company at the time. i think the legal executives, mr. chapman at the time, along with mr. myler who testified to this effect, took reports from them and the opinion was clear that as to their review there was no additional illegality with respect to phone hacking in that file. after their review that was the opinion that was clear. and the company really rested on a number of things from then on. and i certainly know in 2009 when additional allegations came in the summer the company really rested on a handful of things. i wanted to move right up to date to what was discovered in the officers. what was discovered? so in 2010, after the civil litigations had put a spotlight, if you will to us, to the company, additional new
nowhere near knowing who knew what and when about that file, evidence that clearly contradicts not only statements previously given but evidence as it would appear that led your closest and trusted aid, les hinton to get misleading evidence. do you think that is so. no i do not. what do you think the company should do as a follow-up to if inquiry? well, mr. chapman who is in charge of this has left us. and he had that report for an amount of time until mr. lewis looked at it carefully, and we immediately said we need legal advice, see if we should go to the police with this.
not knowing who in news international was complicit in keeping that file containing how many pieces of paper, we are nowhere near knowing who knew what and when about that file, evidence that clearly contradicts not only statements previously given but evidence as it would appear that led your closest and trusted aid, les hinton to get misleading evidence. do you think that is so. no i do not. what do you think the company should do as a follow-up to if inquiry? well, mr. chapman who is in charge of this has left us. and he had that report for an
statement. the committee would be entirely happy to hear it. thank you mr. chairman and members of the committee. i would like to read a short statement now. my son and i came here with great respect for all of you, for parliament and for the people of britain whom you represent. this is the most humble day of my career, and all that has happened i know we needed to be here today. james and i would like to say how sorry we are for what has happened, especially with regard to listening to the voice mail of victims of crime. my company has 52,000 employees, i have led it for 57 years, and i have made my share of mistakes. i have lived in many countries, employed thousands of honest and hard-working journalists. i own nearly 200 newspapers of
who by the way is the deputy chief operating officer at news corporation. now in return, the company, james stated, has established a group to cooperate fully with the police and scotland yard. a police agency that is not absent its own issues. the top two police officers in london have since resigned. now we are awaiting rebekah brooks, a long-time executive with news corporation, the parent company of the fox news channel. brooks ran the tabloid news of the world when the hacking occurred some six to eight years ago. she has since resigned her position with the company last friday. as we await on ms. brooks, shares of news corporation, rather, are trading on wall street. they re up 5% during the testimony of the past three hours. our coverage continues from london. and also with happ being now. happening now. our colleagues to follow us. after this commercial break.