A prominent CNN host may well be connected to the phone hacking scandal unfolding in the United Kingdom.

Piers Morgan, host of  on Piers Morgan Tonight, was hired by CNN in January 2011 to fill the timeslot previously held by Larry King, who retired.

Morgan was editor of News of the World — the now-defunct paper at the center of the scandal — from 1994 to 1996. And it has been claimed that Morgan condoned hacking during his time at the Daily Mirror. From Reuters:

“James ‘Scottie’ Scott, the Daily Mirror’s showbiz reporter at the time, was listening into (English TV star) Ulrika Jonsson’s voicemails when he was flummoxed by messages in her native Swedish,” Fawkes wrote.

“Morgan decided to let ’3AM Girl’ Jessica Callan break the illegally obtained story under her byline in order to try and rid the column of its banal reputation.”

And Morgan, who wrote a book entitled The Insider, may have even admitted to the hacking. Reuters reports that in the book Morgan talks about a “little trick” that “sounds a whole lot like hacking”.

And now, Reuters reports, members of British parliament say Morgan should face questioning over his connection both to News of the World and the Daily Mirror hacking incident.

No doubt the same left-wing members of our Congress who have gone on a witch-hunt against Fox News will demand that Piers Morgan face questioning, too. The fact he’s a liberal who previously called George W. Bush an “idiot” doesn’t grant him immunity from questioning. Right?

Update: From Morgan’s book:

“Apparently if you don’t change the standard security code that every phone comes with, then anyone can call your number and, if you don’t answer, tap in the standard four digit code to hear all your messages. I’ll change mine just in case, but it makes me wonder how many public figures and celebrities are aware of this little trick.”

Now go back to the allegation about the Daily Mirror incident. He’s describing how the hacking incident was pulled off.