An article in the Guardian reported "that paying private investigators to blag (to obtain something by dubious means) personal data, hack into mobile phone voicemail accounts, and undertake research that blurred the boundaries of legality were parts of a toolkit widely available to News of the World journalists" under former editor Andy Coulson.
In the article, a former reporter for the News of the World said,"We had someone who could do medical records. This blagger would call local general practitioners (GPs) pretending to work at an accident and emergency department saying that a patient was in a critical condition and could they read out their medical records. Most GPs would do that."
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