones went nowhere, because the gov did not want them to be distributed. WAKE UP AMERICA
- whytey, on 07/10/2009, -3/+1http://www.trifinite.org/
- TheJimid, on 07/10/2009, -7/+3I'm surprised this hasn't blown up more in the left wing Diggosphere.
- Mark1981, on 07/10/2009, -7/+0All parties spy on each other, that is the norm even liberals do it.
- I seem to remember not so long ago that the offices of the UN & EU were bugged by US (Republican/conservative) UK (Labour/liberal) intel.
- Labour passed laws allowing local councils to spy on the public, go through their trash etc.
I hate liberals who can not see that their own party are just as closed minded and prejudiced, they just do it differently. - Doc123, on 07/09/2009, -36/+3Guardian?
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