http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/09/bbc-review-clears-journalists-hacking By Mark Sweney guardian.co.uk 9 December 2011 A wide-ranging BBC review launched in the wake of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal has concluded there is no evidence of phone or computer hacking or bribery by the corporation's journalists, although it found that private investigators are occasionally used. However, despite the clean bill of health, BBC director general Mark Thompson is to recommend a beefing up of guidelines for journalists. The internal review, launched in July to look into the BBC's editorial practices and policies in investigative journalism, found that private investigators are used occasionally for tasks such as locating or identifying "subjects of significant public interest programmes". Thompson, addressing the monthly meeting of the BBC Trust, said that the findings of the review were very encouraging. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Fri Dec 09 2011 - 01:15:43 PST
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