British Prime Minister Says He Will Investigate Whether Murdoch Hacked Targeted 9/11 Victims

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Source: Business Insider

Glynnis MacNicol | Jul. 13, 2011, 7:36 AM

British Prime Minister David Cameron is currently taking questions from British lawmakers in the House of Commons regarding the Rupert Murdoch hacking scandal.

You can http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9434000/9434799.stm">watch live here.

Cameron just told Tom Watson, Labour MP, and a vocal critic of the scandal, that he will look into whether 9/11 victims were targeted.

The UK's Daily Mirror reported on Monday that a New York police detective had come forward saying he was approached by NOTW reporters and offered money http://www.businessinsider.com/murdoch-hacked-911-victims-2011-7">if he would hack into 9/11 victims voicemails.



Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/cameron-murdoch-911-hacking--2011-7

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Cameron to investigate if 9/11 victims targeted

By ROBERT BARR , 07.13.11, 07:57 AM EDT
AP via Forbes

LONDON -- British Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Wednesday to look into whether 9/11 victims were targeted in Britain's phone hacking scandal, as lawmakers were poised to demand that Rupert Murdoch give up his goal of taking over a lucrative U.K. broadcaster.

The fallout from a phone hacking and police bribery scandal at Murdoch's U.K. newspapers roiled unabated across Britain's political landscape Wednesday and grew near to striking its hardest blow yet at the media baron's global empire.

"There is a firestorm, if you like, that is engulfing parts of the media, parts of the police, and indeed our political system's ability to respond," Cameron said in the House of Commons. He said the focus must now be on the victims, and make sure that the guilty are prosecuted.

The Daily Mirror newspaper had claimed that some journalists had approached a private investigator in the U.S. to try to access the phone data of some of the victims of 9/11. Cameron told lawmakers Wednesday that he will look into the claims.

Full article: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/07/13/general-broadcasting-amp-entertainment-eu-britain-phone-hacking_8562343.html

[EC]

1. So it takes the Brits to do

Holder's job? Maybe we need to scream louder about him...he is so lax. At first I thought he was holding cases until he built solid cases, but now I'm beginning to see he's just ducking the hard stuff.

[BonnieJW]

2. Seems so.

Too bad about our justics system. I wonder if Holder will have the grace to be ashamed of himself when the Brits discover how News Corp. preyed on American victims.

[AsahinaKimi]

3. If Murdock did prey on American Victims...

I would imagine, like other things, it will be "off the table". Especially a right wing major media corporation, that has black mail as a tool. Corruption? More like Infestation.

[jeanmarc]

4. Absolutely despicable BUT....

I want to hear more about how they hacked the police investigators that began the earlier investigations to get them off their trail. That to me is an absolutely criminal offense and there should be prison time for anyone involved.

[Kingofalldems]

5. Republicans won't like this one