When he appeared before an angry home affairs select committee last week, John Yates admitted that his decision not to reopen the phone-hacking investigation two years ago had been, in his own words, a poor one.
Now the Metropolitan police has reopened the phone-hacking investigation based on new evidence provided by whom?
The former News of the World deputy editor also had close contact with then assistant commissioner John Yates, who also resigned after criticism of his links to the newspaper and the decision not to reopen the inquiry into phone hacking.
In addition, a counter-terrorism officer, Detective Chief Inspector April Casburn, is accused of leaking information to the News of the World about the police inquiry into whether to reopen the investigation into phone hacking in 2010.
It also confirms my view, expressed in 2009, that the refusal of Met police assistant commissioner, John Yates, to reopen the case into phone hacking, supported by then director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer, was completely wrong.
From October 2009 to September 2010, Wallis's part-time work at the Met involved strategic communications, advising the commissioner and assistant commissioner, John Yates, as the force said there was no need to reopen the investigation into phone hacking at the News of the World.
Just three months before Mr. Wallis was hired, Mr. Yates had decided not to reopen the police inquiry into phone hacking by The News of the World.
Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner John Yates has expressed his "extreme regret" for the decision not to reopen the police investigation into phone hacking two years ago.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Friday that it would reopen the investigation into allegations of phone hacking by the newspaper The News of the World.
