http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/20/news-international-deliberately-blocked-investigation
guardian.co.uk
News International 'deliberately' blocked investigation
All-party home affairs committee report into phone hacking to be published in time for David Cameron's statement
Vikram Dodd
The Guardian, Wednesday 20 July 2011
Rupert Murdoch's News International company has been found by a parliamentary committee to have "deliberately" tried to block a Scotland Yard criminal investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World.
The report from MPs on the all-party home affairs committee will be released on Wednesday morning and its publication has been moved forward in time for today's statement by prime minister David Cameron on the scandal.
The report's central finding comes a day after Rupert and James Murdoch testified before the culture, media and sport committee. The home affairs committee report marks an official damning judgment on News International's actions.
It finds the company "deliberately" tried to "thwart" the 2005-6 Metropolitan police investigation into phone hacking carried out by the News of the World.
The police investigation came at a time when Andy Coulson was editor. Coulson went in to be chosen by Cameron to be his director of communications, before resigning.
The full report will be published Wednesday morning. Among its findings are:
Police failed to examine a vast amount of material that could have identified others involved in the phone hacking conspiracy and victims.
John Yates made a "serious misjudgement" in deciding in July 2009 that the Met's criminal investigation should not be reopened. He resigned on Monday.
The new phone hacking investigation should receive more money, from government if necessary, so it can contact potential victims more speedily. A fraction have been contacted so far.
The Information Commissioner should be given new powers to deal with phone hacking and blagging.
The central conclusion about NI's hampering of the police investigation comes after the home affairs committee heard evidence from senior Met officers who were involved in the case that News International obstructed justice.
Last week the man who oversaw the first Metropolitan police investigation into phone hacking, Peter Clarke, damned News International: "If at any time News International had offered some meaningful co-operation instead of prevarication and what we now know to be lies, we would not be here today."
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113 KCPQDT: Tuesday, July 19 11:00 PM
Sitcom, Animated
The Greatest Story Ever D'Ohed
Flanders invites the Simpson family to a church retreat in Jerusalem in hopes of redeeming Homer.
Cast: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Tress MacNeille Executive Producer(s): James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean
Original Air Date: Mar 28, 2010
