 "Live blog: Murdochs defend themselves in hacking scandal")
23:50 That was a strong performance by Brooks, much stronger than Rupert Murdoch and slightly better than James Murdoch as well. Winners • Rebekah Brooks had a very good showing, even managing to wrap herself in the British flag and praise what she called were forgotten troops in Afghanistan in the midst of her testimony. • Wendi Deng, Rupert Murdoch’s wife. She’s being called a Tiger Mom for jumping to her husband’s defence and slapping the protester so hard that it could be heard over the din in the hearing room. Losers: • Rupert Murdoch. While some expressed sympathy for the octogenarian, his stumbling performance will raise further questions about his continued iron grip on his media empire. • The police, already under pressure in the hacking case, were criticised for a grave security breach for allowing a protester into the chamber who tried to smash a plate of shaving foam into Rupert Murdoch’s face. Survivors • James Muroch was on notice. Whether he stayed as the chair of BSkyB depended on his performance. The stock is up so he might have just saved his job. 23:47 Brooks said News International has been singled out for its close relationship with political figures. She returns to her line of defence that practices at News International were common across newspapers in the UK. She closed on a strong line saying that she hoped to be invited back after she was free of “legal constraints” to give “more fulsome” 23:44 Brooks defended her relationship with Prime Minister David Cameron. She challenged many reports in the press such as they went horse riding every weekend. She also denied suggesting that Cameron should hire former News of the World editor Andy Coulson as his communications director. 23:38 While the questioning continued, police made an announcement of findings in the death of Sean Hoare, who the Independent newspaper described as a “hacking whistleblower”. Hoare was found dead at his home yesterday . Marcus Edwards, a home affairs producer for Channel 4, said this on Twitter:
BREAKING: Police say no evidence of third party involvement in death of Sean Hoare and the death is non suspicious.
23:33 This is definitely more gentle handling than the Murdochs got, and Dennis Howlett said this on Twitter:
The questioning of Rebekah Brooks is not a grilling, more a warming before the fireside - wasted oppty #hackgate
John Gapper, financial columnist for the Financial Times, gave Brooks and the women MPS points for their performances at the hearings:
The women seem sharper than the men (both verbally and physically) at the New of the World hearings
23:20 Conservative MP Therese Coffey asked whether Brooks questioned how her newspaper got information in the case of Milly Dowler. Brooks deflected the question and said that “it’s important that we get to the bottom of these allegations”. She then stepped back and said she had to be careful in responding due to the criminal investigation. Brooks restated her claim that she didn’t know that the girl’s voicemail was illegally accessed. She added:
“There would have been some sort of process of where that information came from. It would not have been the case that someone would have said, ‘Oh yeah, that came from a illegal voicemail interception’”
23:13 Farrelly asked about a “sheaf of email” at law firm Harbottle & Lewis. “It was our investigation that led to the police inquiry,” she said. This has been the consistent line throughout their testimony that they have fully cooperated with the police. Staci D. Kramer of paidContent said of Brooks testimony:
Brooks walking fine line twixt responsibility & no clue: ‘It’s slightly irrelevant where I was…ultimately it happened on my watch.’ #notw
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More Shorts23:03 Labour MP Paul Farrelly used to be a reporter at The Observer and asked about the use of investigators at newspapers, and Brooks again once pushed the line that private investigators were commonly used across British newspapers. Rebekah Brooks is now playing the victim’s card saying that her own voicemail was being accessed by the same private investigator that was convicted in the first stage of this scandal. Farrelly said, “We’re still being asked to believe that you and Andy Coulson as hands-on editors didn’t know what was going on on your own news desk.” Brooks said that she was “ring-fenced” from any investigation after her own voicemail was accessed in 2006. She did add, “I was on the editor, and it happened on my watch.” Emily Bell, who was until last year the director of digital content at The Guardian, said this on Twitter:
So, RBmade ceo of a company after being ‘ring fenced’ from one of its central issues facing company. Less and less believable.#hacking
23:01 Brooks said that she only found out about the hacking of Milly Dowler’s phone two weeks ago. “I don’t know of anyone who would think that this was a right and proper thing to do.” Collins continued to press her on what responsibility she bore for the hacking while she was editor of the newspaper. 22:47 David Collins asked questions about the Milly Dowler case. The revelation that the murdered school girl’s voicemail was illegally intercepted by the News of the World touched off this scandal. Collins tried to find out the lines of responsibility at the newspaper to see who might have had knowledge of listening to the voicemail of the murdered girl. There is also evidence that those listening to the voicemail also deleted messages, giving her parents false hope that she still might be alive. As Brooks was testifying, Damian Thompson at The Telegraph thinks that “ Brooks may be a sideshow. David Cameron could be in dreadful trouble”. Write Mark Gatiss, referring to Richard Nixon’s famous line during the Watergate scandal, said on Twitter:
How long before Cameron does live broadcast saying ‘I am not a crook’?
