Chutando Cachorro Morto

Nick Davies do Guardian bate bem e bate muito no ex-chefe da Scotland Yard. Falando de Stephenson ele diz: he went on to draw a conclusion that was not so sound, claiming "the contracting of Mr Wallis only became of relevance when his name became linked with the new investigation into phone hacking".
That seriously misstated the problem, which is that the Metropolitan Police chose to hire the former second-in-command of an organisation while that organisation was being publicly accused of criminal activity.
Furthermore, the Met paid Wallis to advise them on media strategy at a time when his former organisation was the subject of intense press scrutiny; and failed to inform their political masters of Wallis' role with them at a time when their handling of the investigation of his organisation was buzzing with political controversy.
Second, Stephenson attempted to explain how it was that he had failed to discover the truth about the hacking at the News of the World and about Scotland Yard's mishandling of the affair. He was, he said, an outsider: "I do not occupy a position in the world of journalism; I had no knowledge of the extent of this disgraceful practice and the repugnant nature of the selection of victims that is now emerging; nor of its apparent reach into senior levels."
Sadly, the truth about the extent of the dreadful practice was available much closer to home. Three months before Scotland Yard hired Wallis, in July 2009, the Guardian was able to discover that there were "thousands" of victims of the News of the World's hacking, by speaking privately to one of Sir Paul's closest colleagues at Scotland Yard.