Hacking ‘Endemic’ at News International

Scandal implicates at least 28 'NOTW' journalists

Police have uncovered new evidence showing a wider extent of phone hacking in British newspapers. Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into media practices and ethics revealed on Monday that “at least” 28 News of the World journalists were involved in phone tapping. The hacking was part of a "thriving cottage industry" of lawbreaking, The Independent reports.

Inquiry counsel Robert Jay said the 28 journalists’ names were based on notebooks belonging to Glenn Mulcaire, the private detective at the center of the scandal.

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