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As Nixon during the Watergate lawyer, I can say about the cost of the legal team of News Corp., the scandal does not include time

Americans are very interested in developing the scandal of Rupert Murdoch in the UK. As I wrote a few weeks ago, has striking parallels with Watergate, offering an observation based on personal knowledge and experience. (I'm sure I speak for many Americans when he cries a note of thanks to The Guardian, journalism, Murdoch, whose history is so good, and in many cases better than the work of legendary Washington Post During the Watergate.) Many Americans are wondering if this scandal jump the Atlantic or to remain "contained" in Britain. Because of Watergate, I have some familiarity with the containment -. When it works

The answer depends on the width and depth of the illegal conduct. Cover-ups rarely work. At this point, we know very little about News Corp. cover, but signs have emerged. Although not an ideal measure of crime, I think there is generally a direct correlation between the lawyers and the severity of the problem. As a result, I was watching the lawyers who have become key players in this story, and his actions suggest that this scandal will not be included in the UK. Instead, over time, become a scandal, but perhaps with less impact than in the UK, taking into account the team of legal experts currently at work.

News Corp. has retained one of the most expensive commercial lawyers in London, Lord Grabiner, who apparently bills of £ 3,000 per hour. Although Grabiner has a reputation for miracles in dispute, it seems that he was hired to give credibility to an independent management and research of the Standards Committee of complaints phone-hacking, corruption and related criminal police. To help Grabiner, News Corp's London office has maintained a law firm in Washington, Arnold & Porter - London, whose partner, Kathleen Harris, became a lawyer experienced in criminal defense. Harris served as political adviser to the group's high level strategic business fraud office serious fraud.

This search for self-reports of committees Murdoch's lead counsel in the United States, a safe relatively recent: Joel Klein, who joined News Corp., after a period As rector of the New York school system. Klein reported his salary includes $ 2 million to bring the company in the education sector for-profit -. The work that has probably now on the side

When the scandal broke in the UK, Klein was with Murdoch at a conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. And Murdoch was a great fixer. Klein was too new for News Corp to be involved in something wrong, and also has impeccable references entities (Harvard Law US Supreme Court Law Clerk, a law firm and success). Klein served as an assistant in the White House during the Whitewater scandal of Bill Clinton, and the Attorney General of competition. Known for his ego, perseverance and integrity, Klein was in charge of Murdoch.

August 10, News Corp. has filed a complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission that included a statement of carefully selected reports at the end of World News "after allegations of hacking and phone payments police. Because of these allegations, the company is subject to various ongoing investigations by regulators in the United Kingdom and the United States and governmental authorities, including investigations to determine if similar behavior could have been place in the company's subsidiaries outside the United Kingdom. The company is cooperating with the investigation. "This statement is far less certain that the most radical statement when calling Murdoch, August 10.