It has emerged that the company run by David Cameron’s American crime csar, Bill Bratton, is mired in a British court case accused of illegal bugging and hacking. Bill Bratton, a former chief of the LA Police Department is chairman of the private detective agency, Kroll. In June this year, Kroll were accused in court papers by Dr. Martin Coward, a leading city investment manager, of planting covert surveillance devices in his house in Steyning, West Sussex.
Coward claims that Kroll agents illegally broke into his property last December and hid bugs and video cameras in the kitchen and in the fireplace of his study as well as a GPS tracking device in his car. Following the hacking allegations against Andy Coulson, these accusations involving David Cameron’s latest appointment will raise new doubts about the prime minister’s judgement.
In a move reminiscent of the approach to Andy Coulson’s appointment, no one in Number Ten seems to have completed even a cursory background check on Bratton and Kroll. Kroll’s position in such a high profile court case raises questions on whether Bratton can continue to advise the prime minister on law and order issues while his company is in the dock accused of serious criminality. This is not the first time that Kroll has found itself in court.
In 2004, five senior Kroll executives in Brazil were arrested for illegal surveillance of a Brazillian subsidiary of Telecom Italia on behalf of Brasil Telecom. The targets were alleged to have included advisers to President Lula and prompted the then Italian foreign minister, Franco Frattini, to raise the issue at the highest levels with the Brazillian government.
http://labour-uncut.co.uk/2011/08/19/revealed-cameron-supercops-company-mired-in-bugging-and-hacking-allegations/
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