22:39 She referred frequently to Operation Motorman. This was an investigation by the information commissioner looking into the illegal use of information by newspapers. [caption id=“attachment_44389” align=“alignleft” width=“206” caption=“UK newspapers and incidents of illegally obtained information”]  [/caption] The full report is available here. Brooks said in her testimony that almost all newspapers were found to have illegally obtained information including The Observer and The Guardian, which has led the investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World. (Disclosure: I worked for The Guardian from 2006 until 2010.). The Guardian was not on this list. 22:38 Brooks was asked whether payments not only to private investigators was common amongst tabloids but also payments to the police. “In my experience in dealing with the police, the information comes free of charge,” she said. 22:32 She defended her use of private detectives, and she said that she only used them when she was pursuing stories about pedophiles. She carried out a high-profile campaign for a law allowing to allow people access to information of sex offenders in their communities, known in the UK as Sarah’s Law, after a murdered 8-year-old girl. 22:20 Tom Watson asked Brooks how extensively she worked with private investigators when she was the editor of The Sun and the News of the World. She said that the News of the World employed private newspapers “as did most newspapers on Fleet Street”. She said that she did not approve payments. 22:17 She was asked if she admitted to lying to the committee when in previous testimony. She said no, and she echoed statements made by the Murdochs that they only knew that the phone hacking was more widespread after revelations in the civil lawsuit by the actress Sienna Miller. 22:14 Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper group in the UK, began by apologising and saying that she would cooperate despite the ongoing criminal investigation. 21:56 Before Rupert Murdoch read his closing statement, Tom Watson complimented Wendi Deng, his wife, for having a ‘great left hook’. John Whittingdale apologised for the attack on Rupert Murdoch. Murdoch said that he was “sickened” by the revelations. As for the statement, former journalist Misha Glenny said:
Rupert Murdoch is making a statement on behalf of PR firm Edelman. #murdoch
21:55 Rupert Murdoch was asked if he should step down. He answered. “No.”
I feel that people I trusted, not saying who, not saying what level, have let me down. They have behaved disgracefully. They let me down. I think I’m the best person to clear this up.
