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LinkOnly a few days ago I posted that Rupert Murdoch was hit by 600 fresh claims of phone hacking.
Make that 800 and counting.
The Guardian has previously reported:
The revelations come at the worst possible time for David Cameron as he prepares to battle in parliament to protect the newspaper industry from what he fears is excessive state-backed regulation.
According to the BBC, the Sun apologized in the High Court for retrieving personal information on a stolen cell phone belonging to a Labour MP. Via Liberal Conspiracy, this tweet from their post titled, Why it’s significant the Sun admits hacking a Labour MP’s stolen phone:
Hi @rupertmurdoch Do you remember saying this on 26/4/12? “editors are all responsible for their papers. I certainly hold them..for that.”
— tom_watson (@tom_watson) March 18, 2013
I think [MP] Tom Watson is also thinking the same thing.
Here’s the latest, via The Independent:
More than 800 potential new phone-hacking victims have been identified, the High Court will hear today, after a tabloid “supergrass” helped police secure fresh evidence.
Officers believe they have discovered evidence of a widespread but previously unknown conspiracy centred on the News of the World features desk, indicating that phone-hacking was deeply ingrained throughout Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid empire.
The development threatens to reignite the debate surrounding press misconduct on the day that MPs vote on rival plans to implement the regulatory proposals of Lord Justice Leveson.
So far 2,500 people whose phones may have been hacked have been notified, and that number could rise “due to the scale of the additional conspiracy.” New claims against News International are expected to pour in.
Information on how much money has already been paid out and to whom is here.
Looks like Rupie is sinking lower and lower (if that’s even possible), because he’s in deeper hot water than he has been (if that’s even possible). The Guardian is reporting that there are around 600– count ‘em, 600!– new allegations of phone-hacking incidents at Rupert Murdoch’s defunct, defiled, and disgraced News of the World.
Detectives are examining an estimated 600 fresh allegations of phone-hacking incidents at Rupert Murdoch’s now closed News of the World on the back of fresh evidence obtained by the Metropolitan police from a suspect turned supergrass.
Further details are expected to emerge on Monday morning at the high court during a hearing relating to the existing litigation by hacking victims against Murdoch’s News International (NI) – hours before MPs are due to vote on joint Labour and Liberal Democrat amendments that would introduce a backstop law to stiffen regulation of the press.
Sources say Scotland Yard detectives believe they can identify as many as 600 new incidents after obtaining the phone records of an insider who is now being lined up as a crown witness.
Recently there was a slew of new arrests, and now this.
The revelations come at the worst possible time for David Cameron as he prepares to battle in parliament to protect the newspaper industry from what he fears is excessive state-backed regulation.
Is there a good time for Cameron? Or Rupert for that matter…
H/t: @samuelpeepses
As you may recall, Sheldon Adelson and his wife donated nearly $92.8 million to outside political spending groups (including $23 million to Karl Rove’s super PAC American Crossroads), per the Center for Responsive Politics. First he backed Newt Gingrich’s failed campaign for president, and then Willard Romney’s. No one else even came close in terms of trying to buy influence.
And as you also may recall, Adelson is the 12th-richest American, with his wealth estimated at $20.5 billion. So all those donations were a mere drop in the bucket for him. According to this Wall Street Journal report, he plans to spend even more the next time around. If at first you don’t succeed, buy, buy again.
You may also recall that Adelson, who is under DOJ investigation, said President Obama would go after him, but Romney wouldn’t. Why is he in legal hot water?
Company of Newt Gingrich’s big donor, Sheldon Adelson, has alleged ties to bribes, Chinese mob.
Now, per the L.A. Times, the casino company Sheldon McBigBucks heads admits to “probably” breaking the law:
The Las Vegas casino company headed by high-profile Republican donor and billionaire Sheldon Adelson said it probably violated a federal law that prohibits the bribery of foreign government officials.
Las Vegas Sands Corp. said its auditors found that “there were likely violations” of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which bars Americans from bribing foreign officials to secure an advantage. The disclosure was made in a filing Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [...]
Adelson’s company said it did not expect the findings to materially affect its finances or force it to restate financial results.
It must be nice to have enough money to buy your way out of legal problems and into political access and election outcomes.
Rachel Maddow does her usual great job of putting the complicated Sheldon Adelson-related story in context:
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This happened back in November 2012: Fourth former Scott Walker aide convicted in WI John Doe probe:
And remember Kelly Rindfleisch? She’s the former Walker aide who was sentenced to six months in jail and three years of probation on a felony count of misconduct in office. Walker was named as part of a team that routinely commingled political and official business, and Russell was allegedly responsible for the “unofficial networking system” out of Rindfleisch’s office. She’s out on appeal.
How do sleazeballs like Scott Walker always manage to slither out of these predicaments with nary a scratch or without charges being filed? I’m talkin’ to you John Ensign, Mark Sanford, David Vitter, etc. ad nauseam.
Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm announced this morning he is closing a John Doe investigation without filing additional charges, ending the threat Gov. Scott Walker could be caught up in the long running probe. [...]
State Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate responded that Walker’s biggest accomplishment in his first two years in office was not related to the economy or education, but avoiding prosecution despite the conviction of two close aides.
Tate also requested that Scotty “release any and all information that was provided in John Doe, so the public can have full understanding.” After all, Tate reminded us, Walker did promise transparency, so this would be a swell time to demonstrate a little of that.
Yeah, like that’ll happen.
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When President Obama held a news conference last week, he was surrounded by men and women in uniform to make the point that austerity (spending cuts) doesn’t work (it doesn’t). He was trying to emphasize the impact such cuts would have on police officers, firefighters and other first responders. As it is, hundreds of thousands of public sector workers have already been laid off.
In fact, “we have never cut government jobs when we were trying to save the economy. Until this time.”
And now something else happened that usually hasn’t. Until this time:
(CNN) – Washington firefighters who stood with President Barack Obama at a public appearance Tuesday are now under investigation by their department. [...]
The White House sent a request to the International Association of Fire Fighters, said Ed Smith, president of DC Fire Fighters Association Local 36. Firefighters are routinely requested for events such as 9/11 memorial ceremonies and it has “never been a problem,” Smith said. “It leads us to question the chief’s motives.”
Smith is right, something doesn’t feel kosher about this.
DC Fire & EMS Chief Kenneth Ellerbe says he’s not considering any disciplinary action.
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