Former UK government media chief Andy Coulson arrested: police source

[deminks]

Source: Reuters

Jul 8 (Reuters) - Andy Coulson, the British prime minister's former communications chief, has been arrested by detectives investigating allegations of phone hacking at the News of the World newspaper, police said on Friday.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/08/newscorp-hacking-arrest-idUSLAL00476620110708

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[No Elephants]

1. K & R, but this seemed more important before Medicare and OASDI were put on the chopping block.

[NBachers]

2. Time for people to start spilling their guts all the way

[beac]

3. Stories in the Guardian and The Independent:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/08/andy-coulson-arrested-phone-hacking-allegations

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/andy-coulson-and-exroyal-reporter-clive-goodman-arrested-2309114.htmlhttp://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/andy-coulson-and-exroyal-reporter-clive-goodman-arrested-2309114.html

Cameron must be sweating bullets. Hope Murdoch is too.

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[UpInArms]

6. more from your link

What we found was a story that will never be told anywhere but here.

Let’s take a second and talk about “hacking.” You don’t “hack” a mobile telephone. You wiretap. This is a huge legal difference. Both are illegal but wiretapping is far more serious. When done in the name of “national security,” it is subject to abuse and a huge threat to any democratic system. When used by others, it is called spying.

The case in Britain, reported by the criminals themselves, yes, that’s right, the newspapers that were caught also own the news agencies that report the news. It goes further, the newspapers and news agencies responsible for the “not so innocent” and “not so limited” spying activities aren’t simply independent companies. They are owned by Rupert Murdoch and operated as part of the intelligence agencies of the State of Israel. Murdoch, an Israeli, a fact not known to many, is the most powerful media mogul in the world. His corporations own, not just Fox News, but networks, magazines, websites and newspapers around the world, the biggest, the most scandalous, the most biased and the most politically extreme.

Thus far, one arrest is scheduled, a former reporter named Andy Coulson. Andy was supposed to be arrested in 2007 but was saved from that unpleasant fate and, instead, appointed Director of Communications for Prime Minister David Cameron. Coulson resigned in January and is expected, according to Guardian sources, to turn himself over to authorities tomorrow.

Murdoch and his Tel Aviv based associates believe tossing Andy “under a bus” will be enough. After all, Murdoch’s empire has done more to rule Britain than any government. His publications don’t just blind the British people, they go much further. This isn’t about Britain at all, it is global politics on a grand scale, showing its dirtiest underwear to the public.

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[boppers]

11. Interesting article.

I'm a bit intrigued by the shadowy references to "equipment to eavesdrop on mobile phones", because I recall buying such things at radio shack for the vox signals.... and you can clone a phone and get it's texts in under 30 seconds, again, with off the shelf equipment...

Is it some kind of secret that cell phones aren't private communications devices? That it's not really "wire-tapping" but "radio-listening"?

[Kingofalldems]

7. K and R

Republicans not liking this one, but the subject will not be changed.

[Uncle Joe]

8. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, deminks.

[Liberalynn]

9. Hope he rolls over on his bosses

At least its some good news out of Britian. Its a bright spot from all the thug crap being spread on this side of the Atlantic.

[suffragette]

10. K&R