Gordon brownAs my colleagues John F. Burns and Alan Cowell report, on Monday, just one day after the last edition of The News of the World was printed, new allegations of misconduct by journalists working at two other British newspapers owned by Rupert Murdoch surfaced.Nick Davies and David Leigh of The Guardian reported that journalists from both The Sunday Times of London and The Sun “repeatedly targeted the former prime minister Gordon Brown, attempting to access his voice mail and obtaining information from his bank account, his legal file as well as his family’s medical records. There is also evidence that a private investigator used a serving police officer to trawl the police national computer for information about him.”As Mr. Davies and Mr. Leigh explained, the duration and range of the spying on Mr. Brown was extraordinary.
They reported: Brown was targeted during a period of more than 10 years, both as chancellor of the exchequer and as prime minister. Some of the activity clearly was illegal. Other incidents breached his privacy but not the law. An investigation by The Guardian has found that:• Scotland Yard has discovered references to both Brown and his wife, Sarah, in paperwork seized from Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator who specialized in phone hacking for The News of the World;• Abbey National bank found evidence suggesting that a
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