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John Ryley is being asked about another email hacking case involving a family called Smith. [Fraid I don't know details yet] #leveson

This is not the Smith family who were witnesses in the McCann story. This relates to Martin Smith a convicted paedophile who was on the run in Spain.

"Mr Ryley also pointed out that an internal audit of Sky News had found no evidence of any payments having been made to public officials.

He was also asked about the hacking of paedophile Martin Smith's email account.

Smith was jailed last year for 16 years for child sex offences in Cumbria but was found hanged in his cell in Manchester prison earlier this year.

His wife, Lianne, is still awaiting trial in Spain for the murder of her two children in 2010.

Mr Barr asked what was the public interest in hacking into the Smiths' emails.

Mr Ryley said: "Martin Smith was a suspected paedophile on the run. Their daughter Rebecca was already on child protection procedures. His wife was running a nursery in Barcelona and Sky News believed and had reasonable grounds for suspecting that if the local authority had done more it might have been able to find out the whereabouts of the family."

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James Murdoch on now live at Leveson, some of the tweets are funny.....

RichardTuffin‏@richardtuffinReply

#gold #leveson RT @zombiemao: 10 minute break so James can remember what not to recall next




TheFarm/PeterHooton ‏@TheFarm2012Reply

Lets hope James Murdoch has a hotel card with the name/address on to show the taxi driver cos he won't remember where he's staying #leveson


Alex Andreou‏@sturdyAlexReply

They had better watch James Murdoch during the comfort break or he will wander off and not recall why he is in London. #Leveson



Alex Andreou‏@sturdyAlexReply

I advise making James Murdoch taking the oath again after the break, as he may have no recollection of doing it at 10am. #Leveson


Lindsay Mahood‏@Linzl00Reply

BREAKING: James Murdoch already has no recollection of appearing at #leveson later today

Alex Andreou‏@sturdyAlexReply

This is quietly explosive stuff from Robert Jay QC on ties between Murdoch and Cameron. #Leveson


Paul O'Callaghan‏@p_ocallaghan

#murdoch #leveson - looks like james #murdock is taking #cameron down with him !


Chris Spyrou‏@chrisspyrou
11:58 AM -

Interesting move by James Murdoch to recall a 'tiny conversation' with David Cameron re: BSkyB bid. #Leveson

Tom Watson on Leveson live now..............

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Already we have had him say News organisations intimidate MP's..................................................


Ross Hawkins‏@rosschawkins

Watson: about a dozen MPs have told him of intimidating behaviour by news organisations #leveson

Did Tom Watson say anything else interesting Candyfloss? Anything about rebekah brooks trying to kick him off the select committee?

Yes, it was very briefly mentioned. He actually mentioned it, but it was glossed over and totally ignored.

I had a strong feeling this would be the case. What a whitewash this Leveson inquiry is going to be

Stephen R Jones‏@Meliden
Tony Blair to give evidence to [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] on Monday 28th May. [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Brett Mason‏@BrettMason10
Former PM Tony Blair to give evidence at the UK's [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] Inquiry on Monday. Talk Gordon Brown could also appear [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Blair got away with the WMD lie - I think he'll take this enquiry in his stride.

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: Tony Blair to appear on Mon. Tues: Theresa May, Michael Gove. Wed: Vince Cable, Ken Clarke. Thur: Jeremy Hunt [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

25 May 2012 Last updated at 10:49



Tony Blair to appear before Leveson Inquiry

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Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to appear before the Leveson Inquiry next Monday.

The inquiry into media standards is currently examining the relationship between press and politicians.

On Tuesday Education Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May face questions.

The next day, Business Secretary Vince Cable and Justice Secretary Ken Clarke will appear. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt will give evidence on Thursday.

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When is Gordon Brown going to appear. He has had a lot to say already but none under oath.

I hope that Leveson has not forgot the man who "controlled" what came out in the press. The head of the Governments Media Monitoring Unit in the early days must have something to say about all this.

One of the first things that the McCanns did was to call the media, Clarrie drops his job to rush to their aid and then Rebekah Brooks is blackmailing the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary into ordering a review of the case.

The media have been involved in this case since the start and whatever is going on the Master Media Manipulator is at the heart of it,

sharonl wrote:I hope that Leveson has not forgot the man who "controlled" what came out in the press. The head of the Governments Media Monitoring Unit in the early days must have something to say about all this.

One of the first things that the McCanns did was to call the media, Clarrie drops his job to rush to their aid and then Rebekah Brooks is blackmailing the Prime Minister and the Home Secretary into ordering a review of the case.

