US lawmakers urge probe of News Corp 9/11 hacking claim

[JURIST] Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives [official websites] called on US agencies Wednesday to open an investigation into whether journalists working for the media company News Corporation (News Corp.) [media website] and its subsidiaries violated US laws by hacking into the mobile phones of 9/11 [JURIST backgrounder] victims. The requests are in response to an article [text] published in the British tabloid, The Daily Mirror [official website], claiming that journalists working for the company offered to…