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Clive Goodman the 53 year old former royal editor and reporter for the Murdoch News International owned 168 year old News of the World (NotW), has again come under scrutiny following the publication of a 2007 letter from him to News International that phone hacking was widely discussed at meetings of senior editorial staff. Goodman had been imprisoned in 2007 for four months pleading guilty to illegally intercepting phone messages. The letter was sent as part of his claim for damages against NotW for wrongful dismissal, and he was subsequently paid a substantial sum by NotW in settlements. Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch now face further embarrassing new allegations of cover-up after the publication of the letter, and dishonesty in their evidence to the UK parliament committee hearing.

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Andrew Edward “Andy” Coulson the 42 year old British former editor of the News of the World and British PM David Cameron’s communications director has been forced to resign from the position following continued media coverage of the illegal phone-hacking that occurred while he was editor of the Murdoch owned News of the World. Despite the conviction and jailing of two of his staff over the illegal phone hacks, and his renowned bullying behavior toward staff, Crown prosecutors determined there was insufficient evidence to charge Coulson over the allegations. Rumors are now spreading of the existence of hundreds of tapes that will give the investigation a renewed intensity particularly as pressure builds for the British government to block Murdoch’s $12 billion bid for TV operator BSkyB.

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