The media have been involved in this case since the start and whatever is going on the Master Media Manipulator is at the heart of it,

sharonl wrote:I hope that Leveson has not forgot the man who
"controlled" what came out in the press. The head of the Governments
Media Monitoring Unit in the early days must have something to say
about all this.

One of the first things that the McCanns did was
to call the media, Clarrie drops his job to rush to their aid and then
Rebekah Brooks is blackmailing the Prime Minister and the Home
Secretary into ordering a review of the case.

The media have
been involved in this case since the start and whatever is going on the
Master Media Manipulator is at the heart of it,

Yes, I might be cynical, but it is very odd that of all people, Clarry has not been called, or apparently even hacked. It's
almost as if he is more teflon than teflon tony.
Sometimes the clues are not in 'what IS there', but in what 'is NOT there'.
So if a government wanted to get people-tagging accepted, good to start
with children. To achieve this a highly popular demand
needs to be created, such as that which would follow a very emotive child snatching.
Plot in place, central 'untouchable' in control, it's now time to get all the other details rolled out. News
controlled and line fed out according to the bigger agenda.
So who benefits ?
The financiers of the technology who lobbied govt ministers?
The illuminati, who control government 'key personnel' throughout the world, whose New World Order is focussed on holding data and subsequent control over all mankind?
'Key personnel' who have an unwholesome and lascivious interest in
children?

What might be dressed up as a perfectly good and honest idea could nevertheless, in the wrong hands, be a thing of horror.
There are patently those who would find a child register and tracking system blissfully useful, able to select out those that would meet requirements and who would not be noticed if they went missing.
Child sex trafficking focusses currently on children's homes. These have too recently been found to be a focus of abuse, and yet the information remains under virtual repression.

Chris Ashford‏@lawandsexuality
So given Blair has revealed he didn't support Sarah's Law, how did it end up in law? #leveson










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Blair was "pretty ambivalent" about Rebekah Brook's campaign for Sarah's Law. He agrees with Jay that it got out of hand [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
Jay: Did you develop friendship with Brooks? Blair: Yes, probably closer once I left office [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Drama at Leveson ........

Nat Guest‏@unfortunatalie

DRAMA AT [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]! Protestor just ran in & tried to perform a citizen's arrest on Tony Blair for warcrimes. Amazing



Mel@ArtisanCupcakeCo‏@ArtisanCupcake

wow someone has just stormed leveson ! calling blair a war criminal [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Nigel Fletcher‏@nigelfletcher
[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] is righty furious the man got access to the Judge's bench. Public gallery you would expect, but that was serious security failure



esther addley‏@estheraddley

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] visibly shocked by intruder, who came into court from behind judge's chair, 'in what is supposed to b a secure corridor'



Ross Lydall‏@RossLydall

What a numpty. He forgot the custard pie [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]



Tom Latchem‏@theboylatch

Fair play to the protester who managed to get into [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] to tell Tony Blair he is a war criminal. Blair is shameless



Sarah Lyall ‏@sarahlyall

Shouting "the man is a war criminal," a protestor suddenly materializes behind judge [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]; is seized and bundled off.



Roy Greenslade‏@GreensladeR

Blair [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]: he strenuously denies substance of claims by "war criminal" protestor

I saw this happening live. This could have been very serious had he had a weapon in his possesion. Not that it isn't serious.

Tony Blair accused of war crimes by protester at Leveson inquiry



Lord Justice Leveson orders investigation into security procedures after man gains access to court


Peter Walker

guardian.co.uk,

Monday 28 May 2012 13.05 BST

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still image from broadcast footage shows a protester being restrained
by security guards as Tony Blair was speaking at the Leveson Inquiry.
Photograph: Reuters



