Giant h/t to our ceebs for alerting me to these stories.
From The Guardian:
The existence of an email of "enormous significance" written by a News International (NI) executive that refers to the phone hacking of a "well-known individual" has emerged in the high court, in a hearing to discuss the progress of civil claims against the publisher of the News of the World.
Mr Justice Vos said the email was "sent by an executive whose identity you know" – but the author's name, the precise content of the message, and who it was discussing remain confidential for legal reasons. But that did not stop lawyers representing hacking victims from asserting the importance of the communication.
But David Sherborne, representing hacking victims in the court on Wednesday, said Vos should "understand the enormous significance of that email" which referred to a "well-known individual victim" and the message contained "an instruction relating to an individual's phone".
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Sounds kinda incriminating -- not only is the hacking target some kind of super celebrity, but the N.I. exec who penned the email is also "an executive (we) know", meaning probably Rebekah Brooks or James Murdoch. Popcorn time.
In other Murdochgate news, today is also the day Glenn Mulcaire is required to reveal who at News Corp. gave him his hacking orders. A hiccup along the way, again from The Guardian:
(Glenn Mulcaire) was due to hand over the information in relation to the hacking of the phone of Nicola Phillips phone at 4pm on Wednesday.
But a high court judge, Mr Justice Vos ruled this information should only be handed to her barrister, her solicitor and to the Metropolitan police and could not be shared by other litigants who are suing News International over alleged phone hacking.
He will hold a separate one-day hearing to determine how widely the Mulcaire witness statement could be shared on 30 July, he said.
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