McCartney: I'm going to police over hacking claim [ CNN's Piers Morgan Phone Hacking ]

Houston Chronicle ^ | Aug 4 2011 | RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press

[NoLibZone]

Former Beatle Paul McCartney said Thursday he would contact police over his ex-wife's claim that their private communication had been spied upon by British tabloid journalists.

In comments to television journalists delivered via videolink from Cincinatti, Ohio, McCartney said that he would be in touch with police as soon as he was finished with his summer tour.

"I will be talking to them about that," McCartney told the Television Critics Association in Los Angeles.

"I don't think it's great. I do think it is a horrendous violation of privacy, and I do think it's been going on a long time, and I do think more people than we know knew about it. But I think I should just listen and hear what the facts are before I comment," he said.

McCartney is the latest celebrity to be dragged into Britain's phone hacking scandal, which centers on allegations that journalists routinely eavesdropped on private phone messages, bribed police officers for tips and illegally obtained confidential information for stories.

So far the scandal has largely been limited to the Rupert Murdoch's media empire, but an allegation made Wednesday by McCartney's former wife Heather Mills implicates the Trinity Mirror PLC group of newspapers — whose flagship Daily Mirror tabloid used to be edited by CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan.

Morgan has come under increasing pressure to explain himself, with several British lawmakers calling on him to return to the U.K. to face questioning about the scandal. Mills' allegation, made Wednesday in an interview with the BBC, that a senior journalist admitted to her his paper was spying on her messages.

Mills identified the journalist, although the BBC bleeped out the name, citing legal reasons.

[cubreporter]

piers?????

[NoLibZone]

"Morgan wrote in the Daily Mail five years ago that he had once been played a message left by Sir Paul McCartney on the mobile phone of his then-girlfriend Heather Mills, in which the former Beatle sounded "lonely, miserable and desperate".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/04/phone-hacking-piers-morgan-harman

[NoLibZone]

Yes.

Daily Mirror tabloid used to be edited by CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan.

[Revolting cat!]

Hacking? You fools never changed the default password 0000 or 1234, and you call typing it in hacking?

[unixfox]

What's the matter Paul, I thought you liked socialists ideas.

When the shoe is on the other foot it's a little different, isn't it?

[Liberty Valance]

"Sheboygan, You're on the air with Heather Mills."

"Larry, this is Piers ... I just want to say there is absolutely no]]]"

"What's the question caller ..."

"Can I get my job back Larry?"

[bleach]

Could be a false claim without a leg to stand on.

[eddie willers]

Since this isn’t one of Murdoch’s papers, it will go down the memory hole.

Only Murdoch is evil. < / sarcasm>

[Revolting cat!]

Me thinks Heather is using this as a crutch while she stumbles in her stumped career.

[Liberty Valance]

LOL!

[Road Warrior ‘04]

The “Fool On The Hill” is whining?

[Revolting cat!]

Remember that Britain has a loser pays system. Can Heather afford to lose and arm and a leg over this case?

[Sgt_Schultze]

It's a funny thing. The MSM is trying to tar FoxNews because Murdock owns the offending paper. Yet Piers (the official offender) works for both NBC and for CNN, yet their news operations aren't getting muddied.

I wonder what's up with that.

[nkycincinnatikid]

A friend went to McCartneys concert last night.
It was apparently so lame that he walked out.

[ohioman]

I must admit that I absolutely hate McCartney's politics, but I was at the Cincy show last night and (besides making me feel old as hell) it was a great show by Paul. At 69, it's amazing how well he can still sing and play a multitude of instruments. It sucks that the Beatles never got past hippy politics. If he was still alive, I wonder if Lennon would have wised up. Of course, none of the rest of them ever did. However, I think George was the least liberal of the four.