What did Jack Straw know?

The line that the BBC are pushing this morning is that:

"Ministry of Justice officials were told on 14 December about allegations that Labour MP Sadiq Khan had been bugged, an internal investigation has revealed.

They and Justice Secretary Jack Straw's special adviser were told of press interest - but Mr Straw was not told.

He was only informed there was a story about Mr Khan and Woodhill Prison, and assumed it was a political smear...

BBC political editor Nick Robinson said Mr Straw was not told about the allegations that conversations between Mr Khan and Babar Ahmad had been bugged."


Very strange indeed:

1) officials from Jack Straw's department were told about allegations that Sadiq Khan had been bugged

2) officials from Jack Straw's department and Jack Straw's special advisor were told of press interest

3) Jack Straw was only told that there was a story about Mr Khan and Woodhill Prison and he assumed that was a smear


Does this ring true? Will everyone involved (and I include the BBC) hold this line? Are there more revelations about Gordon Brown's knowledge of this matter to leak out today? What will the next development be? Has David Cameron got a surprise up his sleeve for PMQs at noon?