Soca refuses to publish names of blue-chip hackers The decision not to publish the information infuriated MPs. James Clappison, a Conservative member of the home affairs select committee, said: "I'm concerned because we need to see far more openness and transparency from Soca. I would like the public to be able to see the full extent of what seems to me to be very serious problems. During an an appearance before the home affairs select committee earlier this year, Sir Ian faced questions about a suppressed 2008 report into the activities of rogue investigators. Theresa May, the Home Secretary, last night decided to appoint Stephen Rimmer as Soca's interim chairman until it is transformed into the National Crime Agency in October. Mr Rimmer, the Home Office's director-general of crime and policing, has worked at the Home Office for almost 30 years. In 2009 he attracted controversy after he opposed an independent investigation into the News of the World phone hacking scandal. He warned Alan Johnson, the then Home Secretary, that the Metropolitan Police would "deeply resent" an investigation into its handling of the phone hacking scandal by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary. In a leaked letter he wrote to Mr Johnson's private secretary, he wrote: "My own advice remains on this remains that there are insufficient grounds to do so... and that the Met would deeply resent what they would see as 'interference' in an operational investigation." Soca's decision to maintain its opposition to publishing the names means the decision is likely to have to be made by Keith Bristow, who will be head of the National Crime Agency.