U.S. seriously probing News Corp 9/11 hacking report

[kpete]

Source: Reuters

U.S. seriously probing News Corp 9/11 hacking report

Reuters) - Attorney General Eric Holder will reassure families of September 11 victims when he meets them later this month that the Justice Department is seriously investigating allegations that News Corp reporters tried to hack victims' phones.

"I'll certainly want to hear what they have to say with regard to their concerns and, to the extent that I can share information with them, I will," Holder said on Wednesday.

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Holder will meet with the families on August 24 at their request following a report in Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper that reporters with the rival News of the World had offered to pay a New York police officer for private phone records of some victims of the 2001 attacks.

The Mirror report, citing an unidentified source, has yet to be independently verified but has fueled speculation that the phone hacking scandal that has rocked Rupert Murdoch's News Corp media empire in Britain may spread to the United States.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/03/us-newscorp-sept-idUSTRE7725H820110803

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Let me reiterate: James and Rupert Murdoch are US citizens. Newscorp is incorporated in the States. It's in your country that the stake will finally be driven through the corrupt and monopolistic practices that have deformed the press in the UK for 40 years, and your broadcast news for two decades
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/03/1002832/-FALL-OF-THE-HOUSE-OF-MURDOCH-XV:-BREAKING:-Holder-is-taking-9-11-Victims-Hacking-Seriously?via=siderecent

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Holder is so utterly impotent, like Obama - but...stupid me holds out hope....

...that they really ARE "seriously" investigating this and not just PRETENDING to "seriously" investigate it.

[Firebrand Gary]

3. Thanks for the thread my friend!

As always, good stuff!

[Kingofalldems]

4. Who actually believes nothing fishy was going on here?

[pam4water]

5. Hope they don't believe Holder any more than they did Bush.

[BobbyBoring]

6. Rut Roh Rorge!

A SERIOUS investigation. That sounds serious! Seriously!

[Kaleko]

7. Yeah, if they feel compelled to use the word "seriously" in the headline,

we know what's coming.

Gotta love that law of the reverse effect. :)

[FiveGoodMen]

8. Yeah, I think you're right about that.

[leveymg]

9. Holder to Murdoch: "You'll be hearing from our Solicitors, seriously"

[rasputinkhlyst]

10. Seeing is Believing Holder

I won't hold my breath waiting.

[cstanleytech]

11. I wonder if this will have an ending similar to the microsoft one

where the government gave microsoft a slap on the wrist and then kissed their ass.

[bloomington-lib]

12. "I'll certainly want to hear what they have to say with regard to their concerns "

Doesn't sound serious.

[Liberalynn]

14. IMHO Translation

" I'll hear them, pat their hands, promise them the world, but in the end I won't actually do anything to act on their concerns."

Damn I am getting cynical. Maybe I am wrong and they will prosecute Murdoch if they get the evidence but I will actually have to see it done to believe it.

[w4rma]

16. This guy isn't going to do anything. That is a weasel statement. (nt)

[jwirr]

13. Just once I would like to see Holder do something. Can we get a

class action suit or a petition against the justice department going that would demand action?

[FreeBillClinton]

15. Holder's assurances are worth less than Obama's

[marasinghe]

17. just about says it all. (n/t)