Letters contradict Murdoch hacking claims
James Murdoch, chief executive of News Corp. Europe and Asia, exits his car at company headquarters in London as the phone-hacking scandal inched closer to upper management. (July 19, 2011) Credit: AP
The taint of a hacking scandal appears to be creeping closer to media baron Rupert Murdoch.
New documents published by lawmakers investigating Britain's phone-hacking scandal apparently contradict claims made by the News Corp. chief's former right-hand man Les Hinton and cast doubt on testimony before Parliament of his son, James.
Among them is a letter claiming that illegal espionage was pervasive at Murdoch's now-defunct News of the World tabloid.
Former Murdoch confidante Les Hinton said in 2009 that he'd seen no evidence that phone hacking had spread beyond a single rogue reporter at the tabloid. Yet Hinton is among those copied in on the explosive letter.
Hinton is the former publish of The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp.
Three former lieutenants are also challenging assertions by James Murdoch that he wasn't told the full facts about the scandal.
Click here to read the newly published documents at http://bit.ly/ovOSw3.
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