New York Post Staff Told To Preserve Documents That May Relate To Phone Hacking
News Corporation head Rupert Murdoch exits his Fifth Avenue residence, Thursday, July 21, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)By RYAN NAKASHIMA 07/29/11 07:25 PM ET ![]()
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LOS ANGELES -- New York Post staffers have been told to preserve any documents that may relate to phone hacking or payoffs to officials, as News Corp. prepares for a probe into its U.K. operations to reach across the Atlantic.
Post editor Col Allan sent a memo to staff Friday asking them to comply with the request from company lawyers.
Allan wrote that as the scandal at News Corp.'s News of the World tabloid unfolded in the U.K. "we knew that as a News Corporation tabloid, we would be looked at more closely."
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to meet on Aug. 24 with some 9/11 family members about an FBI inquiry into allegations that News of the World journalists attempted to bribe a former New York City policeman to get phone records of Sept. 11 victims.
The FBI probe is in its preliminary stages and it is unclear if it will look at News Corp. properties beyond the U.K. tabloid.
A News Corp. spokeswoman declined to comment further.
Allan told Post employees that the request was made "in light of what has gone on in London at News of the World, and not because any recipient has done anything improper or unlawful." In a separate communication, News Corp.'s lawyers told Post staffers that "given what has taken place in London, we believe that taking this step will help to underscore how seriously we are taking this matter."
On Friday, the chair of the British parliamentary committee investigating the scandal said he was writing to News Corp.'s deputy chief operating officer, James Murdoch, as well as two former employees to gain clarity on a dispute over Murdoch's testimony last week.
The dispute centered on when Murdoch, the son of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, was made aware of an email that indicated the practice of intercepting voicemails was widespread at the News of the World, which the company closed two weeks ago. Murdoch said he wasn't aware of the email until late 2010. But two former News Corp. employees dispute his claim.
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View All Favorites Recency | Popularity Page: 1 2 3 Next › Last » (3 total) HUFFPOST SUPER USER Red Russet 195 Fans 9 minutes ago (11:06 PM) Oh... OK the EDITOR asks the employees to save any thing suspicious, because Rupert wants it for a big bonfire he's having at the annual summer picnic. Shouldn't the FBI be going in there and questioning people and telling them if they toss anything they will be hit with evidence tampering? Red_Russet: Oh... OK the EDITOR asks the employees to save any http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Red_Russet/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99984982.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it
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Newthron Never give up, never surrender. 435 Fans 24 minutes ago (10:51 PM) The hand that rocks the cradle is conveniently warned that it will be watched. Lol. Before then, erase, delete, burn what ever you can? Newthron: The hand that rocks the cradle is conveniently warned that http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Newthron/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99982961.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it
Bryan -- 87 Fans 29 minutes ago (10:46 PM) False New AlertIt is called a Litigation Hold...
Common practice when a prudent organization anticipates or is notified of pending litigation.
Not news, just common procedure. Bryan_--: False New Alert It is called a Litigation Hold... Common http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Bryan_--/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99982282.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it
HUFFPOST SUPER USER josephRoehl RainbowHumanityRising, 600 million 936 Fans 29 minutes ago (10:46 PM) WHERE ARE THE AUTHORITIES who are being remiss in FAILURES TO OBTAIN to seek warrants to seize all international IT emails and phone hacking and corruption data? Thisis nothing more than an official nod and a wink to give the perpetrators the opportunity JUST LIKE ENRON to cover their arses, and cover up and destroy criminal acts and the paper trails linking them to higher ups and grunts IMHO. IMMEDIATELY, US & European officials should act to seize THE DATA AND EXECUTE SEARCH WARRANTS ON ALL MURDOCH'S International Corporate subsidiaries SKY, SKYB, NewsCorp & FOX cable networks? At this point, we know for certain that there has been an international corporate corruption conspiracy and their have been IT & phone hack attacks and massive violations of privacy rights, corporate malfeasance. We know there's been corruption between politicians and insider Elites in governments and the corporations' elites, a defacto IMHO conspiracy of an intergovernmental/corporate/official triad involving murder, silencing of whistleblowers, bribes, and this network of propagandists spewing lies and fear-based brainwashing of our people 24/7 to foster these same anti-worker/anti-union/anti-regulation/anti-transparency sustaining only relationships more and more corrupting our democracies. We know this is nothing more than an attempt by the PR to later claim they knew nothing and did everything to prevent loss of data, later discovered to be (no surprise) GONE. josephRoehl: WHERE ARE THE AUTHORITIES who are being remiss in FAILURES http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/josephRoehl/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99982253.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it
BaronWVS 152 Fans 36 minutes ago (10:39 PM) Well, we've seen what happens to whistleblowers in the Murdoch empire. They sure know how to plug a leak! BaronWVS: Well, we've seen what happens to whistleblowers in the Murdoch http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/BaronWVS/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99981168.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it
rolor 'round and 'round we go 113 Fans 37 minutes ago (10:38 PM) Murdoch's empire should be an object lesson in the damage that an ominpresent media empire can do to a free thinking society. They should be enshrined in history as precisely the reason why media outlets should remain independently owned and never be allowed to grow beyond their local community. rolor: Murdoch's empire should be an object lesson in the damage http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/rolor/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99981014.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it reeltime07 82 Fans 37 minutes ago (10:38 PM) Quick hide all the haystacks, they may find a needle!!! " Oh what a tangled web we weave, when at first we pratice to decieve." O.K. which fall guy ia willing to play 'let's make a deal."Couldn't happen to a more deserving person. When religious bigotry, racism, and an " us vs them " attitude are your calling cards, falling to your excesses is your JUST REWARD! reeltime07: Quick hide all the haystacks, they may find a needle!!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/reeltime07/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99980997.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it
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sillylittleme humble cosmos shaker 266 Fans 58 minutes ago (10:17 PM) Apparently they don't realize that all of those emails can be found on backups and can be reestablished using existing software. It won't matter whether they are "there" or not. Posturing is so de rigueur. sillylittleme: Apparently they don't realize that all of those emails can http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/sillylittleme/new-york-post-documents-phone-hacking_n_913829_99977797.htmlHistory | Permalink | Share it Page: 1 2 3 Next › Last » (3 total) new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refresh
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