Police commit 200 officers as scale of hacking inquiries grows

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/police-commit-200-officers-as-scale-of-hacking-inquiries-grows-2370907.html

The number of officers dedicated to Scotland Yard's phone-hacking inquiry and two other related investigations has surged past 100.

The Independent has learned that a total of 108 detectives and support staff are now working on Operation Weeting, the Yard's ongoing inquiry into phone hacking by the News of the World, and two linked investigations: Operation Elveden, a police-corruption probe, and Operation Tuleta, which is looking at the hacking of computers.

Funding is available for a further 20 officers, meaning the Yard potentially has 128 staff to dedicate to its investigations – a near tripling of the 45 detectives originally assigned to Weeting when it was launched in January. The expansion means that nearly 200 police across the UK are now investigating claims of illegal news gathering by Rupert Murdoch's media empire. In Scotland, Strathclyde Police has dedicated more than 50 officers to Operation Rubicon, its investigation into allegations of perjury involving the former NOTW editor Andy Coulson and wider claims of phone hacking aimed at public figures.

[WhiteTara]

1. I wish they'd send some our way. n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

2. Wouldn't do any good

Rather than investigating phone-hacking, they'd be sent to bust heads at OWS gatherings.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. No. What they would do to the hacking department in the U.S.A.,

is continue to spy on their victims to determine if they've caught on to them, and if so, check on what legal remedies they're looking into.