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European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 7 September | 87 comments (87 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Of course he's happy to talk to his mates in the police force. They'll avoid asking him awkward questions and he'll avoid giving informative answers. At the end they'll smile and shake hands (in that special masonic way) and go for a "drink".

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 06:01:17 AM EST
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Or he could just phone it in.

Now - hypothetically - if the same hacking stunt works in the US, wouldn't it be interesting if it were used by a major news organisation.

I wonder what a major news organisation might find if it had access to the voicemail accounts of senators, congress people, aides, pages, and candidates.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 08:13:00 AM EST
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In the US the journalists would discover that the politico's already have been listening to the reporters vm's and find out they have the dirt on them, at which point they will all shut up and fall in line at once.

You know, hypothetically.

by paving on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 02:18:39 PM EST
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