FBI to investigate claims News Corporation 'sought to hack the phones of 9/11 victims' - Polidicks

[quote=BBC News]The FBI is investigating reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation sought to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks. The criminal probe follows calls from a growing number of senators and a senior Republican for an investigation. In an [URL="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304521304576446261304709284.html?mod=WSJEurope_hpp_LEFTTopStories"]interview with the Wall Street Journal[/URL], Mr Murdoch defended the company's handling of the crisis. Meanwhile, Mr Murdoch and his son James have agreed to answer UK [URL="http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/news-international-executives-respond-to-summons/"]MPs' questions on the hacking scandal[/URL] next week.The Commons media committee issued summonses after the pair initially declined to appear. Also in London on Thursday, a former News of the World executive editor, Neil Wallis, became the ninth person involved with the newspaper to be detained by police probing phone hacking. The Murdoch-owned Sunday tabloid was shut down last week amid the mounting scandal over the alleged hacking of phones belonging to crime victims, politicians and celebrities. FBI sources told US media on Thursday it was looking into claims that phones belonging to victims of the September 11 attacks could have been hacked by News of the World journalists. News Corporation, based in New York, is the parent company of News International, the UK firm at the centre of the scandal over phone hacking and payments to police officers. The fallout prompted News Corporation on Wednesday to withdraw from a huge takeover bid for the UK's largest pay-TV operator, BSkyB. UK Prime Minister David Cameron has set up a judge-led inquiry into the allegations. US senators this week asked the authorities to investigate allegations that 9/11 victims' phones were hacked. News International has not commented on the claims. Democratic senators Jay Rockefeller and Barbara Boxer urged the attorney general and the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether US laws had been broken. Democratic Senator Robert Menendez, who wrote to the attorney general separately, said claims that newspapers had sought to "exploit information about... personal tragedies for profit" needed to be investigated. Republican Congressman Peter King - who is chairman of the House homeland security committee and represents a constituency in New York that lost more then 150 people in the 9/11 attacks - called on Wednesday for an FBI inquiry. "The thought that anyone would have hacked into the phones of either those who were killed, those who were missing, the family members, during that tragic time... is contemptible," he told the BBC on Thursday. He declined to say whether he had any direct evidence that journalists working for News Corporation companies had sought to hack 9/11 victims' phones. "There were allegations, I want the FBI to investigate them, I'm not making any conclusions at all," he said. In an interview with the News Corporation-owned Wall Street Journal released on Thursday, Mr Murdoch said his company had handled the crisis "extremely well in every way possible", but acknowledged "minor mistakes". Asked for his reaction to recent negative media coverage of News Corporation, Mr Murdoch said he was "just getting annoyed. I'll get over it. I'm tired". There was some good news for Mr Murdoch on Thursday. Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of News Corporation's largest shareholders, told the BBC he had no plans to sell off his stake in the company - 7% of voting shares. But the Saudi royal, a nephew of the Saudi Arabian king, said he thought News International Chief Executive Rebekah Brooks should quit. "For sure she has to go, you bet she has to go," he told the BBC's Newsnight programme. [/quote] It'll be one hell of shitstorm if the FBI do find something, on top of the other legal troubles News Corp. might find themselves in. EDIT: [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14162545]Forgot the Source[/url]

Probably nothing will happen if they do find something because of all the scumbags in Murdochs pocket.

This is all going to end so badly. I wonder if News Corp will ever just disappear.

[QUOTE=Nikota;31123300]Probably nothing will happen if they do find something because of all the scumbags in Murdochs pocket.[/QUOTE] Everyone said that in the UK, and it turned out they were so very, very wrong. Imagine News Corporation as a huge bully, that through it's media strength such as The Sun, Fox News, News of the World, etc has held politicians to ransom, to a degree. Now imagine that's it's on the run, cowering. Wouldn't you love to put the boot in to an organisation that's had far too much say over the politics that run your country, as a politican?

[QUOTE=Camundongo;31123481]Everyone said that in the UK, and it turned out they were so very, very wrong. Imagine News Corporation as a huge bully, that through it's media strength such as The Sun, Fox News, News of the World, etc has held politicians to ransom, to a degree. Now imagine that's it's on the run, cowering. Wouldn't you love to put the boot in to an organisation that's had far too much say over the politics that run your country, as a politican?[/QUOTE] Something changed the entire game in the UK, something similar would need to happen in the US in my opinion. The game changer in my opinion being the fact that they News Int. had managed to piss off most (if not all) of the MPs in the UK by exposing the expenses scandal.

[QUOTE=Jsm;31123580]Something changed the entire game in the UK, something similar would need to happen in the US in my opinion. The game changer in my opinion being the fact that they News Int. had managed to piss off most (if not all) of the MPs in the UK by exposing the expenses scandal.[/QUOTE] I'd argue it was the fact that News Int. lost all public support when it was revealed they'd hacked the phones of the people they'd claimed to have fought for. The NotW and The Sun have referred back to the Millie Downer case countless times, and claimed to have been fighting for 'our boys'. Then it turned out that they didn't. The same applies if it turns out the owners of Fox News hacked the victims of 9/11. News Corp. looses all crediblity with its target audience.

[QUOTE=Camundongo;31123696]I'd argue it was the fact that News Int. lost all public support when it was revealed they'd hacked the phones of the people they'd claimed to have fought for. The NotW and The Sun have referred back to the Millie Downer case countless times, and claimed to have been fighting for 'our boys'. Then it turned out that they didn't. The same applies if it turns out the owners of Fox News hacked the victims of 9/11. News Corp. looses all crediblity with its target audience.[/QUOTE] That was the final straw for public support, they had slowly begun to lose the political support since the expenses scandal. I think if it turns out they did (or even attempted to) hack 9/11 victims I think all hell will break loose in the US and news corp will be pretty much dead.

Nothing will Happen. because that ancient fat fossil of a bastard Murdoch literally owns most of Washington D.C., and the ones who he doesn't own are too afraid to do anything.

guessing the voicemail password is not hacking

I hope news corp dies. Not long ago they lost a few hundred million from buying myspace then selling it for heaps less lol

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;31127566]Nothing will Happen. because that ancient fat fossil of a bastard Murdoch literally owns most of Washington D.C., and the ones who he doesn't own are too afraid to do anything.[/QUOTE] there's only so much Murdoch can do 9/11 victims are sacred political territory. If News Corp. is found to be hacking the phones of 9/11 victims, then politicians are going to distance themselves and the public is going to be pissed off beyond belief.

[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;31127566]Nothing will Happen. because that ancient fat fossil of a bastard Murdoch literally owns most of Washington D.C., and the ones who he doesn't own are too afraid to do anything.[/QUOTE] The same was said in the UK, the government over here finally got pissed off with him and his antics. It took one thing to break it (Hacking a missing girl's phone and deleting voice mail messages from it), I assume attempting to hack 9/11 victims would have the same effect in the US.

I have a feeling that it was sites like 38degrees and avaaz that helped hand Murdoch's ass to him, contacting politicians and suchlike.