(Reuters) - A phone-hacking scandal centered on Rupert Murdoch's News Corp cost Britain's top policeman his job and renewed questions on Monday about Prime Minister David Cameron's judgment.
In another major development in a scandal that has shaken Britons' faith in the police, press and political leaders, detectives arrested Rebekah Brooks, former head of News Corp's British newspaper arm, on suspicion of intercepting communications and corruption.
The flame-haired Brooks, who once edited the News of the World tabloid, was released on bail at midnight on Sunday, about 12 hours after she went to a London police station to be arrested, her spokesman said. Brooks has denied any wrongdoing.
Analysts said the gathering pace of heads rolling had turned up the heat on Cameron and Murdoch over their handling of the scandal, with the media tycoon due to be questioned by parliament in a possible showdown on Tuesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/18/us-newscorp-hacking-idUSTRE7641IO20110718
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