FBI 'to open 9/11 victim phone hack investigation'

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The FBI is investigating reports that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, reports say. Reports of a criminal probe come as a growing group of senators and a senior Republican congressman have called for an investigation.

An FBI official told the BBC that reports of probe were “credible”. An FBI inquiry would be the first sign the phone hacking scandal has crossed the Atlantic, analysts say.

In Washington, a spokeswoman for the US justice department, which oversees the FBI, declined to comment. “The department does not comment specifically on investigations, though anytime we see evidence of wrongdoing, we take appropriate action,” Tracy Schmaler told the BBC.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14162545

 

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The FBI is investigating reports that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation sought to hack the phones of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, reports say. Reports of a criminal probe come as a growing group of senators and a senior Republican congressman have called for an investigation.

An FBI official told the BBC that reports of probe were “credible”. An FBI inquiry would be the first sign the phone hacking scandal has crossed the Atlantic, analysts say.

In Washington, a spokeswoman for the US justice department, which oversees the FBI, declined to comment. “The department does not comment specifically on investigations, though anytime we see evidence of wrongdoing, we take appropriate action,” Tracy Schmaler told the BBC.

bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14162545

It’s probably not a good sign that his legal team is bailing out. That’s what happened just before the Enron bomb exploded.