For those not aware, the infamous Hutton Inquiry was a supposedly independent report commissioned by the Labour government in Britain over the circumstances surrounding the death of David Kelly, a former UN weapons inspector in Iraq and biological warfare expert, in July of ...read more
Rebekah Brooks, the former head of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper wing and a key figure in the phone hacking crisis, is to face criminal charges over the scandal, it was announced Tuesday. The Crown Prosecution Service said that Brooks "conspired with her husband, Charles ...read more
British police made six arrests early Tuesday in the British media's phone hacking scandal, including Rebekah Brooks, the former top executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International, The Associated Press has learned. Police did not identify those arrested, but a person who had ...read more
The scandal that knows no end just keeps getting worse and worse. This time, the ramifications will be devastating. From the Guardian: Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was abducted and murdered in July 2000, has been told by Scotland Yard that they have found ...read more
Two key quotes from Rupert Murdoch and his son James Murdoch during the parliamentary hearing in the UK today (transcript via the Guardian): Rupert Murdoch: I didn't know of it [paying police bribes]. I'm sorry... if I can just say something. And this is not as an excuse - ...read more
While the Murdochs scramble to contain the disaster over the phone hacking scandal, elements out of their control continue to escalate to the point of no return. Over the weekend, former executive of News International Rebekah Brooks was formerly arrested on suspicion of ...read more
Image by HowardLake Succumbing to enormous public pressure, Rebekah Brooks has finally resigned from News Corp. From the Telegraph: Mrs Brooks, 43, was editor of the News of the World at the time that the phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler was allegedly hacked on behalf ...read more
