Piers Morgan on Phone Hacking

Paul McMullan: "Hacking Milly Dowler's phone was justified"

Whatever you think of Paul McMullan it's fair to say that he's one of the very few people actually being honest about phone hacking and illegal information gathering happening on an industrial scale by ALL of the tabloid newspapers.

Piers Morgan is first mentioned at 14 minutes 40 seconds - click here to go straight to it

Paul McMullan, a former News of the World reporter, has defended the newspaper's hacking of murdered Milly Dowler's phone. McMullan, who gained national notoriety in numerous BBC Newsnight appearances, has always doggedly defended the hacking practices. He believes privacy laws and hacking bans have been created by a powerful political elite that wants to keep corruption and misbehaviour away from the front pages. Although he admits it was wrong to delete messages on Milly Dowler's phone, he doesn't condemn the hacking itself. McMullan says the hacking of Milly's phone could have helped find her or the killer. 

(This interview was recorded by Dutch broadcaster NOS)