Ex-Murdoch aide Rebekah Brooks arrested in London
By Associated Press
Jul 17, 2011 8:38 AM CDT
Newspapers are opened to show the advertisement apology for News International and photographed at a news vendor in central London, Saturday, July 16, 2011. News Corporation chairman Rupert Murdoch signed the company advert entitled "We are sorry", which is published in British national newspapers...   (Associated Press)

Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch's former British CEO, says she is "assisting the police with their inquiries" after being arrested in the British phone hacking and police bribery scandal.

Brooks, 43, was arrested at a London police station at noon Sunday by appointment. She is being questioned on suspicion of conspiring to intercept communications _ phone hacking _ and on suspicion of corruption, which relates to bribing police for information.

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