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British police make new phone hacking arrest

Jan 07, 2012 01:24

(AP) LONDON - British police investigating tabloid phone hacking have arrested a long-serving former assistant to ex-News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks and other executives at Rupert Murdoch's News International group ( Read more... )

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atomic_joe2 January 7 2012, 11:47:45 UTC

Feels like they're slowly inching closer to the head honchos in this case. The police of course have a lot to prove after it seems they were at least partly corrupted by their relationship with News International.

I can't believe it was just the NOTW involved in hacking either.

myrana January 7 2012, 16:30:32 UTC

I'm glad they're still moving forward with this, albeit slowly.

And I'm looking forward to the Leveson Inquiry resuming on Monday as well - they're calling Dominic Mohan and Kelvin MacKenzie (current and former editors of The Sun).

ditdatdo January 7 2012, 16:47:49 UTC

Kelvin MacKenzie? Oh dear god. *steels self*

myrana January 7 2012, 16:50:41 UTC

Haha, exactly! Here's hoping he manages to make himself look ridiculous during questioning...