Former Murdoch Editor Is Said to Be Arrested - NYTimes.com
Former Murdoch Editor Is Said to Be Arrested - NYTimes.com LONDON — Rebekah Brooks , the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News International, was arrested early Tuesday on suspicion of obstruction of justice, according to a person with knowledge of the arrests. Her husband, Charlie, a decades-long friend of Prime Minister David Cameron from their days at Eton, was also arrested, the person said. Enlarge This Image Leon Neal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, in 2011. In a statement, the police said that a total of six people in and outside of London had been arrested on Tuesday as part of Operation Weeting, the criminal investigation into phone hacking and other illegal activities at the News of the World and other newspapers. Following standard procedure, police did not name the suspects, but said that they had been arrested between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. and were being interroga...