Phone Hacking Update

In what has clearly become a major scandal in the UK it seems that many people were prone to suspect spouses and trusted employees but did not suspect phone hacking by tabloids. Even one person who phoned to receive his messages and found that his own number was busy apparently failed to become sufficiently suspicious of the integrity of his telephone messages.

Various amounts are being paid out as compensation accompanied by the usual disclaimers of not an admission of guilty knowledge by executives.