A former British army intelligence officer at the centre of the latest phone hacking allegations has accused London's Metropolitan police force of trying to sweep his case under the carpet after it was alleged that in 2006 his computer was hacked by the News of the World to gain information from his email accounts. Ian Hurst has put the Metropolitan police force under severe pressure by labelling the organization 'corrupt.' The force has been struggling to deal with the widespread phone hacking scandal and has lost its two most senior police officers because of it. The allegations from Ian Hurst date back to 2006 and the former military intelligence officer is angry that it has taken so long for the police to act. Hurst has claimed that the slow response time is a further example of the corruption at the highest level. He has also claimed that a private investigator working for the News of the World admitted to using a 'Trojan Virus' to gain access to his emails and social media activity. "It's incredibly important that we understand the rationale for the decisions to effectively sweep this under the carpet," the ex-Army intelligence officer told Sky News. Read more: http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/1901...urdoch-rupert-murdoch-sky-news-ira-ian-hu.htm