He looks so healthy. </sarcasm>
Posted on 07/18/2011 10:40:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
Death of Sean Hoare – who was first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson knew of hacking – not being treated as suspicious
Sean Hoare, the former News of the World showbiz reporter who was the first named journalist to allege Andy Coulson was aware of phone hacking by his staff, has been found dead, the Guardian has learned.
Hoare, who worked on the Sun and the News of the World with Coulson before being dismissed for drink and drugs problems, is said to have been found dead at his Watford home.
Hertfordshire police would not confirm his identity, but the force said in a statement: "At 10.40am today [Monday 18 July] police were called to Langley Road, Watford, following the concerns for welfare of a man who lives at an address on the street. Upon police and ambulance arrival at a property, the body of a man was found. The man was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after.
"The death is currently being treated as unexplained, but not thought to be suspicious. Police investigations into this incident are ongoing."
Hoare first made his claims in a New York Times investigation into the phone-hacking allegations at the News of the World.
He told that newspaper that not only did Coulson know of the phone-hacking, but that he actively encouraged his staff to intercept the phone calls of celebrities in the pursuit of exclusives.
In a subsequent interview with the BBC he alleged that he was personally asked by his then-editor, Coulson, to tap into phones. In an interview with the PM programme he said Coulson's insistence that he didn't know about the practice was "a lie, it is simply a lie".
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Ping!.............
He looks so healthy. </sarcasm>
The butler did it, with a candlestick, in the den.
Seems like any whistleblower’s death during an active investigation should automatically be deemed suspicious.
Ruh-roh
Rupert strikes again....
heck of a name to go thru life with - no wonder he drank & did drugs.
No, it was Colonel Mustard in the library with a knife!............
Does anybody know what kind of equipment they used to intercept the phone calls? I used to be able to do it with high end communication receivers before they all went digital. Now you have to be a government agency to purchase the good stuff. At least in this country...
The tally will probably rise.
5.56mm
Just heard this on MSNBC. They found him with the gun and two bullets in the back of the head.
They are reporting it as a suicide.
Maybe that’s the scandal. Government agencies were feeding info to the tabs................just a guess...............
Just heard this on MSNBC. They found him with the gun and two bullets in the back of the head.
They are reporting it as a suicide.
Apparently no equipment was used...The phones were sold with preset passwords (0000, 1234 were cited in the articles I read) and the people whose phones were hacked were those who had never bothered to change the passwords to something (hopefully) unique and known only to themselves .
ping
I’m not buying it, upon further investigation Miss.Scarlett had a hand in this.
Quick - someone tap into his voicemails!
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