clarke. >> the next to testify, andy hayman. he was assistant police commissioner at the time of the first investigation into phone hacking. >> the we're extremely grateful. i wrote to you, um, on the 37th -- 27th of june asking you a series of questions about your involvement in this matter. you have not replied to this letter, so i'll take this evidence as being your reply. so we hope to cover some of the -- >> could i just clarify that, of course? this. >> yes. >> having got the letter, that gives the improsecution i just completely blanked it. that's not the case. i've spoken to your office, asked for some stays on that, i've got copies of e-mails to answer those questions, and, of course, we spoke on the phone only two weeks ago to clarify that. the last thing i asked you was are you happy we haven't corresponded, and this will be -- and you were content with that. >> yes. that's exactly what i said. in a shorter version. [laughter] >> just wanted to clarify that. >> we accepted that, but could i start because i know member

names andy hayman two senior people involved in this whole fine cracking case. at least potentially anyway corrupt police officers that paul condon was trying to get rid of now it seems that we've got a kind of culture of impunity in scotland yard and combine this with the really criminal activities news international this is absolutely astounding and this is what this judicial inquiry is going to have to dig out and the sooner the better indeed a very murky indeed if you say a culture of impunity let's start our attention to another high profile case to do with the disclosure of information of course the extradition of the wiki leaks founder julian assange what's your take on the sex assault charges filed against him in sweden of energy. well let's not forget that actually asserted it still hasn't been properly charged with any crime in sweden this is the crazy thing about this entire case they want to extradite him for questioning but he hasn't been properly charged and it seems that the european arrest warrant has been used for this is really the kind of thin

this is andy hayman. he found themselves in the headlines of the alleged relationship. the solicitor lead and at the forefront of the hacking store wrote to the home affairs committee last year. mark lewis wrote, "he had reason to fear -- john jens said -- yates said -- police officers from other units were leaking information in connection with the diamond heist. the remains unconfirmed. even terror investigations had deep pockets. >> tabloids had open checkbooks. they were offering big money. >> how much? >> it was six figures. >> 100,000 pounds plus. with the sounds, it is logical to assume that other revelations will emerge. >> with this now is the former metropolitan police commander who headed up the special branch protection squad and was in charge of national security vetting. are you surprised that an officer was apparently willing to enter into negotiations to sell a royal telephone book? >> i am devastated that such an allegation has been made. royalty protection officers are at the highest levels of integrity. for this to happen is a bad day. >> this was pre

the conduct of two former senior officers understood to be andy hayman and peter clark and their rolein past hacking investigations. the mayor of london said that two top officers resignations have been inevitable. >> there is absolutely nothing that has been proven against the probety or the professionalism of either man. while in both cases we have to recognize that the nexus of questions about the relationship between the met and "the news of the world" was likely to be distracting to both officers in the run-up to the olympic games. >> two chiefs gone in two days. the met is in turmoil tonight. some inside the organization and others who recently left this, is an opportunity to break the ties with the murdoch press. yates has had his critics angry about his closeness to "news international" people and the new broom can't be vigorous enough. >> i'm sure there are very good and very honest officers within the met to the highest level that wanted to see this cleared out and wanted to get rid of those people who they thought perhaps were too close to the press. >> it seems for the pol

. >> is a former assistant commissioner andy hayman who head of the first inquiry into thousand six into phone hacking. which didn't get far. he sent himself and headlines though of an alleged relationship. >> mark lewis wrote mr. haim had reason to fear that he was a target in the "news of the world." it became public knowledge that throughout the period of the investigation and into voice mail hacking mr. haim was involved in a controversial relationship with a woman who worked for the independent police complaints to mission. the same of course is also true of john yates who was involved in a controversial relationship. >> john yates said at the time these are disgraceful allegations made under parliamentary privilege. they are not too. mr. hayman didn't respond to our questions. >> police officers from other units were leaking information, too, in connection with its diamond price, though it remains unconfirmed. even terror investigations -- >> they said open checkbooks and they were offering very, very good money. i can tell you it was six figures. >> 100,000 pounds plus with these

andy haimon, responsible for the initial failed investigation into phone hacking, they asked him had he ever received payments and this was his answer. >> good god, absolutely not. i can't believe you suggested that. >> reporter: after haymaned in 2007 he became and remains a paid columnist for "news international" and parliament brushed off suggestions the job was in effect a payoff. a poll for "the sunday mirror" and "the independent" sound 63% of respondents said they trust the police less as a result of these allegations. now one of the things lawmakers will really be focusing on is the relationship between senior police officials and "news of the world" executives, specifically neil wallace, former deputy editor of "news of the world" apparently he was paid by police to be a communications consultant for about a year, and there are also allegations senior officials were being wined and dined by "news of the world" even as news international was under investigation so all of the details will be scrutinized by lawmakers, manisha. >> it's pretty murky out there, going to be a very important testimony that we'll see today. atika thank you for putting us in the picture. >> let's see how this is affecting markets here in eu