21:53 The final questions opened with whether either James or Rupert Murdoch know of any phone hacking by either News Corp employers or their contractors of 9/11 victims or their families. Rupert Murdoch said, “We have no evidence.” James gave a longer statement: “These are incredibly serious allegations. It is appalling that anyone associated with one of our papers would have done something like that. I am well aware of the allegations. This is very new, just a few days old. That activity would have no place…absolutely appalling.” Rupert Murdoch said that he wasn’t doing a global review of his newspapers but would be happy to do so.* 21:51 This is an interesting bit of snap analysis of the questioning. Tom Watson opened up the questions and asked very detailed and specific questions. Writing in the Telegraph, Janet Daley says: Tom Watson has done the impossible – made Rupert Murdoch a sympathetic figure. Political blogger Mick Fealty asked:
> Has @tomwatson over played his hand with the octogenarian Aussie? http://tinyurl.com/432bx7u #murdoch
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21:46** British activist
Jonnie Marbles has taken credit for the attack. He has been involved in the protests against public spending cuts in the UK. **
21:28** They just replayed the attack on the BBC. Wendi Deng launched at the attacker and landed a really strong slap. It was audible on TV over the shouts in the hearing room. **
21:28** Journalist Paul Waugh said this on Twitter: "I just got
splattered with the Murdoch foam.pie
Wendi.Deng was like a tiger, chucked pie back at the protestor. Foam really perfumed. Everyone checking my suit." Wendi Deng is Rupert Murdoch's wife. Court room drama indeed. It sounds like this was a shaving foam pie. \[caption id="attachment\_44354" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Screen grab showing the protestor shoving a pie in Rupert Murdoch's face."\]
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21:26** A young man in a checked shirt was being held by police shortly after the attack. It looked like he had either creme or white paint on his face. **
21:24** As the hearing slowly ground to an end, suddenly just out of sight of the cameras, someone rose up and attacked Rupert Murdoch. **
21:17** When asked if newspapers should ever engage in phone hacking, Rupert Murdoch said:
> There is no excuse for breaking the law at any time. OK for newspapers to campaign for change to law, not break it.
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21:14** Rupert Murdoch was asked to answer charges of nepotism in terms of his son's high profile role in the company as Chairman and Chief Executive, Europe and Asia, News Corporation. Rupert Murdoch said that many people had applied for the job and had been competitively interviewed. **
21:09** One of the lines of defence that James and Rupert Murdoch have been repeatedly making is that they don't want to prejudice any police investigation. **
21:00** Farrelly again challenged the Murdochs to answer that if editors on the newsdesk knew of the use of private investigators that senior editors were not aware of the hacking. Rupert Murdoch just said that his former lieutenant and close friend Les Hinton had launched the Harbottle & Lewis inquiry. **
20:51** Labour MP Paul Farrelly asked James Murdoch a number of questions about Harbottle and Lewis, a law firm that had been hired by News Corp to carry out an internal investigation. Rupert Murdoch had accused the
law group of a “major mistake”. The firm carried out the investigation, reviewing internal emails, four years ago said it:
> did not find anything in those e-mails which appeared to us to be reasonable evidence that Clive Goodman's illegal actions were known about and supported by both or either of Andy Coulson, the editor, and Neil Wallis, the deputy editor, and/or that Ian Edmondson, the news editor, and others were carrying out similar illegal procedures.
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The firm said that it could not respond to the
allegation of major errors due to client confidentiality. In other words, no comment. They have however hired a good PR firm. \[caption id="attachment\_44353" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch (Front R) and his son James (Front L) giving evidence to a Parliamentary Select Committee on the phone hacking scandal, as Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng (C) looks on. Parbul/AFP Photo"\]
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20:35** James Murdoch has admitted that the company paid some of the legal fees of the
private investigator Glenn Mulcairewho is at the centre of the hacking scandal. James Murdoch said that he was shocked to find out that legal fees were being paid, but he said that legal advice suggested that fees were sometimes paid in cases like this. It is a point of outrage for many.
Martin Moore, who is leading the
Hacked Off campaign, said:
> If James Murdoch shocked to find out about payment of Mulcaire legal fees why didn't he stop them?
Police are pouring over 11,000 pages of notes of surveillance Mulcaire carried out of more than 4,000 people. **
20:28** Rupert Murdoch has said that the News of the World was not closed to protect close lieutenant Rebekah Brooks. **
20:28** Rupert Murdoch responded to a question from Philip Davies on why Les Hinton stepped down. Murdoch said that both Les Hinton and Rebekah Brooks were both asked to leave. Murdoch said that Brooks was "suffering from great anguish". When asked how much they were paid in leaving, they said that the payments were confidential. The
Daily Mail reported that Brooks was paid a £3.5m payout. It was an estimate by senior colleagues, the Mail reported. In total, departing executives and senior managers were in line for payments totalling £8.5m. The Murdochs were asked if the payments included gag orders. James Murdoch said that there was nothing that would have prevented them from cooperating with police. **
20:27** There are a lot of questions about payments and who would have signed off on those payments. After a lot of back and forth questions, Rupert Murdoch says that the head of the legal team would have signed off on payments. **
20:19** Rupert Murdoch's long pauses have raised questions about his mental clarity. However, the hearing must not being going that poorly.
CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla said on Twitter:
> Murdoch's testimony may be awkward, but stock up 3%+. #Newscorp
And, it's up 4% now. **
20:08** James Murdoch is not responding to questions about whether the out-of-court settlements included confidentiality agreements, what the Guardian called "gag orders". \[caption id="attachment\_44298" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="James Murdoch, gives evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in central London. AP."\]
 \[/caption\] Alan Rusbridger, editor of
The Guardian, said on Twitter:
> "There was nothing confidential about Gordon Taylor payments. " That would be why court documents sealed then
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20:02** The Guardian has the
statement that the Murdochs wanted to make at the opening of the hearing:
> My son and I have come here with great respect for all of you, for parliament and for the people of Britain whom you represent. This is the most humble day of my career ... My company has 52,000 employees. I have led it for 57 years and I have made my share of mistakes. I have lived in many countries, employed thousands of honest and hardworking journalists, owned nearly 200 newspapers and followed countless stories about people and families around the world. At no time do I remember being as sickened as when I heard what the Dowler family had to endure – nor do I recall being as angry as when I was told that the News of the World could have compounded their distress. I want to thank the Dowlers for graciously giving me the opportunity to apologise in person. I would like all the victims of phone hacking to know how completely and deeply sorry I am. Apologising cannot take back what has happened. Still, I want them to know the depth of my regret for the horrible invasions into their lives ... I wish we had managed to see and fully solve these problems earlier. When two men were sent to prison in 2007, I thought this matter had been settled. The police ended their investigations and I was told that News International conducted an internal review. I am confident that when James later rejoined News Corporation he thought the case was closed too. These are subjects you will no doubt wish to explore today. This country has given me, our companies and our employees many opportunities. I am grateful for them. I hope our contribution to Britain will one day also be recognised.
_Continue to the next page to see the live update_ **
20:00** John Whittingdale has asked whether News International will launch a Sunday title to replace the News of the World. First they said, no, no, no, but James Murdoch then says that there has been discussions about it 'in the last week'. However, he defers to his father saying that Rupert Murdoch has made it clear that the focus should be on dealing with the current situation. However, James added, "we leave all options open". \[caption id="attachment\_44299" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="Rupert Murdoch, gives evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on the News of the World phone-hacking scandal in central London. AP Photo."\]
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19:55** In response to claims that Rupert Murdoch did not know about all of the details of his sprawling media empire,
a British sub-editor on Twitter says:
> NI eds used to get calls from Rupert Murdoch 3 times daily about story deets. Now says he has no idea what's going on in his company #notw
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19:51** There are a lot of questions about the out-of-court settlements to the victims of "illegal phone interceptions". James Murdoch does not know the total amount of money that has been paid out. The Guardian is reporting
that “Murdoch papers” has paid out £1m to phone hacking victims. Many of the questions have focused on the payment to chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, Gordon Taylor, who was paid £700,000 in an out-of-court settlement. **
19:47** James Murdoch is now happily taking over the questions from his father. As US journalist Ari Melber
said on Twitter:
> "I don't have any memory." Freudian phrasing by Murdoch.
