Correction to Part (1) of my last post:
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It seems that P.M. Brown (a conservative) "may have been" bribed by Murdoch's agents, or NOTW personnel.
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I'm pretty sure that I HEARD that... but, only ONE time. I have not heard anything more about it, and I am NOW under the impression that EITHER I "misunderstood" what I was hearing, or that the person saying it "misspoke" and has corrected the record, and no one is mentioning it anymore. It is POSSIBLE that the person meant to say "blackmailed" or was talking about "extortion."
The story centers around the fact that (former) P.M. Gordon Brown's young son had Cystic Fibrosis, and only a small circle of family and friends KNEW it. Some reporters from NOTW showed up and confronted him (privately) with the fact that THEY had knowledge of it, and were about to go to print with it.
To me.... it sounds more like they were interested in blackmail or extortion, but I can SEE where someone might say he was "bribed," I HOPE for no other reason than to secure their OWN silence. [BTW... they printed the article!]
MOST reports I'm hearing now, ONLY talk about how NOTW personnel "bribed" police or Scotland Yard types to get phone numbers of Brown and other highly placed officials.... and criminals, and victims.... etc.
I have no feelings or agenda pertaining to Mr. Brown in ANY way. If I've posted ANYTHING that would disparage his character... I apologize. From what I can say I "KNOW" right now.... I must retract that section of my post.
Mr.
Hobo du Golfe, Esquire. :lol:
