The Guardian
September 9 2010
A former senior News of the World journalist today goes public to corroborate claims that phone-hacking and other illegal reporting techniques were rife at the tabloid while the prime minister’s media adviser, Andy Coulson, was deputy editor and then editor of the paper.
Paul McMullan, a former features executive and then member of [...]
The Guardian
September 7 2010
Commentary on a radio interview by John Yates, assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard; and on comments in the House of Commons by Theresa May, home secretary.
Statements by John Yates
Asked if there would be another investigation: “We have always said that if any new material, new evidence, was produced, we would consider it.”
This [...]
The Guardian
September 7 2010
with Nicholas Watt and Vikram Dodd
The Home Office abandoned plans to establish an independent inquiry into the News of the World phone-hacking scandal last year after a senior official warned that the Metropolitan police would “deeply resent” any interference in their investigation, according to a leaked government document.
As Alan Johnson came close [...]
The Guardian
September 6 2010
with Patrick Wintour
News International and David Cameron’s PR chief, Andy Coulson, face the prospect of a fresh parliamentary inquiry into phone-hacking by the News of the World after Labour MPs said they plan to press for the issue to be referred to the powerful standards and privileges committee of the House of [...]
The Guardian
September 6 2010
Somewhere in the offices of the Crown Prosecution Service, there is a file which will be of great interest to any independent inquiry which finally attempts to tell the truth about the behaviour of the Metropolitan Police in the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World. The Guardian has read it.
The [...]
The Guardian
September 3 2010
with Vikram Dodd and Nicholas Watt
The government last night came under pressure to set up a judicial inquiry into the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World after the paper confirmed that it has suspended a journalist while it investigates new allegations of the unlawful interception of voicemail.
The prime minister’s [...]
The Guardian
September 2 2010
The Prime Minister’s media adviser, Andy Coulson, freely discussed the use of illegal news-gathering techniques when he was editor of the News of the World and ‘actively encouraged’ a named reporter to engage in the illegal interception of voicemail messages, according to allegations published last night by the New York Times.
Coulson, who [...]
The Guardian
August 24 2010
with Marie Louise Sjolie
Swedish prosecutors say they hope to announce today whether they will pursue two cases of alleged sexual assault involving Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks.
Prosecutors say they are considering a complaint of sexual molestation from Ms A, who has previously been an active supporter of Assange. They say they [...]
The Guardian
July 26 2010
A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents, Taliban attacks have soared and Nato commanders fear neighbouring Pakistan and Iran are fuelling the insurgency.
The disclosures come from more than 90,000 records [...]
The Guardian
July 26 2010
Behind a screen of misinformation, the Nato coalition in Afghanistan have been using an undisclosed ‘black’ unit of special forces, Task Force 373, to hunt down targets for death or detention without trial. Details of more than 2,000 senior figures from the Taliban and al Qaeda are held on a ‘kill or [...]
