Rebekah Brooks ‘was lent a police force’
‘It’s common for creaky old police resources to be loaned out to anyone who will look after them properly. I had no concerns that editors of the News of the World would see the force go short of anything.’
‘It’s common for creaky old police resources to be loaned out to anyone who will look after them properly. I had no concerns that editors of the News of the World would see the force go short of anything.’

MPs say they have no plans to call Piers Morgan for questioning over the alleged hacking of Heather Mills’ phone while they struggle to decide which of the bare-faced whopper-mongers they should believe.
Rebekah Brooks wrong-footed the Commons Media Committee today by claiming that her actions during her reign of terror within NewsCorp were required to bring balance to life itself.
Posted: Jul 20th, 2011
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Rupert Murdoch insisted he could not recall being attacked yesterday afternoon by a man in a checked shirt wielding a paper plate loaded with shaving foam. ‘A paper what?’ he asked reporters after leaving the Select Committee room. ‘Don’t know anything about that.’
Posted: Jul 20th, 2011
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‘It is totally inconceivable that I could have known anything about my resignation,’ said Ms Brooks. ‘Clearly I cannot be held responsible for any decision to resign because when I made it I was only in charge, and anyway I was probably on holiday at the time.’