Comments on: Rebekah Brooks arrested http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 08:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164549 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164549 I'm getting a little annoyed at this "nibble from the bottom" approach to this issue. What criteria need to be met for Rupert to have his US citizenship revoked, and/or have a corporate charter dissolved? I’m getting a little annoyed at this “nibble from the bottom” approach to this issue. What criteria need to be met for Rupert to have his US citizenship revoked, and/or have a corporate charter dissolved?

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164550 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164550 "I'm getting a little annoyed at this "nibble from the bottom" approach to this issue." This is the only way for little fish to eat big fish. You can't revoke US citizenship and dissolving a corporate charter is next to impossible. What *can* happen though is for advertisers to flee a sinking ship. People do know that while Murdoch is the chief owner, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is number two, right? “I’m getting a little annoyed at this “nibble from the bottom” approach to this issue.”

This is the only way for little fish to eat big fish.

You can’t revoke US citizenship and dissolving a corporate charter is next to impossible. What *can* happen though is for advertisers to flee a sinking ship. People do know that while Murdoch is the chief owner, Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is number two, right?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164552 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164552 you misunderstand. news of the world are the victims of this terrible hacking scandal. http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/the-most-incredible-thing-fox-news-has-ever-done/242037/ you misunderstand. news of the world are the victims of this terrible hacking scandal.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/the-most-incredible-thing-fox-news-has-ever-done/242037/

]]> By: Martin J http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164566 Martin J Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164566 daddy murdoch is not going to be in a job either by the end of the week. He'll most likely sand down/retire after the being in the house of commons to take the heat with him as he leaves. Leaving his sleazebag son and daughter to carry on regardless. daddy murdoch is not going to be in a job either by the end of the week.

He’ll most likely sand down/retire after the being in the house of commons to take the heat with him as he leaves. Leaving his sleazebag son and daughter to carry on regardless.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164572 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164572 <i>You can't revoke US citizenship</i> It's my understanding that naturalized citizens, such as Rupert, can have their citizenship revoked. Do you have any information to the contrary, or are you simply misinformed? I don't care if you think dissolving a charter is "next to impossible," my question is asking about the parts you're weaseling around. You know, the stuff covered up by "next to." You can’t revoke US citizenship

It’s my understanding that naturalized citizens, such as Rupert, can have their citizenship revoked. Do you have any information to the contrary, or are you simply misinformed?

I don’t care if you think dissolving a charter is “next to impossible,” my question is asking about the parts you’re weaseling around. You know, the stuff covered up by “next to.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164832 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164832 Here's something Happy out of Britain to take the sting away: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1c2OfAzDTI Here’s something Happy out of Britain to take the sting away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1c2OfAzDTI

]]> By: subhan http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164591 subhan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164591 Naturalized citizens can be denaturalized: http://www.newcitizen.us/losing.html Naturalized citizens can be denaturalized:
http://www.newcitizen.us/losing.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164613 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164613 reschedule the grilling? reschedule the grilling?

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164615 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164615 Sorry Rebekah, here comes the bus, and you're going to be on...errr...under it. Sorry Rebekah, here comes the bus, and you’re going to be on…errr…under it.

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164889 Kimmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164889 Who's going to investigate the government and police? <blockquote>Maybe there's something nefarious, but it could just be people don't talk to each other. That would be an accurate description of the way 'the government' works over on this side of the ocean. I'd be surprised if it were to the contrary.</blockquote> Oh, ye of too much faith... you're half the fucking problem. Who’s going to investigate the government and police?

Maybe there’s something nefarious, but it could just be people don’t talk to each other. That would be an accurate description of the way ‘the government’ works over on this side of the ocean. I’d be surprised if it were to the contrary.

Oh, ye of too much faith… you’re half the fucking problem.

]]> By: Avram / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164904 Avram / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164904 Someone on one of the sources I read (I forget which) suggested that the cops might have arrested her so they can get some testimony which won't be tainted by her appearance before Parliament, to be used in eventual prosecution. Someone on one of the sources I read (I forget which) suggested that the cops might have arrested her so they can get some testimony which won’t be tainted by her appearance before Parliament, to be used in eventual prosecution.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1165161 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1165161 I suspect that the police arresting her was an attempt to prevent her from testifying about bribes given to the police. I suspect that the police arresting her was an attempt to prevent her from testifying about bribes given to the police.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164652 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164652 Nah, scuttlebutt is that this will allow her to plead silence in front of Parliament this week. Couple that with the Murdoch's playing dumb and you have the beginnings of a fix. Nah, scuttlebutt is that this will allow her to plead silence in front of Parliament this week. Couple that with the Murdoch’s playing dumb and you have the beginnings of a fix.

]]> By: cratermoon http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164659 cratermoon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164659 Sir Paul Stephenson, head of Scotland Yard, resigns. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14180043 Sir Paul Stephenson, head of Scotland Yard, resigns.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14180043

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164920 Kimmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164920 Sounds like a pretty optimistic suggestion, given the revelations so far... the British police are hopelessly compromised to all appearances. Not only must propriety be observed, but it must be seen to be observed... remember that one? Those were the days... Sounds like a pretty optimistic suggestion, given the revelations so far… the British police are hopelessly compromised to all appearances.

Not only must propriety be observed, but it must be seen to be observed… remember that one? Those were the days…

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164691 EH Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164691 No doubt timed to provide cover for the obvious impropriety of the Brooks arrest. No doubt timed to provide cover for the obvious impropriety of the Brooks arrest.

