LONDON, ENGLAND – The House Of Commons Culture, Media And Sport Select Committee has released its report about the News of The World phone spy scandal, a scandal involving PIs who allegedly used illegal techniques to gather phone data for journalists. The report concludes that News of the World editor Andy Coulson may not have known of the phone hacking – or that there is no evidence of his knowledge. The report also claims that the scandal represents a “serious management failure” for which Coulson was ultimately responsible as editor. The report also slams other employees and workers at News of the World, who displayed “collective amnesia” in denying their own knowledge of the hacking, even though presumably several workers there knew what had been going on.
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Private Investigators of this calibre, bring our profession into disrepute, All the more reason for legitimate PI”S TO BE LICENSED and it does not surprise ME that journalists turn tail and RUN after convincing someone to put there necks on the line for a quick buck and a cheap story, there are more important issues going on.
Comment by PHILIP EDEY — February 25, 2010 @ 10:04 pm