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The High Court is reflected in the car window of Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, as she arrives to give evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics in London on May 11, 2012.

All eyes on court as Murdoch confidante Rebekah Brooks lays bare ties to UK elite

The Leveson Inquiry's lead lawyer, Robert Jay, cut straight to the chase as Brooks began her day-long testimony, pressing her for names of politicians who had expressed their sympathy when she was caught up in the hacking storm in July 2011. At first Brooks sought to evade the question, but eventually said:

"I received some indirect messages from Number 10, Number 11, the Home Office, the Foreign Office." Numbers 10 and 11 Downing Street are the prime minister's and finance minister's offices respectively. Read the full story .

Leave it to the Brits to twist a phone hacking scandal into an inquest into who some tart was connected to in the government. Ah well, they've been nervous ever since Christine Keeler.

#1 - Fri May 11, 2012 7:52 AM EDT

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