British Phone-Hacking Scandal, Paul McMullan Testimony

Paul McMullan testified at a British committee hearing on phone hacking and the culture of the British media. He made several claims about hiring private investigators, and how executives turned a “blind eye” to email and phone hacking and at the weekly tabloid. He called News International executives Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson “the scum of journalism” for blaming him and his colleagues for the phone hacking scandal.

Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Lord Justice Leveson on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper News of the World. The hearings were divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation. close