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==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
*Graeme McLagan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/21/privacy Journalists caught on tape in police bugging], The Guardian, 21 September 2002. | *Graeme McLagan, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/sep/21/privacy Journalists caught on tape in police bugging], The Guardian, 21 September 2002. | ||
| + | *Dominic Ponsford, [http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=48878&c=1 Marunchak: Tom Watson allegations 'absolutely untrue'], ''Press Gazette'', 1 March 2012. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 20:23, 1 March 2012
Alex Marunchak is a former senior executive editor of the News of the World.[1]
Police interpreter
Marunchak worked as a freelance Ukrainian interpreter for the Metropolitan Police between 1980 and 2000.[2]
Hurst email interception
According to the BBC's Panorama, Marunchak, received emails obtained via a trojan virus from the computer of Ian Hurst, a former soldier who had served in army intelligence in Northern Ireland. Hurst's computer was reportedly hacked by a former military intelligence colleague who passed the emails to Marunchak.[3]
The hacker was reportedly hired by two former police officers hired in turn as private detectives by Marunchak.[4]
The Daily Telegraph has claimed that Kevin Fulton was also hacked in the episode.[5]
External Resources
- Graeme McLagan, Journalists caught on tape in police bugging, The Guardian, 21 September 2002.
- Dominic Ponsford, Marunchak: Tom Watson allegations 'absolutely untrue', Press Gazette, 1 March 2012.
Notes
- ↑ Nick Davies, Phone hacking: Panorama to name sixth journalist in News of the World scandal, guardian.co.uk, 13 March 2011.
- ↑ Mark Hughes, Phone Hacking: News of the World executive 'worked as police translator', telegraph.co.uk, 19 July 2011.
- ↑ News of the World executive obtained hacked e-mails, BBC News, 14 March 2011.
- ↑ Mark Hennessy, Irish editor accused of spying on ex-agent, 15 March 2011.
- ↑ Police investigate new computer hacking claims linked to News International, The Telegraph, 16 July 2011.
