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March 13 (Bloomberg) -- U.K. Attorney General Peter Goldsmith accepted an apology from Ian Blair, the country's most senior police officer, after Blair secretly taped their telephone conversation.
Goldsmith, the government's top legal adviser, and Blair, commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police, discussed the matter by telephone today. ``The attorney has accepted Sir Ian's explanation and apology,'' a spokesman for Goldsmith said in a statement. ``As far as the attorney is concerned the matter is closed.''
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10 December 2006
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Police chief unlawfully tapped
A ruling that the Metropolitan Police unlawfully tapped the phone of one of their own senior officers is "of great concern", the force's police authority said.
Calls made by Chief Superintendent Ali Dizaei, legal adviser to the National Black Police Association (NBPA) and one of Britain's most senior ethnic minority police officers, were intercepted.
The interception has been ruled unlawful by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) said they would be "urgently" examining the tribunal ruling. "The findings of unlawful action by the police service itself is of great concern," he said. "The MPA will want to be satisfied that individuals are held to account for any wrongdoing and that action is taken to prevent any recurrence of illegal interception."
The NBPA said the tapping included calls in which Mr Dizaei gave advice to black and Asian colleagues in disputes with their own forces.
It said Mr Dizaei's calls were tapped during a police investigation called Operation Helios, during which the force recorded 3,500 private calls.
According to the BBC, the tribunal ruled that there were "no lawful grounds for the private intercepts".
A spokesman for the NBPA told the BBC they would be seeking compensation for members.
A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said: "The Investigatory Powers Tribunal sat recently and we are reviewing their findings and assessing the implications."
Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights organisation Liberty, said: "Telephone tapping is a vital crime-fighting tool, but there is far too much scope for abuses within the current system. Currently police and politicians sign off intercept warrants. This is a more appropriate job for an independent judiciary."
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