]]> By: Richard http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164697 Richard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164697 Exactly, this was a move by the police to cover up their tracks in this: <I>Her lawyers are currently in discussion with the committee about whether she should attend. Wilson said: "It's left Rebekah in a very difficult position and has left the committee in a very difficult position".</I> http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/17/rebekah-brooks-arrested-phone-hacking-allegations Stain From Tabloids Rubs Off on a Cozy Scotland Yard http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/world/europe/17police.html Exactly, this was a move by the police to cover up their tracks in this:

Her lawyers are currently in discussion with the committee about whether she should attend. Wilson said: “It’s left Rebekah in a very difficult position and has left the committee in a very difficult position”.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/jul/17/rebekah-brooks-arrested-phone-hacking-allegations

Stain From Tabloids Rubs Off on a Cozy Scotland Yard
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/world/europe/17police.html

]]> By: knoxblox http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164698 knoxblox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164698 Still, I wonder if this is the same way it would play out if a small business was caught in some wrongdoing? At what level do the classified ads start to read (between the lines): "Professional Fall Guy Needed to Take a Dive in Cases of Corporate Malfeasance - Excellent Severance Package in Exchange for Your Silence"? Still, I wonder if this is the same way it would play out if a small business was caught in some wrongdoing?

At what level do the classified ads start to read (between the lines): “Professional Fall Guy Needed to Take a Dive in Cases of Corporate Malfeasance – Excellent Severance Package in Exchange for Your Silence”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164727 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164727 She's certainly available to appear on Tuesday as schedule, no doubt she'll be released on bail by then (if she isn't already as of writing). But the arrest gives her a potential way out of having to make sensible statements then "due to the ongoing police investigation" or something to such an effect. Over here on this side of the pond, this arrest on a sunday - when the police isn't exactly doing a lot of work anyway - is regarded as, shall we say, peculiar. She’s certainly available to appear on Tuesday as schedule, no doubt she’ll be released on bail by then (if she isn’t already as of writing). But the arrest gives her a potential way out of having to make sensible statements then “due to the ongoing police investigation” or something to such an effect. Over here on this side of the pond, this arrest on a sunday – when the police isn’t exactly doing a lot of work anyway – is regarded as, shall we say, peculiar.

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164517 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164517 I wonder if this is still "with the full support" of Murdoch ? I wonder if this is still “with the full support” of Murdoch ?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164519 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164519 Did I miss something? What's this 'scandal' all about? Did I miss something? What’s this ‘scandal’ all about?

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164522 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164522 Ya can't trust a ginger. Ya can’t trust a ginger.

]]> By: ScottTFrazer http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164778 ScottTFrazer Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164778 Look, I didn't like that whole "Friday, Friday" song either, and I was little worried about what the follow up would be, but was that any reason to throw the poor girl in jail? she's not even 16 for crissakes. Look, I didn’t like that whole “Friday, Friday” song either, and I was little worried about what the follow up would be, but was that any reason to throw the poor girl in jail? she’s not even 16 for crissakes.

]]> By: mudpup http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164525 mudpup Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164525 This move will limit what questions Parliament can ask and what she can answer when she appears there Tuesday. Was this a move to limit her testimony. This move will limit what questions Parliament can ask and what she can answer when she appears there Tuesday. Was this a move to limit her testimony.

]]> By: StPPP http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1166062 StPPP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1166062 Prejudice... You need to watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw Enjoy Prejudice… You need to watch this… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVN_0qvuhhw Enjoy

]]> By: bkad http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164527 bkad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164527 Maybe there's something nefarious, but it could just be people don't talk to each other. That would be an accurate description of the way 'the government' works over on this side of the ocean. I'd be surprised if it were to the contrary. Maybe there’s something nefarious, but it could just be people don’t talk to each other. That would be an accurate description of the way ‘the government’ works over on this side of the ocean. I’d be surprised if it were to the contrary.

]]> By: trondmm http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164530 trondmm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164530 If she has to go to jail, will she still have time to star in Pixar's Brave? If she has to go to jail, will she still have time to star in Pixar’s Brave?

]]> By: ocschwar http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164539 ocschwar Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164539 Everyone, remember that under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, every wrongful act committed in Britain is also a violation of American law, because NewsCorps is a US chartered company. Write your congressman to insist these acts be prosecuted in the US too. Everyone, remember that under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, every wrongful act committed in Britain is also a violation of American law, because NewsCorps is a US chartered company.

Write your congressman to insist these acts be prosecuted in the US too.

]]> By: fraac http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164542 fraac Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164542 Murdoch will hang her out to dry and she'll be all like "Wtf? But you were my faux daddy!" And he'll be "You ain't blood, baby. It's jus' bidness." Murdoch will hang her out to dry and she’ll be all like “Wtf? But you were my faux daddy!” And he’ll be “You ain’t blood, baby. It’s jus’ bidness.”

]]> By: DeWynken http://boingboing.net/2011/07/17/rebekah-brooks-arres.html#comment-1164543 DeWynken Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1164543 ...and it begins http://vimeo.com/11219730 (M.I.A. Born Free) I wonder if they'll waterboard her. …and it begins http://vimeo.com/11219730
(M.I.A. Born Free)

I wonder if they’ll waterboard her.

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