'To the best of my knowledge' is doing all the heavy lifting in this quote by Peter Wright.

“While I was editor of The Mail on Sunday, to the best of my knowledge the paper did not carry out or commission, or knowingly use information derived from, phone hacking...”

https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/stories-came-from-lonely-celebs-and-hangers-on-says-former-mail-on-sunday-editor/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

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Stories came from lonely celebs and 'hangers on' says former Mail on Sunday editor

Celebs are often lonely and confide in journalists, according to former Mail on Sunday editor Peter Wright who said Prince Harry’s accusations of illegal newsgathering at the paper are false.

Press Gazette
@Caspar Of course they would plead ignorance. That is why they sit above the day to day running so they can deny their implied intentions and aslo claim innocence whilst profiting from the culture of impropriety and hacking. These desk killers think they ate above the law as they abuse the system set up to control the rest of us they pull leaver to skew the system to their benefit.