North Yorkshire police officials said the arrest followed information supplied by officers working on Operation Yewtree, the investigation of allegations against Mr. Savile and others.
"He was interviewed by officers working on Operation Yewtree under the strand of the investigation we have termed 'others'," said a Metropolitan Police spokesman.
Mr Harris was arrested by officers working on Operation Yewtree, the national investigation launched following abuse claims made against the late entertainer Jimmy Saville.
In October last year, officers working on Operation Elveden - the investigation into alleged payments by journalists to public officials - requested call data from the phone of one arrested reporter.
Among those known to have been contacted by officers working on Operation Weeting, the Met's investigation into phone hacking, are Graham Foulkes, whose son David was killed at Edgware Road tube station.
On Tuesday Met officers working on Operation Limelight, supported by Hillingdon children's services and the children's charity Barnardo's, targeted three flights – one from Sierra Leone and two from Nigeria – to raise awareness of the crimes of FGM and "breast ironing".
It's been that way since last month, when the Reel family were summoned to a meeting with Derbyshire police officers working on Operation Herne, the internal inquiry set up to investigate allegations surrounding the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS), the now disbanded Scotland Yard undercover unit.
The 51-year-old was arrested by officers working on the Operation Weeting investigation into phone hacking, and later bailed.
As one of a small army of government lawyers, he worked on "Operation Ill Wind," a three-year investigation into corruption by Pentagon officials and defense contractors.
Officers working on Operation Infra-Terra now hope for similar results.
