Hack Attack
Authors: Nick Davies
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For Jean Davies, who died in 1986. She would have loved this story.
Contents
Part One: Crime and Concealment
1. February 2008 to July 2009
2. Inside the
News of the World
3. 8 July 2009 to 14 July 2009
4. Crime in Fleet Street
5. 14 July 2009 to November 2009
6. Secrets and lies
7. A wedding in the country
8. November 2009 to March 2010
9. The mogul and his governments
10. March 2010 to 15 December 2010
11. The biggest deal in the world
12. 15 December 2010 to 28 June 2011
13. The last ditch
14. 28 June 2011 to 19 July 2011
15. Exposed!
16. Final reckoning
Who’s Who
Sue Akers | Deputy assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police |
Tamsin Allen | Lawyer for hacking victims |
Matthew Anderson | Right-hand man to James Murdoch |
Sky Andrew | Sports agent, hacking victim |
Mr Apollo | Code name for original source for story |
Joanne Armstrong | Legal adviser to Professional Footballers’ Association, hacking victim |
Sir Ian Blair | Commisioner, Metropolitan Police, 2005–09, hacking target |
David Blunkett | Home Secretary, hacking victim |
Charlie Brooks | Racehorse trainer, husband of Rebekah Brooks |
Rebekah Brooks | Editor, |
Chris Bryant | Labour MP, hacking victim |
Ian Burton | External lawyer, News International |
Lady Buscombe | Chair, Press Complaints Commission, 2009–11 |
Vince Cable | Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for business |
Glenn Campbell | BBC journalist |
Richard Caseby | Managing editor, the |
Jon Chapman | Legal director, News International |
Peter Clarke | Deputy assistant commissioner, in command of Op Caryatid |
Max Clifford | PR agent, hacking victim |
Daniel Cloke | Director of human resources, News International |
Dave Cook | Detective chief superintendent, Metropolitan Police |
Andy Coulson | Editor |
Tom Crone | In-house lawyer, |
Ian Edmondson | Assistant editor (news), |
Emissary | Code name for government source |
Kieren Fallon | Jockey, hacking victim |
Paul Farrelly | Labour MP on media select committee |
Dick Fedorcio | Director of communications, Metropolitan Police |
George Galloway | Respect MP, hacking victim |
Clive Goodman | Royal editor, |
Andy Gray | TV presenter, hacking victim |
Simon Greenberg | Director, corporate affairs, News International |
Mark Hanna | Director of security, News International |
Charlotte Harris | Lawyer for hacking victims |
Dean Haydon | John Yates’s staff officer |
Andy Hayman | Assistant commissioner, responsible for Op Caryatid |
Amelia Hill | Guardian |
Ross Hindley | News of the World |
Les Hinton | Chief executive News International until December 2007 |
Sean Hoare | Show-business reporter, the |
Jeremy Hunt | Secretary of State for culture, media and sport |
Lawrence ‘Lon’ Jacobs | In-house counsel, News Corp |
Jingle | Code name for police source |
Tessa Jowell | Secretary of State for culture, media and sport |
Karl | Code name for police source |
Ian Katz | Deputy editor, the |
Trevor Kavanagh | Political editor, the |
John Kelly | Lawyer for hacking victims |
Joel Klein | Executive vice president, News Corp |
Stuart Kuttner | Managing editor, |
David Leigh | Investigations editor, the |
Mark Lewis | Lawyer for hacking victims |
Will Lewis | General manager, News International |
Lola | Code name for source in criminal justice system |
Mark Maberly | Detective, attached to Op Caryatid |
Alice Macandrew | Media adviser to James Murdoch |
Ken Macdonald QC | Director of Public Prosecutions, 2003–08 |
Paul McMullan | Journalist, |
Mango | Code name for whistle-blower source |
Alex Marunchak | Executive editor, |
Sir Christopher Meyer | Chair, Press Complaints Commission, 2003–09 |
Fred Michel | Lobbyist for James Murdoch |
Sienna Miller | Actress, hacking victim |
Greg Miskiw | Assistant editor (news), |
Dominic Mohan | Editor, the |
Daniel Morgan | Private investigator, murdered 1987 |
Piers Morgan | Editor, |
Max Mosley | Victim of |
Glenn Mulcaire | Phone-hacking specialist, |
James Murdoch | Executive chairman of News International, 2007–11 |
Rupert Murdoch | Chairman and chief executive of News Corp |
Colin Myler | Editor, |
Ovid | Code name for Mulcaire’s ghostwriter |
Alec Owen | Senior investigator, Information Commissioner’s Office |
Brian Paddick | Deputy assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police, hacking victim |
Lucy Panton | Crime reporter, |
David Perry QC | Senior prosecutor |
Robert Peston | BBC business editor |
Nicola Phillips | PA to Max Clifford, hacking victim |
Julian Pike | External lawyer, News International |
John Prescott | Deputy prime minister, hacking victim |
Adam Price | Plaid Cymru MP on media select committee |
Jeremy Reed | Barrister for hacking victims |
Ed Richards | Chief executive, Ofcom |
Alan Rusbridger | Editor, the |
Gerald Shamash | Lawyer for hacking victims |
Michael Silverleaf QC | Barrister for News International |
Adam Smith | Special adviser to Jeremy Hunt |
Keir Starmer QC | Director of Public Prosecutions, 2008–13 |
Jules Stenson | Features editor, |
Sir Paul Stephenson | Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 2009–11 |
Sir John Stevens | Commissioner, Metropolitan Police, 2000–05 |
Keith Surtees | Detective, deputy lead investigator on Op Caryatid |
Gordon Taylor | Chief executive, Professional Footballers’ Association, hacking victim |
Mark Thomson | Lawyer for hacking victims |
Neville Thurlbeck | Chief reporter, |
Hugh Tomlinson QC | Barrister for hacking victims |
Tim Toulmin | Director, Press Complaints Commission |
Mr Justice Vos | Judge in hacking cases |
Neil Wallis | Deputy editor, |
Tom Watson | Labour MP on media select committee |
James Weatherup | News editor, |
Derek Webb | Covert surveillance specialist, |
John Whittingdale | Conservative chair of media select committee |
Phil Williams | Detective, lead investigator on Op Caryatid |
John Yates | Assistant commissioner, Metropolitan Police |