WSJ Publisher @ Center of Phone Hack Scandal

[kpete]

WSJ Publisher @ Center of Phone Hack Scandal

by LieparDestin
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/07/10/993103/-WSJ-Publisher-@-Center-of-Phone-Hack-Scandal?via=siderec

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But attention is now turning to Hinton, 67, who headed up News International during Brooks’s and Coulson’s editorships and now runs the New York-based Dow Jones & Co., another arm of Murdoch’s sprawling News Corp. Murdoch’s long-time lieutenant, some News Corp watchers say, could end up being a high-profile casualty in the scandal.

“The person that I think is most of a problem for Murdoch is Les Hinton,” Peter Burden, author of a 2008 book about the News of the World, told Reuters.

"He was definitely around when it was going on and he's now running the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, and for him to be seen to be mixed up in that whole tacky situation would be very, very damaging indeed."

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For the last six months, I have heard that Mr Hinton has not been visiting the UK for precisely that reason, in order to avoid drawing any attention to himself,” Enders told Reuters

MORE:
http://news.yahoo.com/could-murdoch-deputy-hinton-fall-234333441.html


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There is speculation in the Murdoch empire that senior executives could face criminal charges in the US and the UK. Legal experts say that Les Hinton, the publisher of the WSJ, and James Murdoch could potentially face charges under the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) or the UK's Regulation of Investigative Practices Act (RIPA). The US law means executives can be held to account for bribes paid by overseas subsidiaries, while the RIPA makes company officials liable regardless of their direct role in unlawful practices. "Under RIPA, ignorance of what was going on is not a defence," said a legal source.

more:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/press/the-battle-of-wapping-mk-ii-2310041.html

[indepat]

1. Oh sweet Jesus, what a heavenly thought that some principal purveyors of societal evil in America

might have gotten their short hairs caught in a big wringer. :patriot: