Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal from Mulcaire's premises in August 2006 was the "Transcript for Nevile" email. The names appearing on this document indicated that "News of the World" journalists in addition to Clive Goodman were involved in phone hacking. The Met acknowledged the existence of this document 1 November 2007 in response to inquiries related to the civil claim brought against "News of the World" by Gordon Taylor. The court ordered the Met to turn the document over to Taylor on 7 December 2007 and Farrer and Co, which then represented News Group Newspapers, received a copy by 2 April 2008. When the chairman
Metropolitan Police role in the news media phone hacking scandal names of more victims, more documentary evidence of wrongdoing, admissions of wrongdoing by some news media agents, and payments potentially related to the scandal. Allegations were made of poor judgement and cover-up by news media executives and law enforcement officials. As a result, additional investigations into illegal acquisition of confidential information were initiated and several senior executives and police officials were forced to resign. There were also significant commercial consequences of the scandal. Contemporary commentators made comparisons with the Watergate scandal. The Metropolitan Police conducted several investigations between 1999 and 2011. The first three investigations, involving phone taps and seizure