FBI widens its US inquiry into News Corp beyond 9/11 hacking

[kpete]

Source: Independent UK

FBI widens its US inquiry into News Corp beyond 9/11 hacking
By Cahal Milmo, Chief Reporter
Monday, 15 August 2011

The American authorities have widened their investigation into Rupert Murdoch's News Corp to look into allegations of wrongdoing at the company beyond the claim that News of the World journalists attempted to hack the phones of 9/11 victims.

It was reported this weekend that FBI investigators, who are checking damaging claims that reporters at the now-defunct Sunday tabloid asked a New York-based private detective to access the voicemails of those killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks, have so far found no evidence that attempts were made to eavesdrop on the messages.

The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp, said US agencies were now examining whether there were further claims of misconduct at the company's American subsidiaries that merit further investigation. The move comes as MPs in Westminster prepare to consider tomorrow the release of new documents related to hacking, which one former minister described as "dynamite"

The widened US inquiry, said to be at "an early stage", will look at past claims against News Corp companies, including a lawsuit brought by Floorgraphics, an advertising company, which alleged computer hacking on the part of its Murdoch-owned competitor.


Read more: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fbi-widens-its-us-inquiry-into-news-corp-beyond-911-hacking-2337841.html

[whistler162]

1. Nope can't be true Xperts on this board said it wouldn't

haapen.

[fascisthunter]

3. I knew it would, I just doubt whether it will be a legitimate investigation

that's also what I have seen others intimate here.

[dipsydoodle]

2. so far found no evidence

:shrug: That single allegation came from the UK's Trinity Mirror Group and was suspect at the time.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Special Prosecutor needed-- subpoena all Fox records

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[krispos42]

6. Oh, that poor multinational mega-corporation!

:cry: Won't somebody think of the poor multinational mega-corporation? :cry:

[Ikonoklast]

9. Well, substitute the word 'Mafia' for 'Multinational'.

I don't think anyone except its membership feels sorry for either The Mob, or Newscorp.

The Mafia at least had some sort of moral code by which they operated...can't really say that about anything Murdoch owns and runs.

[Citizen Worker]

7. I think if a thorough investigation is done it will reveal that Elliot Spitzer was a target of Faux

News hacking at the behest of Karl Rove.

[Frisbee]

10. That's one mighty big if there! n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

8. .

:popcorn:

[Kingofalldems]

11. Kick this one to the top