Former News of the World Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks testified at a hearing on the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper. In this portion of the investigation, Ms. Brooks was asked questions about her career and her relationships with former Prime Ministers Brown and Blair and Rupert and James Murdoch.
Prime Minister David Cameron appointed Lord Justice Leveson on July 13, 2011, to investigate the role of the press and police in the phone-hacking scandal surrounding the defunct British newspaper News of the World. The hearings were divided into four modules, or phases: 1) the relationship between the press and the public, and phone-hacking and other potentially illegal acts 2) relationships between the press and police 3) the relationship between press and politicians 4) recommendations for improved policy and regulation.