Scotland Yard is demanding that reporters at The Guardian disclose the confidential sources that enabled�the paper�to�break�the News Corp phone hacking scandal story. The police are citing the UK’s Official Secrets Act — normally used against spies — in a legal bid to get the names. It was The�Guardian’s revelation in July that�Scotland�Yard had poorly handled its investigation�of the News of the World for hacking the phone of a missing murdered girl that set the scandal in motion. The fallout from that and allegations that the police were influenced by�News Corp officials resulted in the ouster of top Scotland Yard officers. It also caused Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to close the News of the�World, abandon its�BSkyB takeover bid and submit to the current�series of legal and government inquiries. The Guardian’s editor Alan Rusbridger said, “We shall resist this extraordinary demand to the utmost.” Former Labour minister Tom Watson�said: “It is an outrageous abuse and completely unacceptable that, having failed to investigate serious wrongdoing at the News of the World for more than a decade, the police should now be trying to move against The Guardian.” Washington Rally Wayne David Parker Alex Trebek, Alfonso cuaron Allison janney
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