Rebekah Brooks released on bail until October 2011. On 13 March 2012, Brooks was rearrested, together with her husband, on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Ninety people have been arrested in conjunction with illegal acquisition of confidential information since police renewed investigations in 2011, many of them employees or agents of newspapers for which Brooks had responsibilities. Sixteen have been formally charged with crimes. On 15 May 2012, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charged Brooks and five others with conspiring to pervert the course of justice. Charged along with Brooks regarding removal of documents and computers to conceal
The Sun (United Kingdom) were held on suspicion of corruption. Police also searched the offices of News International, the publishers of "The Sun", as part of a continuing investigation into the "News of the World" scandal. On 11 February 2012, five senior journalists at "The Sun" were arrested, including the deputy editor, as part of Operation Elveden (the investigation into payments to UK public servants). Coinciding with a visit to "The Sun" newsroom on 17 February 2012, Murdoch announced via an email that the arrested journalists, who had been suspended, would return to work as nothing had been proved against them. He also told