James Murdoch faces second phone-hacking grilling by MPs

[Turborama]

Source: The Mirror (UK)

by Jason Beattie | 09/14/2011

James Murdoch is to face a second grilling from MPs examining the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.

The News Corp deputy chief operating officer will be brought back to answer questions on the “For Neville” email which showed hacking was not the work of just one rogue reporter.

Former NoW editor Colin Myler and ex-News International lawyer Tom Crone gave evidence last week to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee that they told Mr Murdoch about the email in 2008. But in July, Mr Murdoch claimed he didn’t know until 2010.

Confirming Mr Murdoch will be recalled yesterday, committee chairman John Whittingdale said: “We will have questions which we will want to put to James Murdoch. Clearly, there are different accounts which we have heard. We would want to put that to James Murdoch.”

Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/2011/09/14/james-murdoch-faces-second-phone-hacking-grilling-by-mps-115875-23418563/

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British phone hacking panel set to recall James Murdoch

Source: NYT Via Boston Globe

By Alan Cowell and John F. Burns | September 14, 2011

LONDON - A parliamentary panel investigating the phone hacking scandal in the British outpost of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire said yesterday that it would recall his son James Murdoch to answer more questions about the case.

Committee officials said they expected to schedule the hearing for November, and a spokeswoman for Murdoch said he would comply.

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The committee’s decision seemed likely to bring further drama to an unfolding story that has reached deep into British society, raising questions about the behavior and power of the press and the once intimate cross-ties between the media, the political elite, and the police.

John Whittingdale, chairman of the House of Commons select committee investigating the scandal, told Sky News that Murdoch, 38, would be recalled after the committee has heard testimony from Les Hinton, a former top executive at the Murdoch family’s News Corp., and Mark Lewis, a lawyer representing individuals who were targets of the phone hacking.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/world/europe/articles/2011/09/14/james_murdoch_to_be_recalled_to_testify_again_before_parliament_about_phone_hacking/

[Hardrada]

1. Maybe if they threatened to introduce an eel into his penis

would he finally spill the beans.

(Just kidding, folks).

[midnight]

2. I wonder when this investigation will start over here?

[aquart]

3. Will they put him under oath?