Whittamore was at the heart of a network of corrupt officials and "blaggers" responsible for obtaining information such as ex-directory phone numbers, car registrations and criminal records.
Paperwork seen by the Guardian reveals that they paid a Hampshire private investigator, Steve Whittamore, to obtain home addresses and, where necessary, ex-directory phone numbers for any families called Dowler in the Walton area.
This included 23 illegal searches of the DVLA for the details behind car number plates; two illegal searches of police databases for criminal records; five illegal searches of phone company records to convert a mobile number into a private address; and three requests for illegal access to records of ex-directory phone numbers.
"Even if it was just a car crash or a house fire on a Saturday, they'd call Glenn, and he'd come back with ex-directory phone numbers, the BT list of friends and family and their addresses, lists of numbers called from their mobile phones.
The trend for how we search for restaurants has shifted from directories (phone books) to guides (ratings) to people influencing our decisions.
Review online directories, phone books and public fliers looking for farms offering food for sale, and local butcher shops, bakeries and other food suppliers.
Mr. Thurman, a lighting designer, looked up Ms. Glover on Switchboard.com, a national directory of phone numbers and e-mail addresses that anyone may use.
It's hard to say, since Cellura couldn't be found through the company directory or phone listings.
Opening his directory of phone-booth numbers, Kuleshov hurriedly dialled a telephone on the steps at the entrance to the Sokolniki metro station.
You can also check old city directories (reverse phone books that list the homes by address), county histories, vital statistics, and census records.
