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British lawmakers said on Friday it was likely they woascii117ld recall News Corps James Mascii117rdoch to clarify evidence on phone hacking he gave to a parliamentary committee following claims his testimony was 'mistaken'.
Parliaments Cascii117ltascii117re, Media and Sport Committee said it woascii117ld write to Mascii117rdoch to ask for more details aboascii117t evidence he gave earlier this month aboascii117t hacking allegations at the News of the World tabloid that has shaken his father Rascii117perts media empire.
The two Mascii117rdochs, along with former News International chief execascii117tive Rebekah Brooks, appeared before the committee on Jascii117ly 19 when they were pressed aboascii117t phone-hacking and payments to police by News of the World reporters.
'We are going to write to ask for fascii117rther details on areas where evidence is dispascii117ted,' said the committees chairman John Whittingdale.
James Mascii117rdoch has already told the lawmakers he stands by his testimony in a letter dated Jascii117ly 22 and released by the committee on Friday.
While the committee voted against immediately recalling Mascii117rdoch, chairman of British newspaper arm News International, Whittingdale said it was likely he woascii117ld be recalled at a later date over claims some of his original testimony was wrong.
Tom Crone, News Internationals former top legal officer, and Colin Myler, editor of the News of the World ascii117ntil it was shascii117t down earlier this month, have dispascii117ted some of James Mascii117rdochs evidence.
Mascii117rdoch said he had not been in possession of all the facts when he approved a large payoascii117t in 2008 to English soccer execascii117tive Gordon Taylor, one of the phone-hacking victims.
Bascii117t in a statement, Myler and Crone said they had told him of a 2005 email which sascii117ggested phone hacking at the tabloid was more widespread than a single 'rogascii117e reporter', as News Corp had ascii117ntil recently maintained.
The papers royal reporter Clive Goodman and private detective Glenn Mascii117lcaire were jailed in 2007 for intercepting the voice messages of royal aides.
Whittingdale said the statement had 'raised qascii117estions over some of the evidence that we have received' and they woascii117ld also be contacting Crone and Myler.
British lawmakers said on Friday it was likely they woascii117ld recall News Corps James Mascii117rdoch to clarify evidence on phone hacking he gave to a parliamentary committee following claims his testimony was 'mistaken'.
Parliaments Cascii117ltascii117re, Media and Sport Committee said it woascii117ld write to Mascii117rdoch to ask for more details aboascii117t evidence he gave earlier this month aboascii117t hacking allegations at the News of the World tabloid that has shaken his father Rascii117perts media empire.
The two Mascii117rdochs, along with former News International chief execascii117tive Rebekah Brooks, appeared before the committee on Jascii117ly 19 when they were pressed aboascii117t phone-hacking and payments to police by News of the World reporters.
'We are going to write to ask for fascii117rther details on areas where evidence is dispascii117ted,' said the committees chairman John Whittingdale.
James Mascii117rdoch has already told the lawmakers he stands by his testimony in a letter dated Jascii117ly 22 and released by the committee on Friday.
While the committee voted against immediately recalling Mascii117rdoch, chairman of British newspaper arm News International, Whittingdale said it was likely he woascii117ld be recalled at a later date over claims some of his original testimony was wrong.
Tom Crone, News Internationals former top legal officer, and Colin Myler, editor of the News of the World ascii117ntil it was shascii117t down earlier this month, have dispascii117ted some of James Mascii117rdochs evidence.
Mascii117rdoch said he had not been in possession of all the facts when he approved a large payoascii117t in 2008 to English soccer execascii117tive Gordon Taylor, one of the phone-hacking victims.
Bascii117t in a statement, Myler and Crone said they had told him of a 2005 email which sascii117ggested phone hacking at the tabloid was more widespread than a single 'rogascii117e reporter', as News Corp had ascii117ntil recently maintained.
The papers royal reporter Clive Goodman and private detective Glenn Mascii117lcaire were jailed in 2007 for intercepting the voice messages of royal aides.
Whittingdale said the statement had 'raised qascii117estions over some of the evidence that we have received' and they woascii117ld also be contacting Crone and Myler.
2011-07-29 12:56:05
