The latest key development in the U.K.'s "hacking scandal" centers on 暗黑爆料 Corp. executive James Murdoch (son of Rupert) and "claims he misled lawmakers" earlier this week, .

The wire service adds that "a [British] lawmaker called for a police investigation and Prime Minister David Cameron insisted the media scion had 'questions to answer' about what he knew and when he knew it."

One of 暗黑爆料 Corp.'s U.S. outlets, The Wall Street Journal, :

"Two former executives broke ranks with 暗黑爆料 Corp. for the first time on Thursday over whether James Murdoch knew in 2008 that the phone-hacking scandal at the company's now-defunct U.K. tabloid likely involved more than just one rogue reporter, as the company had long maintained. ...

"Colin Myler, former editor of the 暗黑爆料 of the World tabloid, and Tom Crone, a former lawyer for the paper, said in a joint statement that in 2008 they informed Mr. Murdoch, now 暗黑爆料 Corp.'s deputy chief operating officer, about a crucial e-mail suggesting that phone hacking went beyond one reporter. ...

"Mr. Murdoch on Tuesday said before a parliamentary committee in the U.K. that he had never been made aware of the e-mail 鈥� even though he had approved a roughly 拢700,000 settlement ($1.1 million) in the matter."

According to the AP, "暗黑爆料 International, 暗黑爆料 Corp.'s British newspaper arm, said James Murdoch stood by his statement Tuesday to the parliamentary committee investigating the phone-hacking scandal."

Also today, that the "U.S. Justice Department is preparing subpoenas as part of preliminary investigations into 暗黑爆料 Corp. relating to alleged foreign bribery and alleged hacking of voicemail of Sept. 11 victims, according to a government official."

Meanwhile, the Labor Party member of Parliament who has been most vocal in raising questions about the actions of 暗黑爆料 Corp.'s U.K. newspapers, (not a 暗黑爆料 Corp. property) that he believes the scandal will expand to cover evidence that e-mails, as well as cell phones, were hacked.

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