Posted on 07/14/2011 1:29:58 PM PDT by abb
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into whether employees of News Corp. might have hacked or attempted to hack into the private calls and phone records of Sept. 11 victims and their families, according to people familiar with the matter.
The investigation was opened Thursday morning, following a request a day earlier by Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) who heads the House Homeland Security Committee and whose Long Island district was home to many victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
The investigation will try to determine whether employees of News Corp. illegally accessed the private calls, voice-mail messages, or call records of 9/11 victims or their families, these people say. It will also look into whether any News Corp. employees bribed or sought to bribe police officials to gain access to such records.
A scandal over phone hacking in the U.K. by News of the World, a publication recently closed by News Corp., has roiled the media empire and prompted a series of legal inquiries.
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch will go before UK's Parliament to answer questions on the News of the World hacking scandal. News Corp. is the parent company of The Wall Street Journal.
The Daily Mail in the U.K. reported earlier this week that News of the World reporters tried to hack the voice-mails of dead 9/11 victims, citing an unidentified former New York policeman who said he was offered money by News of the World reporters who said they would pay him to retrieve private phone calls. The unidentified former officer says he declined the offer.
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This smells of the same pre-election bomb throwing that libs are known for ( Meg Whitmans maid, McCains affair, Palins ethics charges, etc ). It’s their M.O. for shutting up opposition, why should we be surprised?
I don’t see how investigating invasions of privacy by hacking phones is an attack on the First Amendment.
WOW! I knew this would happen some day. Anythign to get rid of FOX news.
Anything to distract from that pesky fast and furious thing.
Anything to keep Fast & Furious off the front page.
If it was at all likely there was any truth to it. Murdoch (who also owns Fox IIRC) should know better.
Beck has been amazingly accurate in his predictions. Of course he felt pretty restricted by FOX news.
Dang, you beat me to the draw.
Funny, this is an ‘07 story (with people already in jail) that the Marxist Guardian gave new life to, probably on instructions from Soros.
From the excerpt...
The investigation was opened Thursday morning, following a request a day earlier by Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) who heads the House Homeland Security Committee and whose Long Island district was home to many victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
It appears that somebody DID hack phones, at least in Britain. And those people worked for a News Corp publication. And such an activity is a crime and is liable for prosecution.
Trying to dump all this personally into the lap of Rupert Murdoch is where it gets nakedly political.
House member King(R-NY) is no friend of the Dems or the Obama administration.
ditto
Fairness doctrine !!!
Oooooo. I hadn’t thought about that.
“I don’t see how investigating invasions of privacy by hacking phones is an attack on the First Amendment.”
Apparently, there are those here who believe that the First Amendment permits reporters to break into your home, your email, your voice mail and your medical records.
As I recall, some jerk is sitting in prison for hacking Sarah Palin’s email account, but now people wish to condone the hacking of 9/12 Victim’s voice mails.
Quit buying the spin. Murdoch had nothing to do with it. His son runs TNOTW and I’m sure even he knew nothing about this. You don’t think the family knows the long knives have been out for the Murdoch empire for years?
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