As the topic switched to phone hacking, questioning by Mr. Jay became more pointed than on Wednesday and Mr. Murdoch in turn pushed back in stronger fashion, at one point even seeming to attack Mr. Jay.
When he did a radio essay for CBC about drugs, "People Use Drugs, Get Over It," his mom received a number of phone calls questioning his own habits.
Khaki-clad officers stood shouting into mobile phones and questioning the crowd of restaurant employees in the forecourt.
Mr. Smiley resigned last year as a regular commentator on "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" after receiving a hail of angry e-mail and phone calls for questioning Mr. Obama's commitment to black issues.
Earlier this year, the PBS and public radio host Tavis Smiley, one of the best known black radio and television voices, resigned as a regular commentator on Mr. Joyner's show after receiving a hail of angry e-mail messages and phone calls for questioning Mr. Obama's commitment to black issues.
Restaurateurs said they thought the Web site might drive some customers away -- or at least increase their volume of questioning phone calls -- but over all would not dent the feverish attempts by New Yorkers to eat at the culinary hot spots of the moment.
(One strip, drawn when Mr. Schulz's first marriage was breaking up and his wife, suspicious of an affair, was questioning his phone bills, shows Charlie Brown yelling at a lovesick Snoopy: "And stop making those long-distance phone calls!") Looked at simply as a narrative problem, it is not hard to see why any biographer would want a strong framing device in trying to tell the story of Mr. Schulz.
Elisabeth Murdoch's father was considered by many to be on trial by proxy; now Rupert and his son James face police questioning over phone hacking.
Throughout this period of the night, from about 2.20am, McMillan was herself being video-recorded by Rothermel on his own cell phone, Castillo said, under questioning from Stolar.
