Rockefeller Asks Feds to Investigate U.S. Impact of Murdochgate

Lawmakers see U.S. privacy of Murdochgate as key concern

Congress is starting to weigh in on Murdochgate, following speculative reports in London's Daily Mirror  that the News Corp. phone hacking practices in the U.K. may have extended to 9/11 victims.
But rather than suggest that Congress hold hearings  to look it, Sen. John Rockefeller, D-W.Va., who chairs the Senate Commerce Committee, which would have oversight over the matter, issued a statement calling on others to investigate the scandal. 

"I encourage the appropriate agencies to investigate to ensure that Americans have not had their privacy violated," Rockefeller said in a statement.

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