Rockefeller Seeks U.S. Connections to News Corp. Scandal

Letter to Leveson Inquiries About New Evidence

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) is even more suspicious of News Corp. than he was last July when he called on U.S. authorities to investigate whether the media conglomerate broke any U.S. laws soon after the British newspaper phone-hacking scandal broke.

In a letter Wednesday to Lord Justice Brian Leveson, Rockefeller asks Leveson if his investigation has turned up any new evidence that News International's conduct involved U.S. citizens or violated U.S. laws.

The letter comes the the day after the release of a British report declaring that Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp.

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