LAWYER: HACKER SCANDAL IS “MURDOCH’S WATERGATE”

(Updated) In an extraordinary about-face, Rupert Murdoch’s News International — the umbrella group for his British news operations — has admitted that reporters for its Sunday tabloid, the News of the World, hacked into the voicemails of at least eight celebrities and politicians who are suing the paper. On Sunday, News of the World published […]

POLICE ALERT THOUSANDS IN U.K. HACKERGATE SCANDAL

The mounting Hackergate scandal in Britain took a new turn today (Thursday) when Scotland Yard, which has reopened the case, signaled that it is alerting thousands of celebrities and politicians that their voicemails were hacked by a private investigator working under the aegis of Rupert Murdoch’s London tabloid News of the World. The Met, as […]