Today's buggering of Rupert Murdoch: Scotland Yard admits at least 8 Members of Parliament hacked.

[Snoutport]

Buried down inside an article today in the Guardian UK was a MAJOR nugget of phone hacking gold. Up until now there has been little official proof from Scotland Yard that MP's besides Tessa Jowell had been hacked. Everyone suspects, a few members have been told they "might" have been hacked but this new article says, and I quote: "A Scotland Yard briefing paper shows that "a vast number" of people had their phones hacked, including at least eight MPs."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/12/police-truth-blair-peach-tomlinson

Rupert Murdoch's minions were so emboldened by the right wing's grab at power that they decided to hack into the phones of MPs of the opposing (and their own) party. Murdoch was getting dirt on both the enemies of the right wing AND the right wing.

Also this week of MAJOR importance. The current big boss at Murdoch's Wall Street Journal used to be the big boss in England...and there is now proof that phone hacking was going on DURING his time in England. So, the story has officially jumped the pond. An American employee of Murdoch will now become part of the investigation. There is a VERY good chance that within the next couple of weeks (weeks, I say, because Murdoch has lost control of the story and there is more and more coming out every day) the American wing of Murdoch's empire will start to be part of the story. If for no other reason than the big boss is now becoming part of the hacking story...and that will bring the whole question of hacking into the American media circle.

[joeunderdog]

1. This would make a great news story.

Oops! not getting covered over here.

[randr]

8. It was mentioned on NPR this morning

[Snoutport]

10. really?! what did they say? nt

[randr]

11. My confusion, it was last night on ATC

Here is a link:
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/11/135319598/british-newspaper-apologizes-for-phone-hacking

[midnight]

2. I hope this is the beginning of looking into people's complaints who believe

that similar hacking has been going on in America..

[Vinnie From Indy]

3. Does anyone believe that Roger Ailes wouldn't have adopted these

practices here in America?

[Snoutport]

4. i'd like to know how many meetings between Ailes and the British editors...

sharing of business ideals and practices...that sort of thing.

[Scuba]

7. He wouldn't. That would be illegal and we know....

...the right always plays by the rules. Yeah, that's it.

[City Lights]

5. When is Rupie heading off to jail? nt

[Taverner]

6. Interpol needs to arrest Murdoch and son

[loudsue]

9. And the entire upper crust of his empire pie. They've all been a part of this, knowing

full well that it is illegal as hell. Talk about a RICO lawsuit. They have conspired to break a bunch of laws.

[Snoutport]

12. Well...the question is...if they were hacking jude law's phone while he is in England

But what if they were hacking that same phone when he was in the United States. How do the laws apply then? And does it change the charges to something worse that INTERPOL would look into?

[Dappleganger]

13. Someone needs to strap some rubber duckies to Murdoch and float his ass

back to Australia.