I don’t know. I asked him about the LA Times report on his FB page and can’t even get the question posted, never mind an answer.
My supposition: FNC did it not expecting the blowback they got. Namely, that folks now think that there’s something to the Brit involvement angle or FNC wouldn’t have muzzled Judge Nap. And it’s also putting the Brits’ decision to go after Murdoch in a new light.
God help the UK if they were helping Obama surveille Trump.