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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In 1964 LBJ ordered the FBI to take down News Corp?
No. In 1964, J. Edgar Hoover's FBI was LBJ's political snoop, and dug up dirt on political opponents. I suggest it still goes on to this day.
Worth repeating:
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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.
Barry didn't request an investigation. His lap dogs didn't request an investigation. The FBI didn't open it on their own. The request came from a Republican in pretty good standing. So unless you think he's working for the other side now, I don't why anyone would think it's a case of "OMG-0 and his czars are siccing the FBI on Murdoch!!"
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Posted on Friday, July 15, 2011 1:12:55 PM by abb
...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... 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.How about the hacking of Republican chat and email archives, or what was done to Joe the Plumber? [crickets]
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