Phone hacking: Glenn Mulcaire loses disclosure battle

[dipsydoodle]

Private investigator Glenn Mulcaire has lost his legal battle to conceal the identity of journalists who instructed him to hack into mobile phone messages.

Mulcaire. who worked for the News of the World, was jailed in January 2007 for unlawfully intercepting voicemail messages received by royal aides.

He appealed to try to avoid being forced to answer questions in civil proceedings that could incriminate him.

Five judges unanimously dismissed his appeal to the Supreme Court.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18704067

[oldironside]

1. Maybe we should run a sweepstake on who it was.

Oh, if only it were Mrs Brookes.

[dipsydoodle]

2. Except she wasn't a reporter.

No - what will be interesting now will be to see which other papers were involved.

[SwissTony]

4. The Guardian used the word "reporter" but "editor" isn't too far removed in that particular context.

My post below was meant to be a reply to your comment about other papers. Instead, it appears as a reply to the OP. My apologies.

[SwissTony]

3. Operation Elveden: former Mirror journalist among three arrested

A prison officer and a former Mirror journalist were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the police probe into alleged corrupt payments to public officials.

It is the first time a journalist who has worked on a non-News International title has been arrested in connection with Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden inquiry.

Greig Box-Turnbull, 37, who worked for Trinity Mirror until taking voluntary redundancy in March, was arrested at his home in Morden, Surrey. Two other people – a prison officer and a woman, whose job has not been identified – were also arrested between 6am and 8am on Wednesday.

A Mirror spokesman said it could not comment: "We cannot confirm anything because we do not know."

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Getting interesting....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jul/04/operation-elveden-mirror-journalist

[dipsydoodle]

5. That's concidental Tony