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Old 11th July 2011, 09:46 AM   #1
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911 victims phones get hacked.

Twoofers will make something out of this in 3...2...

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Phone hacking: 9/11 victims 'may have had mobiles tapped by News of the World reporters'
http://www.mirror.co.uk/2011/07/11/p...5875-23262694/

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his investigator is used by a lot of journalists in America and he recently told me that he was asked to hack into the 9/11 victims’ private phone data. He said that the journalists asked him to access records showing the calls that had been made to and from the mobile phones belonging to the victims and their *relatives

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Old 11th July 2011, 09:51 AM   #2
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It doesn't say they were hacked, it says they tried to get someone to do it. He declined.
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Old 11th July 2011, 09:54 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by NoahFence View Post
It doesn't say they were hacked, it says they tried to get someone to do it. He declined.
Yes, I guess I should have included a smilie. I was doing it twoofer style.
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Old 11th July 2011, 09:59 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by NoahFence View Post
It doesn't say they were hacked, it says they tried to get someone to do it. He declined.
You're not supposed to actually read the link. You'd make a crappy "truther".


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Old 11th July 2011, 10:03 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by DGM View Post
You're not supposed to actually read the link. You'd make a crappy "truther".




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Old 11th July 2011, 11:01 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by NoahFence View Post
It doesn't say they were hacked, it says they tried to get someone to do it. He declined.
It's a pretty sparse story, there's just a anonymous claim by about a New York City Policeman claiming he was approached by News of World hacks.

The story hasn't developed yet today, it may have legs, but it's sparse on the ground, wait for further develops.

We're still reeling from the fact that apparently the Sunday Times or other Murdoch Paper allegedly hacked a serving Prime Minister's family's medical records.
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Old 11th July 2011, 11:22 AM   #7
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Unfortunately, this whole ordeal doesn't surprise me in the least.
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Old 11th July 2011, 11:46 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Dog Town View Post
Twoofers will make something out of this in 3...2...
You managed to do it in less time.
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Old 11th July 2011, 01:08 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by RedIbis View Post
You managed to do it in less time.
As usual, you missed the joke! Even after I explained the post.
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Old 11th July 2011, 01:39 PM   #10
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Old 12th July 2011, 04:04 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by 8den View Post
It's a pretty sparse story, there's just a anonymous claim by about a New York City Policeman claiming he was approached by News of World hacks.
In truther world, that's irrefutable proof.

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Old 13th July 2011, 03:07 AM   #12
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Are people here saying its unlikely NOTW hacked 911 victims? Because in the UK it seems pretty clear they do this quite regularly, I saw one of them defending the practise on a chat show the other day.
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Old 13th July 2011, 03:59 AM   #13
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Are people here saying its unlikely NOTW hacked 911 victims? Because in the UK it seems pretty clear they do this quite regularly, I saw one of them defending the practise on a chat show the other day.
I think what people are saying is that there isn't any positive evidence yet that NOTW hacked 911 victims. It's well-known that the practice was commonplace throughout most of the last decade - in fact, it would be impossible to be living in the UK right now and not be aware of it - but at present there's no compelling evidence that they targeted that specific group. If they did, and any US citizens were among the targets, there will be a world of hurt in store for the Murdoch empire, because they'll find themselves under investigation in the US for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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Old 13th July 2011, 02:03 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Dog Town View Post
As usual, you missed the joke! Even after I explained the post.
Strange that he doesn't recognise a joke.
Probably there's no mirror involved .......
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Old 13th July 2011, 02:06 PM   #15
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Are people here saying its unlikely NOTW hacked 911 victims? Because in the UK it seems pretty clear they do this quite regularly, I saw one of them defending the practise on a chat show the other day.
They hacked the London bomber victims.
That in itself should be sufficient for a real investigation by some body not tainted by this bribery corruption scandal
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Old 13th July 2011, 08:32 PM   #16
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Are people here saying its unlikely NOTW hacked 911 victims? Because in the UK it seems pretty clear they do this quite regularly, I saw one of them defending the practise on a chat show the other day.
NO! I was betting da Twoof would run with this in some twisted fashion. The reality of it, is real!
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Old 14th July 2011, 01:32 AM   #17
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NO! I was betting da Twoof would run with this in some twisted fashion. The reality of it, is real!
But it's perfectly clear that there actually was a criminal conspiracy going on here. Why on Earth would truthers be interested in something like that?

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But it's perfectly clear that there actually was a criminal conspiracy going on here. Why on Earth would truthers be interested in something like that?

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Because anything with the even slightest mention of 9/11 draws them like a moth to a flame. I've already seen some truthers on CNN and other website comments pages where people are discussing the ramafications of everything associated with Murdoch, then some ass-clown truther chimes in about "A new Pearl Harbor" or "Larry Silverstien said 'pull-it'". Most people just ignore them on the comment pages calling them a tin hatter occassionally, but no substance of a discussion.
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Old 14th July 2011, 06:47 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by Dave Rogers View Post
But it's perfectly clear that there actually was a criminal conspiracy going on here. Why on Earth would truthers be interested in something like that?

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Originally Posted by Dave Rogers View Post
If they did, and any US citizens were among the targets, there will be a world of hurt in store for the Murdoch empire, because they'll find themselves under investigation in the US for violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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He ya go.
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NEW YORK (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.
http://news.yahoo.com/ap-source-fbi-...185600706.html
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Somebody seeking to hack into information regarding 9/11 isn't troubling to me. It doesn't change what happened on 9/11. It might shed some light onto what happened, but nothing about phone hacking is outside the realm of possibility. It could have been done. In fact, it needs to be done. Cell phone calls were supposedly made on airplanes, and it is claimed to have been an impossibility by some researchers. The dudes from Myth Busters, when presented with the question, said they most wanted to test this very myth, but their insurance people were adamant that they did not attempt to make a cell phone call on a passenger plane. They said something about buying their own plane and going ahead with it anyway.
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Somebody seeking to hack into information regarding 9/11 isn't troubling to me. It doesn't change what happened on 9/11. It might shed some light onto what happened, but nothing about phone hacking is outside the realm of possibility. It could have been done. In fact, it needs to be done. Cell phone calls were supposedly made on airplanes, and it is claimed to have been an impossibility by some researchers. The dudes from Myth Busters, when presented with the question, said they most wanted to test this very myth, but their insurance people were adamant that they did not attempt to make a cell phone call on a passenger plane. They said something about buying their own plane and going ahead with it anyway.
It's not impossible, but I can see why you would think that considering what you class as "research"
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The provisional results as I understand them is that was it possible to make a cell phone call from an airplane, but only just. It's hard to keep cell phone service driving in a car sometimes, so the issue is the call itself.

Was it possible in 2001 to conduct a telephone call from a cell phone, long enough to say, "Hi Mom. This is Todd Beamer. You know, your son. You do believe me, don't you?" or similar.

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It's not impossible, but I can see why you would think that considering what you class as "research"
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Originally Posted by WTC Dust View Post
Somebody seeking to hack into information regarding 9/11 isn't troubling to me.

That you honestly believe this is troubling to me.
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Old 22nd July 2011, 03:46 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by WTC Dust View Post
The provisional results as I understand them is...
You sure, you wanna lead with that?
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