Britain: who else hacked phones?

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_BRITAIN_PHONE_HACKING_PRESS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-07-23-06-33-10

LONDON (AP) -- The chief villain in Britain's phone hacking scandal, the News of the World tabloid, is history, shut by owner Rupert Murdoch. But was it the only shadowy practitioner in Britain's cutthroat media market? Some celebrities think not.

Actor Jude Law is suing The Sun, another tabloid owned by Murdoch, for allegedly hacking into his voice mails. And actor Hugh Grant, now a vigorous campaigner against phone hacking, is pushing to learn who in the British media may have intercepted his phone messages.

Britons greet their scandals with cynicism about fallen figures, but they are not used to ones that sweep up major institutions all at once. Police, politicians and journalists were pulled into what Prime Minister David Cameron called a "firestorm," and now people wonder how far this one will go. Even the number of possible hacking victims is uncertain, with the number said to run into the thousands.

The focus for now is on the News of the World and its management, as well as former executives who were arrested in a police investigation. But a key question that has yet to be addressed is to what extent other newspapers hacked the voice mails of celebrities and others in an attempt to garner gossip and other titbits deemed worthy of print.

[muriel_volestrangler]

Accusations against the Sunday Mirror now, and one against the Daily Mirror

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4932231

I suppose it should be noted that Hipwell bears a big grudge against Piers Morgan.

[dipsydoodle]

1. The focus for now is on the News of the World

Chances are they've all been at it. As to how much interest the public here are showing on the subject I'd say pretty close to nil.

[Sarah Ibarruri]

2. Hope they bring down the a-holes in the media. Time for reporters to do some legitimate work again

Instead of sitting on their asses and listening in on calls and hacking.