By Kevin McCauley
Andy Coulson, the former News of the World editor and PR man for U.K. prime minister David Cameron, was picked up for questioning today by Scottish police who are probing whether he lied while under oath in the phone hacking squad.
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He was arrested in London and driven under escort to Glasgow for questioning that could last for 12 hours and then either be released or charged with perjury, according to a report in the Guardian.
Coulson had denied any knowledge of the phone hacking of a Scottish politician by a private investigator employed by NOTW.
In that testimony, he rejected the idea of a “culture of phone hacking” at the NOTW. He also denied telling reporters to use “the dark arts” to get stories.
After leaving the NOTW, Coulson served as chief of communications for Cameron’s Conservative Party. He following Cameron to 10 Downing Street, but stepped down in January of last year as the hacking story developed.
Coulson was arrested and questioned last year by English police about hacking and the illegal payments to politicos.
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