Sir Irvine subsequently apologised, saying that he had passed on information from police that was "inaccurate, misleading and plain wrong", for which he was "deeply and sincerely sorry".

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"Les Hinton was complicit in the coverup at News International, which included making misleading statements and giving a misleading picture to this Committee, " the report said.

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Goldman is accused of misleading investors because it allegedly didn't let investors know that a hedge fund which was betting that sub-prime mortgages would fall in value was helping to pick the securities that made up the portfolio.

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The law, which was overwhelmingly passed by Congress last year, makes it a crime to send junk e-mail using misleading subject lines or false return addresses.

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