first to blow the whistle on the aed knowledge of the phone hacking that went on was found dead. police will not say that the body found was that of him, pending a formal identification. but there are already tributes to him on twitter tonight and the body was found in his apartment. police are saying that they are treating the death as sudden. at this point, not suspicious. as an investigation begins. today, scotland yard number two was forced to resign. the latest casualty of the phone hacking scandal. this less than 24 hours after the commissioner himself stepped down. both claim their integrity is intact. but say staying on would be distraction amidst intense media coverage of the role police may have played here by not thoroughly investigating the news of the world hack the first time around a few years back and hiring news of the world editor now under arrest as p.r. consultant. rebekah brooks who le signed as the head of rupert murdock s empire friday was arrested by police
to him on twitter tonight and the body was found in his apartment. police are saying that they are treating the death as sudden. at this point, not suspicious. as an investigation begins. today, scotland yard number two was forced to resign. the latest casualty of the phone hacking scandal. this less than 24 hours after the commissioner himself stepped down. both claim their integrity is intact. but say staying on would be distraction amidst intense media coverage of the role police may have played here by not thoroughly investigating the news of the world hack the first time around a few years back and hiring news of the world editor now under arrest as p.r. consultant. rebekah brooks who le signed as the head of rupert murdock s empire friday was arrested by police sunday after she voluntarily gone in for questioning. she was released on bail. her lawyers say they now want answers about her arrest.