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July 20, 2011

Families of 9/11 Victims Press for Meeting on Phone Hacking By Journalists at Murdoch's News Corp. 
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The FBI is investigating whether employees at Rupert Murdoch's
U.S.-based News Corporation tried to bribe police and hack into the
voicemails of people killed in the 9/11 attacks. The families of 9/11
victims have asked to meet with the FBI and top Obama administration
officials about the allegations. On Tuesday, Norman Siegel, an attorney
for 9/11 family members, spoke out in New York City.

Norman Siegel: "We are not at this point accusing anyone, including News
Corp. of any wrongdoing. But in view of the apparent hacking in the
U.K., the question becomes logically, whether or not any of that
happened here in New York or in the United States. And so our aim is to
sit down with our government agencies and find out how they are going to
investigate."



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