They therefore suggested the groundwork for the possible dismissal of certain RICO cases on a free-speech basis, should such cases come along.

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It therefore suggested that News International's official position at the time, to the effect that hacking was confined to the activities of one reporter, Clive Goodman - the former News of the World royal editor, jailed for hacking in 2007 - may not have been true.

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The problem therefore lay with the code itself, he suggested.

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Several administration officials said earlier Tuesday that Obama's letter suggested that Russia could have a role in reducing Iran's nuclear threat, and therefore could dissuade the United States from going forward with its plans to establish a missile base in Poland and a radar facility in the Czech Republic.

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