The latest key development in the U.K.'s "hacking scandal" centers on °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp. executive James Murdoch (son of Rupert) and "claims he misled lawmakers" earlier this week, .
The wire service adds that "a [British] lawmaker called for a police investigation and Prime Minister David Cameron insisted the media scion had 'questions to answer' about what he knew and when he knew it."
One of °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp.'s U.S. outlets, The Wall Street Journal, :
"Two former executives broke ranks with °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp. for the first time on Thursday over whether James Murdoch knew in 2008 that the phone-hacking scandal at the company's now-defunct U.K. tabloid likely involved more than just one rogue reporter, as the company had long maintained. ...
"Colin Myler, former editor of the °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ of the World tabloid, and Tom Crone, a former lawyer for the paper, said in a joint statement that in 2008 they informed Mr. Murdoch, now °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp.'s deputy chief operating officer, about a crucial e-mail suggesting that phone hacking went beyond one reporter. ...
"Mr. Murdoch on Tuesday said before a parliamentary committee in the U.K. that he had never been made aware of the e-mail — even though he had approved a roughly £700,000 settlement ($1.1 million) in the matter."
According to the AP, "°µºÚ±¬ÁÏ International, °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp.'s British newspaper arm, said James Murdoch stood by his statement Tuesday to the parliamentary committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal."
Also today, that the "U.S. Justice Department is preparing subpoenas as part of preliminary investigations into °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp. relating to alleged foreign bribery and alleged hacking of voicemail of Sept. 11 victims, according to a government official."
Meanwhile, the Labor Party member of Parliament who has been most vocal in raising questions about the actions of °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp.'s U.K. newspapers, (not a °µºÚ±¬ÁÏ Corp. property) that he believes the scandal will expand to cover evidence that e-mails, as well as cell phones, were hacked.
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