MURDOCH'S Watergate Reaches America with Allegations of 9/11 VICTIMS' HACK

[Segami]

"...Things are unraveling at warp speed for Rupert Murdoch.."




:smoke: :smoke:



"..After discovering that illegally hacked phones were more widespread than first thought and that in addition, police had been paid off, Downing Street sources confirmed that Government lawyers were planning to block Murdoch’s 14 billion dollar bid for BSkyB over the phone hacking scandal. This action is a separate move from Ofcom’s investigation into Murdoch’s fitness to operate BSkyB, which is worth more than all of Murdoch’s papers combined. Ouch.



A startling development that could harm Murdoch in America is the allegation that victims of the 9/11 attacks in New York “could also be among those targeted by phone hackers from the News of the World. The Daily Mirror cites an unnamed source claiming that a former police officer, working as a private investigator, was asked by News of the World journalists to retrieve the private phone records of those killed in the attack.”



The officer/PI turned down World of the News, and it’s unclear at this juncture whether or not News of the World was successful in getting someone to hack the 9/11 victims’ phones.




The Sydney Morning Herald reports:



A New York police officer has claimed besieged British tabloid the News of the World attempted to hack into the voicemails of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks, as Rupert Murdoch arrived in London for emergency talks aimed at diffusing the international crisis surrounding his media empire.



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http://www.politicususa.com/en/murdoch-america-911-victims-hack



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[meegbear]

1. And with the announcement of these startling allegations ...

the repug controlled house will do everything in it's power to stop any investigations.

[unblock]

4. if britain's any guide, this may be even too big for that.

this may be the journalistic equivalent of getting "caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy".

[myrna minx]

5. My bet is that Murdoch is "too big to fail".

:D

[meegbear]

7. +1

[daa]

11. Except this is Briton and the pols hate him. In the US he walks. nt

[Segami]

9. I'd like to know which repug would willingly stand up to defend News Corps' actions

if these new ' 911 Victims' Hack ' allegations are confirmed by British or U.S law enforcement investigators? Too big to fail is not an option.

[barbtries]

2. this world will be better

when that "media empire" is history.

[Maine-ah]

3. he is in a WORLD of shit

:evilgrin:

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Is It Too Much To Hope For Seeing The Murdoch Clan In Orange Jumpsuits ? n/t

[salin]

8. if true - then the snowball of media feeding frenzy pushing events to fast to control in the UK

will come to the US. There is just about no other story that could garner a similar ick factor among the american public.

[SpiralHawk]

10. Wow - Republicon Corporate Media got its nose up the 9/11 ass

sniffing and snuffling.

Disgustipating.

Republicon Family Media Values are totally, pervertedly skanktastic.

[mazzarro]

12. Dem response has always been to grab defeat from the mouth of victory.

I will not discount the rethugs circling the wagon around Murdoch. They are well aware that without Faux Noise their propaganda machinery will be badly impaired and will do anything to prevent that. With the democrats in perpetual weak response to anything that will disarm the rethugs, the rethugs will be brazen about supporting Murdoch at all cost. We can expect to be told to "look forward,and not backwards" on this issue.

[CleanGreenFuture]

13. A rec for you. CNN just said a few moments ago that we'll be hearing from Gordon Brown

and he will announce that his phone and email were hacked by the Sunday Times.

Can't wait to see this asshole go down.

[Segami]

14. " I was targeted too,' Gordon Brown to say " The question here is, if politicians like Gordon Brown

were ' phone hack ' targets by NOTW, were ANY U.S. politicians targeted for the SAME phone hacks and if so, who were the targets? Were Democratic politicians or base supporters the sole targets?


The Independent:


".....Gordon Brown will today break his silence over the News International scandal by accusing Rupert Murdoch's organisation of targeting his personal information, The Independent has learnt.

In a dramatic intervention in the deepening scandal, the Labour former Prime Minister is understood to be about to claim that private investigators working for the UK's largest newspaper group are believed to have accessed details relating to his personal bank account.


It is also alleged that he and his wife featured in Glenn Mulcaire's records..."


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/i-was-targeted-too-gordon-brown-to-say-2311980.html

[Sarah Ibarruri]

15. This right wingnut is responsible for a lot of the damage done to our country by right wingnuts nt