Rebekah Brooks to be charged with perverting the course of justice

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-charged-perverting-course-justice
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Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, is to be charged with perverting the course of justice, the Crown Prosecution Service said on Tuesday.

She faces three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice including the alleged removal of seven cases of material from the archive of News International and the alleged concealment of documents and computers from officers investigating phone hacking.

Her husband, Charlie Brooks, the racehorse trainer and friend of the prime minister, is also to be charged, the CPS announced.

Rebekah Brooks's former PA Cheryl Carter, News International's head of security, Mark Hanna, News International chauffeur Paul Edwards and security consultant Daryl Jorsling have also been told they will face charges, the CPS confirmed. One other person who was arrested, who has not been named, will not face charges.
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Lots of folks are going down with Rupert!

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1. David Cameron, Rebekah Brooks and the hazards of political friendships

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/david-cameron-rebekah-brooks-hazards
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The decision of the Crown Prosecution Service to charge Rebekah Brooks came early during a cabinet meeting, and will have sent an unwelcome chill through the room.

It is an occupational hazard of senior politicians that they become friends or acquaintances of individuals who attract the interest of law enforcers. Of course, these are only allegations at the moment, but sometimes the mud sticks and questions of judgment grow, sometimes not.

Brooks, the former News International chief executive – who has condemned the decision to charge her with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice as "weak and unjust" – was a ferocious networker. She was on close terms with many Labour politicians, notably Tony Blair and Sarah Brown. But when the music stopped her closest political friendship was with David Cameron. Cameron has now discovered that the allegations of wrongdoing by senior figures at News International are not just being taken seriously by Guardian conspiracy theorists, but also by the most senior figures in the legal profession.

The intimacy between Brooks and Cameron stretches back many years, and the bond doubtless has been strengthened by country sports, point-to-points and the whole Chipping Norton set.

In the past six years they have met 22 times on semi-official business, including in Greece and at New Year's Eve parties. In opposition, as he courted the support of the Sun newspaper and the Times, they met no fewer than 13 times.
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Cameron must be scared shitless by now

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2. wonder how that 'american investigation' of murdoch is going?

i imagine congress will squash the shit out of it.

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3. I doubt

that they would ever go to trial in this country. If percahnce they were found guilty, the verdict would be contested in the court system until it would be thrown out.

Right-wing activist judges, especially the SCOTUS, are dismantling our country to the thunderous applause of the conservative populace while democrats cower. The 1% own two parties and the 99% own none. How can a free nation be so blatantly ignorant?

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4. They are brainwashed from cradle to grave

it's more surprising that despite everything roughly 50% still haven't totally bought into it.

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5. I heard Howie Dean on Ed Shultz earlier tonight

and he threw a nice punch at Fox about the criminal goings on in England.

Meanwhile, don't you love the breath-taking arrogance of Rebekah Brooks
Rebekah Brooks defiant over charges relating to phone-hacking 'cover-up'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/may/15/rebekah-brooks-defiant-phone-hacking
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Rebekah Brooks made a defiant attack on the "weak and unjust" decision by the prosecuting authorities to bring charges against her on Tuesday and dismissed the case as an "expensive sideshow and waste of public money".

An emotional and nervous-looking Brooks, 43, spoke out after a momentous day in the phone-hacking affair saw her facing three charges of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over allegations that she concealed "material, documents and computers" from detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World and alleged bribes to public officials by journalists at the Sun.

Looking tired, Brooks said: "Whilst I have always respected the criminal justice system, you have to question whether this decision has been made on a proper impartial assessment of the evidence. Although I understand the need for a thorough investigation, I am baffled by the decision to charge me.

"However, I cannot express my anger enough that those close to me have unfairly been dragged into this.

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6. Of course she's baffled at being charged - she skipped off scott-free before

Sun newspaper editor Rebekah Wade has been released without charge following her arrest for allegedly assaulting her EastEnders actor husband Ross Kemp.

Scotland Yard said no further action will be taken against the 37-year-old.

Ms Wade was held for eight hours after officers attended an address in south London at about 0400 GMT on Thursday, a police spokesman said.

Scotland Yard said Mr Kemp, 41, sustained a cut to the mouth but declined medical treatment.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4403026.stm

Charges are for the 'little people', apparently.

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7. LOL

Bet that wasn't covered in the Murdoch media