Sir Ian Blair secretly taped phone calls

"LONDON (Reuters) - Police chief Ian Blair secretly recorded a telephone conversation with the government's top legal adviser, his office said on Monday. A Scotland Yard spokesman said Blair, Britain's most senior policeman, taped a call from Attorney General Peter Goldsmith last September. Goldsmith was reported to be "rather cross" and "somewhat disappointed", according to a report on the BBC News Web site. No one at his office could be reached for comment. Blair is already under pressure over the fatal police shooting of a Brazilian mistaken for a suicide bomber after the bombings in London last July. The police spokesman said Blair also taped calls with members of the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), a government-funded watchdog investigating Blair's conduct after the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. "We can confirm that a conversation was recorded with the attorney general," police said in a statement. "Three conversations with senior IPCC personnel were recorded during the inquiry (into the Brazilian's death)"

Is this why the latest de Menezes story was leaked ?

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