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19:46** Rupert Murdoch says that the decision to close the News of the World was not a financial decision. "Far from it," he added. **
19:43** Rupert Murdoch asks if he feels responsible for the illegal activities uncovered at the News of the World, and he says no. He blames those acting on his behalf and other working for them. As reported by
Breaking News on Twitter:
> Rupert Murdoch does not take responsibility for UK scandal; says 'people I trusted' are to blame #hacking
He pays tribute to Les Hinton, the former head of News International who resigned last week as the head of Dow Jones. "He worked for me for 52 years. I'd trust him with my life." **
19:42** The questioning now switches to BSkyB and the Murdochs' attempt to buy the remaining share of the satellite broadcaster. James again apologises for actions at the News of the World. **
19:40** When asked about accusations of phone hacking of 9/11 victims in the US, Rupert Murdoch says that he can't believe that anyone in the US would do this, but he promised that any claims would be thoroughly investigated. He added, "We have seen no evidence of that at all and as far as we know the FBI haven't either." **
19:36** For broadcast ownership in the UK, there is a "fit and proper" test.
John Gapper, financial columnist for the Financial Times, said on Twitter as he watched Rupert Murdoch's performance:
> On this Murdoch showing, there is a "fit" question as well as a "proper" one
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19:34** When asked about the closing of the News of the World, Rupert Murdoch said: "We had broken our trust with our readers." Again, he slaps the table to emphasise his points. His line of defence continues to be that News Corp will cooperate with the police. **
19:30** James Murdoch intercedes as the "chief executive of the regional businesss". Watson pushes back saying that your father is responsible for corporate governance and continues to ask questions. He asks why no one was fired in April when the wider wrong doing came to light. Rupert Murdoch again pushes the blame back to the police. James Murdoch says that most of those implicated had long since left the business. It has been said that James Murdoch is being judged on his performance. Rupert Murdoch's performance will ask greater questions about his continued management of News Corporation. Media analysts here in the UK are saying that he appears poorly briefed and confused. **
19:23** As the questioning by Tom Watson continues, Murdoch often answers simply by yes or no. He often defers to James, but Watson says that his father is responsible for corporate governance. Rupert Murdoch often pauses at length. Charlie Beckett, head of the POLIS media think tank at the London School of Economics,
says on Twitter:
> Seems like they were hoping James could handle all the detail. Rupert suggesting it's beneath his pay-grade. Interesting generational moment
Ian Katz, deputy editor of the Guardian and head of news at the Guardian, was less delicate:
> This is like having a conversation with a very old relative down a very old transatlantic phone line. #hackingate
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19:20** Rupert Murdoch is now being questioned by Tom Watson, a Labour MP who has doggedly pursue this case. Rupert Murdoch says that he has 53,000 people in his employ and that they shouldn't be judged by a few people. Murdoch repeatedly pounds the table to emphasise his points. Watson pushes back and says that Rupert Murdoch is responsible for corporate governance. From SkyNews (part of News Corp):
> Sky News Newsdesk Rupert Murdoch: "clearly" we were misled. I do not know who by. That is for the police to find out.
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19:18** John Whittingdale asks if Les Hinton and Rebekah Brooks, both former heads of News International, had lied. James Murdoch tries to protect them and says that they had no knowledge of the hacking. **
19:16** James Murdoch dodges the question and tries to pass the buck. As
Staci D Kramer of paidContent says:
> James Murdoch sorrys and regrets repeatedly. Says 'critical' new facts didn't emerge until late 2010. Spreads blame around.
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19:15**"Who in addition to Clive Goodman (former News of the World royal reporter) was engaged in phone hacking?" John Whittingdale, chair of the committee asks James Murdoch. **
19:12** James Murdoch was asked if Andy Coulson or Les Hinton lied to the committee. He basically said that the company believed on an outside legal group that the "illegal phone interception" was isolated. Everyone is basically saying that they bought the story that this was just a few bad apples. _Continue to the next page to see the live update_ **
19:11** James Murdoch answered questions on whether he had misled Parliament. **
19:05** James Murdoch has offered to make an opening statement. The committee said they have a lot of questions and that they will make a statement at the end. They have submitted the statement. Some disruption at the back of the room. A protestor had to be removed. James says: I would just like to say how sorry I am and how we are to the victims of illegal voicemail interceptions. It is determination to put things right. Rupert Murdoch interrupted his son:
> I would just like to say that this is the most humbling day of my life.
