Pete Simon

The newspaper, described as “heinous” and “despicable” by the family, is at the center of a cellphone “hacking” scandal in the U.K., in which the remote mailboxes of politicians, celebrities and everyday people were tapped by reporters. One of the curiosities of the scandal was the Metropolitan Police’s refusal to launch a substantial investigation until embarrassed by reports in The Guardian and The New York Times, which found insiders willing to admit being influenced by “fear” of reprisals from Rupert Murdoch, owner of the News of the World.