<html><head><base href="data:"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Segoe; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/13/phone-hacking-newspapers">http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/13/phone-hacking-newspapers</a><div style="font-family: Segoe; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="font-family: Segoe; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br></div><div style="font-family: Segoe; font-size: 13px; color: black; text-align: left; "><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; ">My position is clear: a robust attitude needs to be taken to any unauthorised interception and investigations should not be inhibited by a narrow approach to the provisions in issue. The approach I have taken is therefore to advise the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/police" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Police" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(0, 86, 137); text-decoration: none; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">police</a> and CPS prosecutors to assume that the provisions of Ripa mean that an offence may be committed if a communication is intercepted or looked into after it has been accessed by the intended recipient.</span></blockquote></div></body></html>