Holder: 'No Proof Yet' that NOTW Hacked 9/11 Victims

Still 'no timeline' for investigation

In his meeting yesterday with the 9/11 victims' families, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told them that there was “no proof yet” that their relatives’ phones had been hacked by News of the World reporters, reports Politico.

A Justice official told Politico that Holder let the families know that the department is taking the investigation seriously and views the allegations as “disturbing.”

According to retired New York firefighter Jim Riches, whose son died at the World Trade Center, the families were informed that agents in D.C.

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