For the third time, House Oversight Committee Democrats urged an...
For the third time, House Oversight Committee Democrats urged an investigation into allegations that News Corp. hacked telephones of 9/11 victims and other U.S. citizens. Monday’s letter to Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., had eight signatures -- the most yet --…
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including Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, and John Tierney, D-Mass. The Democrats said it was “unacceptable” that Issa did not reply to two separate July letters from Braley and Tierney. The Democrats don’t want to “interfere unduly” with the Justice Department’s investigation, “but we request that the Committee at least take preliminary steps to determine how to proceed, such as meeting with the September 11th families, consulting with the Department of Justice, and pursuing other measures the Committee has utilized in many other investigations.” The committee “has a responsibility to protect the interests of U.S. citizens against the illegal actions of corporations, regardless of their political leanings,” they said.