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19:00**Both Yates and Stephenson were questioned why they didn't ask more questions about the hiring of former News or the World deputy editor Neil Wallis on a PR contract for the Metropolitan Police. Both said that at the time when the contract was signed that they had no reason to believe that Wallis had anything to do with the hacking scandal.
Wallis was arrested last week. **London** **
17:41** Photographers have swarmed Rupert Murdoch's car as he left to testify before a Parliamentary committee in the rapidly developing story about phone hacking threatening his global media empire. We're preparing to follow the testimony of Rupert Murdoch and his son and heir-apparent, until now, James. His trusted lieutenant Rebekah Brooks will also be testifying. She headed up News International, the UK newspaper division of the Murdochs' News Corporation, until last week, when she was finally successful after several attempts to offer her resignation. She was arrested on Sunday and questioned by police for nine hours. In other developments: • News Corp stock has
been falling dramatically, erasing
$1bn in the Murdoch family fortune. • The stock recovered slightly after reports that
Rupert Murdoch might step down as chief executive of News Corp, while remaining chairman. • In the case that involves phone and possibly computer hackers,
hackers took down Murdoch’s Sun and Times sites, posting a story that Rupert Murdoch had died. \[caption id="attachment\_44168" align="alignleft" width="380" caption="News Corporation Chief Rupert Murdoch (R) leaves his London home in a car with tinted windows on July 19, 2011. He will testify before a Parliamentary Committee today. Ki Price/AFP"\]
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I wrote yesterday , this scandal is moving beyond News Corp and is now threatening Prime Minister David Cameron. The Telegraph wrote:
Why the tide is lapping at the Government’s feet. **
17:47** Before the high-profile parade of News Corp executives, the head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Paul Stephenson came in for sharp questioning before the committee. Kate Day of the Telegraph said
this on Twitter:
> Sir Paul Stephenson "not apologetic" about Champneys story. Also v clear that his decision to resign was his alone #hackgate
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18:11** Sir Paul was questioned repeatedly about ties between Scotland Yard and the Prime Minister's office with Murdoch's News International. From
Breaking News on Twitter:
> Ex-London police chief: 10 of 45 press officers had worked for News International, denies improper ties between the two http://bit.ly/oW94u3
This all too cozy relationship between Murdoch's News International, the police and politicians has been revealed by this scandal. Stephenson was questioned as to whether he had pressured The Guardian in a meeting with the newspaper's editor Alan Rusbridger accusing it of "over-egging" or exaggerating the story. The
Guardian summarised the key points of Stephenson’s testimony. Stephenson ended his testimony by saying: "I'm not leaving because I was pushed. I'm not leaving because I was threatened. I'm going because I'm a leader. Leadership is not about the press, popularity or spinning." **
18:31** The third person testifying was former deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police John Yates. Like Commissioner Stephenson, Yates has just resigned. **
18:33** While Yates was being questions, the Murdochs came closer to their appearance. Naton Doron on Twitter gives us
this view of the scene outside of Parliament:
> Here at the Fabians office, we know that Murdoch has arrived by the sound of helicopters over Westminster. A huge day for the history books
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18:40** As we the time approaches, let's get ready for the main attraction. The Guardian, which has led on this story, has a list of
questions that they think should be asked of Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks. In a slightly lighter vein, someone has also put together a
Bingo game for Rupert Murdoch’s testimony. Simply cover the space after the Dirty Digger makes the statement during the testimony. My favourite has to be:
> Don't you \_\_\_\_s know who I am?
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18:49** One of the key questions to Sir Paul Stephenson is why he didn't share the hire of a former News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Yates said:
> Yates: No 10 senior official who advised Met not to share information with the PM is chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn
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18:52** The
Guardian is reporting:
> News Corporation sources say Rupert Murdoch will deliver an apology to victims of phone hacking if he is allowed to by the culture select committee this afternoon. The 80-year-old media mogul has prepared a short opening statement, which he hopes to read out to the committee when the hearing begins. Advisers to the Murdochs expect Rupert to be contrite throughout, allowing attention to concentrate on the hacking issue.
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