hacked? the terrible, the terrible instance of deception around the lilly dowler case only came to my attention when it was reported in the press a few weeks ago. i can tell you it was a total shock, that was the first that i heard of it and became aware of it. is that the same of hacking of other victims of crime? in other words, have you been made aware prior to the million lee dowler reporting that your reporters hacked into the phones of any other crime victims. no i had not been made aware of that. just for the record, so your answer to my colleague earlier, you ll be aware it s of very lively interest. apparently a known was hacked on u.s. soil. given that allegation are you absolutely confident that no
what you say it being a pragmatic condition based on the cost of the company an inference could be bought that silence was being bought by the confidentiality clause in the larger settlements. that inference would be false. a lot of people find it quite hard to believe that two executives who nobody would regard as passive had such little knowledge of widespread illegality at one of your flagship papers. can i ask you very specifically, mr. james murdoch first, when did you become aware that the victims of crime had been hacked, when did you become aware that the phone of the murder victim dowler had been hacked? the terrible, the terrible instance of deception around the lilly dowler case only came to
seems to me on the face of it, that the news of the world was sacrificed in order to try and protect rebekah brooks position at news international i advocated at the time that this was a step we should take. this was a paper and a title that had fundamentally violated the trust of its readers, and it s something that was a matter of great regret, real gravity, but under the circumstances, and with respect to the bad things that certain of the things that happened at the american s nee world some years ago, it was the right choice for the paper to cease publication. it is important to note and i want to be clear with the committee on this. that the company is doing everything it can to make sure that journalists and staff at the news of the world who had nothing to do with any of these issues, who are completely blameless in any of these things, and many are, you know, really have done tremendous work journalistically, that we find reemployment for them anywhere we k.
i advocated at the time that this was a step we should take. this was a paper and a title that had fundamentally violated the trust of its readers, and it s something that was a matter of great regret, real gravity, but under the circumstances, and with respect to the bad things that certain of the things that happened at the american s nee world some years ago, it was the right choice for the paper to cease publication. it is important to note and i want to be clear with the committee on this. that the company is doing everything it can to make sure that journalists and staff at the news of the world who had nothing to do with any of these issues, who are completely blameless in any of these things, and many are, you know, really have done tremendous work journalistically, that we find reemployment for them anywhere we k. the company is being as generous as we can under the circumstances. the company is being as thoughtful and compassionate for them and their familie