Phone-hacking, Easesdropping, & the Death of the 4th Estate

Hypothetical question: If a major news media outlet hacked people's cell phones to get dirt on them and in the process caused family members of serial killer's victims to think their loved one was alive, would that be a major news story? If that story expanded to include possibly thousands of people -- celebrity, politician, and private citizen alike -- would that be news?  | Crooks and Liars

Also read:

• Hugh Grant to testify as UK's News of the World accused of hacking into murder victims' phones
• Voicemail hacking: How easy is it?
• Rupert Murdoch backs Rebekah Brooks over phone-hacking allegations

Also watch:

• Hugh Grant interview‬‏

Newburgh 4: government entrapment?

Three members of the Newburgh 4 group have been sentenced to 25 years in prison in a New York courtroom today. The presiding judge expressed that she felt her hands were tied in having to sentence them, despite outrageous Government misconduct. For more on why that could be, here is Alicia McWilliams-McCollum, the aunt of one of those sentenced.

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