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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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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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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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Unfortunately, this whole ordeal doesn't surprise me in the least.
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Deleted. Wrong thread.
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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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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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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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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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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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