Who Would Hack a Murdered Girl?

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch can be a loyal boss to favored lieutenants. And few have been more favored than Rebekah Brooks. The 43-year-old has risen at dazzling speed through the Murdoch editorial hierarchy, editing two of his national papers before her appointment in 2009 as chief executive of his U.K. operation, News International. Famous for her charm (as well as a head of flaming-red hair), Brooks is said to be a close Murdoch family friend as well as a trusted subordinate.
But loyalty must have its limits. Over the past five years, News International has battled to contain a phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World, its muckraking Sunday tabloid, and Murdoch enemies have yearned to find clear evidence implicating Brooks. Now they smell blood. According to allegations in today’s press, a private investigator working for the paper tapped into the cellphone of 13-year-old murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler after her abduction back in 2002. The paper’s editor at the time: Rebekah Brooks.
Carl Bernstein, Cheat Sheet