Cameron Confidantes

The lead article in today’s New York Times, “Tabloid Uproar Forces Cameron to Shorten Trip,” makes me think back about the days of Watergate in the United States when noone thought that the break-in into the Democratic National Committee would result in the fall of a President. So, too, the furor surrounding the News of the World has continued to grow as new revelations and resignations seem to come on an almost daily basis. The latest resignation of John Yates, the number two official at Scotland Yard, comes just after the head of that police bureau, Sir John Stephenson, resigned as well.

Now, with Prime Minister David Cameron rushing back to Great Britain, cutting short a foreign trip, one wonders if the scandal will reach all the way to the top in that nation as well. The head officials at Scotland Yard confessed to no wrongdoing but resigned because of their cozy relationships with editors at the scandalous tabloid, News of the World, with the implication that the Prime Minister’s cozy relationships may be a cause for resignation as well. Mr. Cameron met frequently with the head of News International, Rebekah Brooks, who has been arrested, and he even appointed a News of the World editor, Andy Coulson, as his communications director.