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Brit Cops Face Probe Over Media Bribes

MPs may investigate whether journos pay police for information

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(Newser) – British Parliament may investigate police over reports that journalists pay them for dirt on celebrities and criminal suspects, the Guardian reports. Since police opted not to reopen a probe into alleged phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid News of the World, several politicians have been seeking to determine if the decision may have have been a strategy to cover up bribes to police.

John Yates, assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
John Yates, assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.   (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
London's Metropolitan police officers on post outside the National Gallery museum at central London's Trafalgar Square lat month.
London's Metropolitan police officers on post outside the National Gallery museum at central London's Trafalgar Square lat month.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
A London Metropolitan police officer.
A London Metropolitan police officer.   (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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TerrifiedCitizen
Jul 12, 09 10:52 AM CDT
Not a problem really; I mean about Rupert. We don't pursue wrongdoing by politicians and media moguls; only you and I. Reply
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