Lord
Justice Leveson has ordered an investigation into security procedures
at his inquiry into the media after a protester burst into the
courtroom to shout at Tony Blair while the former prime minister gave evidence.
The
man, wearing a white shirt and chino trousers, entered from behind a
curtain almost directly behind Leveson himself, inside court 73 at the
Royal Courts of Justice.
He shouted: "This man should be arrested
for war crimes," before yelling allegations that the global bank JP
Morgan paid Blair millions of dollars in connection with the conflict.
As several security guards tackled him and dragged him away through the
same door from which he entered, the man shouted: "This man is a war
criminal."
Leveson, appearing shocked, stood up from his seat to
watch as the protester was ejected. He asked the court how the man
gained entry. "I'm sorry for that, Mr Blair," Leveson said.
"I'd
like to find out how this gentlemen managed to access the court through
what is supposed to be a secure corridor, and I'll have an
investigation undertaken about that immediately." He ended: "I
apologise."
Blair, who sat impassively throughout the intrusion,
sounded slightly shaken as he answered: "That's fine." He continued:
"Can I just say, actually, on the record, what he said about Iraq and JP Morgan is completely and totally untrue."
Reports later identified the protester as David Lawley Wakelin from a group called Alternative Iraq Enquiry.
Since
leaving office in 2007, Blair has been regularly targeted by protesters
over his central role in pushing for the US-led invasion of Iraq in
2003. In January last year he was greeted by dozens of activists
outside the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre in central London as
he returned to give evidence to the Chilcot inquiry into the genesis of
the conflict.

What a jolly performance! I love the subdued reactions of the ladies in black floating back and forth, the miscreant being handled out of the door, pulled by two men an pushed by the presumably not very alert security guard. Lovely!

I replayed Blair's remarks several times and although this is probably not verbatim it goes like this:

may I just say - JP Morgan about them and Iraq - I never had a discussion with them about that - or any relationship between them and Iraq.

A little Jesuitical license creeping in here? Blair didn't say at any point that JPM wasn't paying him 6 million a year .

Not having a discussion with them about Iraq doesn't preclude a third person having such a discussion.


You see, Mr. Blair, we're getting very good at hearing what isn't said and we have to give credit where credit's due - TM

Guardian website wrote:Lord Justice Leveson has ordered an investigation into security procedures at his inquiry into the media after a protester burst into the courtroom to shout at Tony Blair while the former Prime Minister gave evidence. The man, wearing a white shirt and chino trousers...

Were they mustard-coloured?

Tony Bennett wrote:

Guardian website wrote:Lord Justice Leveson has ordered an investigation into security procedures at his inquiry into the media after a protester burst into the courtroom to shout at Tony Blair while the former Prime Minister gave evidence. The man, wearing a white shirt and chino trousers...

Were they mustard-coloured?

No, it wasn't Lord McConn [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] , he was shouting out the truth and was better looking. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Operation Weeting: 42-year-old woman arrested over alleged money laundering

Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking arrest woman by appointment in south-west London



Josh Halliday

guardian.co.uk, Monday 28 May 2012 13.47 BST



Detectives from Scotland Yard's Operation Weeting have arrested a 42-year-old woman.


A 42-year-old woman has been was arrested by police investigating phone hacking, on suspicion of money-laundering offences.

Scotland Yard said: "A 42-year-old woman was arrested this morning, Monday 28 May 2012, by officers from Operation Weeting, the Metropolitan Police Service investigation into the hacking of voicemail boxes.

"She was arrested after attending a south-west London police station by appointment at approximately 11:00hrs on suspicion of money laundering offences, contrary to section 327 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 and is currently being questioned."

Scotland Yard confirmed that the woman is the first to be held on suspicion of money-laundering offences as part of its Operation Weeting probe.

The force confirmed the woman is not a current or former public official. She is the 25th person to be arrested as part of the investigation into phone hacking. She was later bailed until July, Scotland Yard said.

Section 327 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 relates to concealing or transferring the proceeds of crime. The arrest could signal a fresh turn in Operation Weeting, which was launched on 26 January last year after the disclosure of "significant new information" from News International.

All but three of the former News International journalists arrested last month under Operation Weeting have had their bail extended to unspecified dates. Three of those arrested, including the News of the World's ex-US editor James Desborough, have been released without charge.

Scotland Yard has identified 829 potential victims of phone hacking, of whom 231 are said to be not contactable
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30 May 2012 Last updated at 11:14



Julian Assange loses extradition appeal at Supreme Court


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Analysis [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/correspondents/dominiccasciani/]Dominic Casciani Home affairs correspondent

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The role of judges in cases like Julian Assange's appeal is to listen to the points being put forward by both sides and decide who has the best argument.

But Mr Assange's legal team are suggesting that didn't happen in this case.

They appear to think he has lost his appeal because the judgement from the UK's highest court is based on a point which was neither heard nor argued in the case.

If this is so, the Supreme Court will find itself in the extraordinary position of having ruled against Mr Assange on a point that his lawyers did not have a chance to consider or respond to.

If true, that would mean the judgement is arguably unfair - and that is why in two weeks' time the court could be in the unprecedented position of having to reopen the case.