Further to this a range of politicians/ Civil servants are alleged to have been victims of Hacking and Burglary , not only to make money, but also to Blackmail politicians into following policies desired by Murdoch papers . Someone has posted an audio recording of a phone call between one of the #Leveson witnesses and a former Metropolitan police mole inside the private investigators

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In further allegations from another paper

The tabloid, its hired spies and why the Met chief was put under surveillance - London - News - Evening Standard

When asked about these allegations Marunchak stated that he had never commissioned SI to obtain any confidential information relating to celebrities, politicians, the royal family, police investigations or any third party or to commit any illegal acts. Working under the alias “Joe Poulton”, Haslam alleges he also told his handlers at the Met that SI tried to obtain the new identities of people inside Scotland Yard’s witness protection programme. In one of his confidential reports to the Yard in 2006, seen by the Standard, Haslam warned the Met that Rees was paying visits to Epsom police station “in an attempt to ingratiate himself with serving officers ... to the detriment of the service”. He said Rees described the trips as a “loss leader”. Perhaps the most shocking allegation from Haslam was that SI burgled MPs’ homes and photocopied documents in a bid to obtain embarrassing titbits they could sell to the NoW.

If this is big over the next couple of days. it's potentially a killer. Blackmailing of government ministers could be the sort of thing that blows your Foreign Corrupt practices Act into high gear.

For those who don't know, Marunchack is a continuous thread throughout this story, His name pops up in The Daniel Morgan death story, coincidentally having an office in the same building as Southern Investigations. He is alleged to have been called With Rebekah Brooks by the police to be asked questions about hiring the same firm of Private investigators to monitor the senior police officer in charge of the investigation into Daniel Morgans death. On top of this, he was an interpreter for the police, and Was Irish editor of the News of The World, Mentioned in Ian Hursts evidence to Lord Leveson

Haslam is a new character, a former Police mole inside Southern Investigations

UPDATE:

And further details tonight.

Exclusive: News of the World 'ordered burglary' - Crime - UK - The Independent