AP source: FBI investigating News Corp.

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

By TOM HAYS

Associated Press

NEW YORK —
The FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims, a law enforcement official said Thursday.

The official spoke Thursday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

New York City-based News Corp. has been in crisis mode.

A rival newspaper reported last week that the company's News of the World had hacked into the phone of U.K. teenage murder victim Milly Dowler in 2002 and may have impeded a police investigation into the 13-year-old's disappearance.



Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015609464_apusphonehackingsept11victims.html

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, maddezmom.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Finally! Yeah baby!

K and R

[dmosh42]

3. I thought the FBI only investigated Calif. potsmokers! n/t

[sce56]

44. Or Palestinian Peace Protestors! n/t

[Ichingcarpenter]

4. The FBI just reported that

they didn't find any pot dispensaries or leftist radicals
but they report that Holder is still looking into it.

[still_one]

18. Holder is worthless. So many other people would have been so much better for that job /nt

[Lucky Luciano]

5. News Corp down ~5% from the time the story broke.

:)

[JDPriestly]

33. Murdoch is probably very well protected with all kinds of

shorts and other "investment" maneuvers.

[Lucky Luciano]

36. He holds 306MM shares of NWSA. He is heavily exposed no matter what. nt

[Liberalynn]

6. If the anonymous FBI leaker is right and they follow through

all I will have to say is "miracles do still happen!" :woohoo:

[kestrel91316]

7. I predict they will find no laws were broken. FBI is run by RWers.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

11. Yes likely it will be a whitewash. n/t

[Enthusiast]

43. No question about it.

It would be nice if we could preserve our democracy but NO WAY.

[marions ghost]

48. That's my fear too

or they will find some little misdemeanor to hide the big stuff behind.

I don't have any faith in the FBI. Can anybody tell me why we should? :shrug:

[JHB]

8. Let's hope there's follow-through on a non-Democratic scandal for once.

[fascisthunter]

9. our corrupt FBI will do their job alright

[mrdmk]

10. Do not worry, the Federal Reserve and News Corp will buy Fox stocks to keep the price up

And all will be good, the cost will be millions with revenues of billions for Fox (a News Corporation)...

[Ruricolous1]

37. upvote for you... mrdmk

oh that's right we can't up vote here :(

[and-justice-for-all]

12. Fuck yeah!!! nt

[Derechos]

13. Rupert Murdoch Under FBI Investigation: News Corp. Reportedly Targeted Over 9/11 Victims Hacking Sca

Source: Huffington Post

NEW YORK -- A law enforcement official says the FBI has opened an investigation into allegations that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. sought to hack into the phones of Sept. 11 victims.

The official spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.

New York City-based News Corp. has been in crisis mode.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/fbi-news-corp-investigation_n_898653.html

[wtmusic]

14. Something tells me the frog-march video won't be seen on FOX nt

[Luciferous]

15. K&R

[Lint Head]

16. I have only one question. Will this be an investigation favoring a wealthy mega media mogul

or will it be fair as if it is one of us that may have committed federal crimes?

[barbtries]

17. good news

take 'em down. please.

i wonder if faux will report this.

[budkin]

19. Eat shit NewsCorp!

[dotymed]

20. Disgusting!

If anything, they should have tapped the NSA and maybe really learned something. It would have been covered up anyway.

[Hubert Flottz]

21. K&Arrrrrrrr

[kenfrequed]

22. Feh...

The FBI was sooo... effective at investigating the Anthrax thing.

[DFW]

23. When Fox Noise goes silent, I'll rejoice, not before

Ailes and his battery of lawyers will just laugh their way in and out of court.

The day they leave court in handcuffs and on their way to the federal pen will be the day I celebrate.

Until then, they'll just play themselves to be the victims, and the Foxsuckers will write death threats
to the FBI telling them to leave poor Roger Ailes alone.

[nikto]

24. MURDOCH is a RIGHT-WING HERO

Only moral, ethical people are upset at Murdoch and his abuses of power.

Conservati­ves everywhere are secretly afraid that one of their own shining knights of misinforma­tion might be brought crashing down & no longer be able to "Catapult the propaganda­"
always on behalf of Corporate Rightwing causes.

Murdoch may be immoral scum to most, but he is a Knight In Shining Armor to ALL
dedicated rightwinge­rs--HE IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ONE OF *THEIRS*.



Bottom Line: If Murdoch and his empire go down in flames, Right Wing interests everywhere will suffer and be weakened. They will be forced to depend on the likes of Reverend Moon and his Washington Times.


Fun times ahead.

[russspeakeasy]

25. The FBI is opening an investigation? I'm impressed.

got pencils?
got file folders?
is the phone working?
who gets the coffee?
what time do we start?

