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I say you did a good job on this story considering how much you can possibly know on the subject.

I'll take that as a compliment!

Grateful for the information.

Thanks! I had to resist suggestions to make it all about Rupert Murdoch, as the political and police corruption is the underlying issue. One man can't control a country's press unless the politicians and police allow it.

It's like a second watergate. Hopefully more politicians will end up getting in trouble.

The political corruption is the problem. They should not be in bed with the likes of Murdoch. Of course, the Murdochs of this world will seek to cosy up with Prime Ministers. But it is astounding the degree that it occurred in Britain, and over several generations of Prime Ministers. It defies understanding.

The appropriate outcome would be for the Dirty Digger to vanish in the same manner as an equally corrupt ex-competitor; mysteriously fall off the back of a yacht.

This form of corrupt, crooked journalism has been going on for seven or more years. Nobody has been safe from News International publications illegally digging up dirt on them. Only some of what they've found has been published. For example, shaming Paul McCartney by revealing that his new wife had a past as a high-class call-girl.

If they dig up this sort of stuff, and publish to boost ratings, ask yourself: What have they dug up that was more profitable not to publish? Methinks a couple of senior police officers is but the tip of the iceberg. A comprehensive investigation in the wake of hacking communications of the Royal Family over six years was blocked, and blocked multiple times; I can only conclude that - like most large corporations - a "mutually assured destruction" scenario has been engineered. In the IT industry where I've experience, this would be Apple vs Adobe vs Microsoft. They all have patents they could severely damage each other's businesses by exploiting. Here, we've the rich and powerful probably able to end dozens of careers of people in similar positions. So, everyone is very interested in seeing this go away quickly, and with minimal fuss.

I see the biggest crime around this is the substandard security on all our communications. We're denied "weapons grade" cryptography on day-to-day communications; most voicemail systems employ pisspoor PIN systems; banks use "on-the-cheap" home banking systems; access to records employs readily established information (eg, "What's your mother's maiden name?") It has to all come crashing down. If not due to wholly inadequate security measures, it'll fall because those who deal with daily access to such are on virtually minimum wage, or working in outsources near-third-world locations where a "cheap" bribe exceeds a month's salary, or any penalty for leaking personal information.

I agree. When I hear that Murdoch was "best friends" with several generations of Prime Ministers who consulted him regularly, and that Rebekah Brooks was practically a member of the family of one of them who said she was his closest friend (I think it was Tony Blair), I wonder what on earth is going on.

Actually, it was Gordon Brown. And, that friendship was repaid by publishing intimate details of medical problems Brown's children suffered from.

It was also Tony Blair, among others.

I can not recall the name of the film. Real humans were used as chess pieces moving and the ultimate aim is to keep the King safe and every other lives are considered as sacrificial Pawns.

We will see what happens and who ends up being sacrificed. Who do you have in mind? Two police have been sacrificed, one of them in charge of national security. Perhaps the Prime Minister will be sacrificed. In the end, this is a political story about British politics, I think. Murdoch is already aware, according to the news reports, that his company should divest itself of news outlets because they are a small part of the total company and not worth the trouble. And that is probably what he will do, under pressure of his Board of Directors.

I have the privelege of working for Scotland Yard (Forensic Health Service) and signed Official Secrets Act form. British race have evolved to set an example of integrity, humility and decency. There are a few bad apples in a basket. I was shocked to see two top leaders of the Great Institution leave their position in a day. Some posts are earned by hard work and merit. Some fellow Humans are Honoured by accepting a position. Rather than asking ' who is the King ', let us wait and see who deserves to be the One.

There is no reason why this should be isolated to the UK though, or just to news corp. What would the journalists of a dying medium be prepared to do just to get the scoop?

Apparently Australia is scheduled to look into the problem in a month or so. There Murdoch owns 70% of the newspapers and the only cable news show.

The whole world Media seem to be debating this issue