It seems TOO suspicious. And convenient -- they might try to pin it on his drug history.
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Not that I'm generally a conspiracy theory kinda guy, but I'm betting on > this being a hit ordered by Rupert. > > And so it goes, > > Kevin Brabant (maybe it could become like "Goodfellas" where people start > being found in meat freezers) > [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: danny burstein <[email protected]> > To: wnn <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Jul 18, 2011 1:34 pm > Subject: another job opening in the UK: "whistleblower" found dead > > >Newsgroups: alt.obituaries > >Subject: News of the World phone hacking whistleblower found dead > >Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 10:29:58 -0700 (PDT) > > News of the World phone hacking whistleblower found dead > > 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". > > At the time a Downing Street spokeswoman said Coulson totally and > utterly denied the allegations and said he had "never condoned the use > of phone-hacking and nor do I have any recollection of incidences > where phone-hacking took place". > > Sean Hoare, a one-time close friend of Coulson's, told the New York > Times the two men first worked together at the Sun, where, Hoare said, > he played tape recordings of hacked messages for Coulson. At the News > of the World, Hoare said he continued to inform Coulson of his > activities. Coulson "actively encouraged me to do it," Hoare said. > > In September last year he was interviewed under caution by police over > his claims that the former Tory communications chief asked him to hack > into phones when he was editor of the paper, but declined to make any > comment. > > Hoare emerged back into the spotlight last week, after he told the New > York Times that reporters at the News of the World were able to use > police technology to locate people using their mobile phone signals in > exchange for payments to police officers. > > He said journalists were able to use a technique called 'pinging' > which measured the distance between mobile handsets and a number of > phone masts to pinpoint its location. > > Hoare gave further details about the use of 'pinging' to the Guardian > last week. He described how reporters would ask a news desk executive > to obtain the location of a target: "Within 15 to 30 minutes someone > on the news desk would come back and say 'right that's where they > are.'" > > He said: "You'd just go to the news desk and they'd just come back to > you. You don't ask any questions. You'd consider it a job done. The > chain of command is one of absolute discipline and what's why I never > bought into, like with Andy saying he wasn't aware of it and all that. > That's bollocks." > > He said he would stand by everything he had told the New York Times > about 'pinging'. "I don't know how often it happened. That would be > wrong of me. But if I had access as a humble reporter =85 ." > > He admitted he had had problems with drink and drugs and had been in > rehab. "But that's irrelevant," he said. "There's more to come. This > is not going to go away." > > Hoare named a private investigator who he said had links with the News > of the World, adding: "He may want to talk now because I think what > you'll find now is a lot of people are going to want to cover their > arse." > > Speaking to another Guardian journalist st last week, Hoare repeatedly > expressed the hope that the hacking scandal would lead to journalism > in general being cleaned up and said he had decided to blow the > whistle on the activities of some of his former News of the World > colleagues with that aim in mind. > > He also said he has been injured at a party the previous weekend while > taking down a marquee erected for a children's party. He said he had > broken his nose and badly injured his foot when a relative > accidentally struck him with a heavy pole from the marquee. > > Hoare also emphasised that he was not making any money from telling > his story. Hoare, who has been treated for drug and alcohol problems, > reminisced about partying with former pop stars and said he missed the > days when he was able to go out on the town. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/18/news-of-the-world-sean-hoare > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "World News Now Discussion List" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en. > -- pong cheats and more --------------------------- http://marksunshine.info -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. 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