Phone hacking going to trial


Remember that phone hacking scandal from last year?  Where various media organizations in Britain hacked celebrities and officials voice mails in order to dig up scoops?  Well, the wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair might be finally bringing those groups to court.

With the help of solicitor Graham Atkins, Cherie Blair launched a claim on Tuesday.  It’ll be interesting to see who, exactly, the suit is brought against.  One of the groups may be News Group, part of News International and a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, who published the now-defunct News of the World.

Read the full story over at the BBC.

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