[Crowman1979]

26. How much do you want to bet that Newscorps lobbied to have warrantless-wiretapping.

And they would be permitted to use NSA facilities in order to catch a story.

[unionworks]

27. Things Sure Have Changed

...from the days when the F.B.I.s public enemy number one was Tommy Chong!!!:hippie:

[plumbob]

28. Good. Now let's get them shut down, a la News of the World.

I can dream, right?

[Lars77]

29. WSJ: Murdoch Defends News Corp.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304521304576446261304709284.html?mod=wsj_share_twitter

"In his first significant public comments on the tabloid newspaper scandal that has engulfed his media empire, News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch vigorously defended the company's handling of the crisis but said it would establish an independent committee to "investigate every charge of improper conduct."

In an interview, Mr. Murdoch said News Corp. has handled the crisis "extremely well in every way possible," making just "minor mistakes."

News Corp. owns The Wall Street Journal."


Last shred of integrity gone from the Journal.

[Initech]

30. Maybe it's my tin foil hat going off - but do you think Glenn Beck quit...

Knowing that his superiors were getting their info from hacking into phones, e-mail and so on, and that he was using it as material on his show? If he can make such wild assumptions, I can as well. :tinfoilhat:

[Jackpine Radical]

31. That would presume intelligence on Beck's part.

[reformist2]

39. Maybe the FBI should look into that, too!

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

32. It's about time...

... I hope it leads to RICO charges on the whole RNC/GOP machine. Do I need to explain to the regs here as to why? (sarcasm)

[marions ghost]

49. RICO

:rofl: joke, right?

[SaveAmerica]

34. Halle Freekin Looyah!!!

[BREMPRO]

35. YES YES YES! the crime slime is spreading across the pond!

[AsahinaKimi]

38. I don't know...

I have a feeling what ever evidence there is will simply disappear like a puff of smoke. No evidence, no Crime. I would love to see them get spanked, but am not holding my breath.

[AllyCat]

40. That's a start.

[dipsydoodle]

41. The actual claim came from a single source

The 9/11 allegation surfaced in the Daily Mirror which claimed on Monday that an unnamed former New York cop, now a private investigator, was contacted in 2001 by News of the World journalists who said they would pay him to retrieve the private phone records of dead victims. They were particularly interested in British-born victims.

The strength of the Mirror story is uncertain. It is attributed not to the private investigator himself but to a 'source', again unnamed.

The source was quoted by the Mirror as saying: "His presumption was that they wanted the information so they could hack into the relevant voicemails, just like it has been shown they have done in the UK. The PI said he had to turn the job down. He knew how insensitive such research would be, and how bad it would look."

Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/81721,news-comment,news-politics,fbi-launch-investigation-of-911-hacking-claim-rupert-murdoch-news-international#ixzz1SA0D7ZLh

Since then The Mirror seems to have been quiet on the subject. Given that the allegation derives solely from them I assume they can back it up. :shrug: If they can't then maybe expect a rather large libel case here in the UK in the future.

[Dumak]

42. Agencies like the FBI

are always full of right-wingers. When the Democrats take power, they don't like to "clean house" like the Republicans always do. Thus, nothing important will come of this investigation. But they still have to provide the illusion of a good-faith investigation.

[obxhead]

45. They must want to know why they didn't get a copy of the tapes.

[midnight]

46. We have had the patriot act for about ten years... Everyone is spying on everyone....

This should get real interesting.... I wonder how many assists will be left out to dry....

[goforit]

47. Well, well, well..., The FBI is finally gonna get off their asses

and investigate the fascist side of the political spectrum.

Geeee....The FBI been covering up their crimes for years.

[RedCloud]

50. And don't fuck it up like they did with Clemons.

[GreenTea]

51. About time! Is AG Eric Holder going to ignore it like everything else the slimy republicans do?

[Downtown Hound]

56. In the end, he probably will. n/t

[lark]

52. Sounds really nice, but don't believe any cigars are warranted

DOJ is also investigating BP and where has that gone? They'll do this, then in a year-2 quietly state nothing to see here and close the file. This is Holder and the prosecute Dems only mentality, so News Corp has nothing to worry about. Disgusting!!!!!

[Downtown Hound]

54. You are unfortunately, correct.

[Downtown Hound]

53. I highly doubt anything is going to come of this

Too many times, powerful organizations like Newscorp have been investigated, and nothing ever comes of it. It's just a dog and pony show they throw out to the masses to show that they actually do something other than sit on their asses.

But if you want my prediction, no prosecutions will ever come about from this, and Newscorp will walk away scott free.

[colsohlibgal]

55. Down Goes Murdoch...Hopefully

If he wasn't so old I'd think he was the reincarnation of Goebbels.