Attorney General Eric Holder plans to meet with the families of 9/11 victims amid allegations that News of the World employees may have tried to hack their phones, the Associated Press first reported.
The prospective meeting comes on the heels of a Justice Department announcement that it has opened an FBI investigation into the hacking allegations, which as of now have not been confirmed.
The British paper the Daily Mirror has claimed that on September 11, 2001, someone working for the now-closed British newspaper the News of the World tried to bribe a former NYPD officer to provide the cell phone records of some of the victims. The Daily Mirror was a rival of the News of the World and both are considered tabloid newspapers.
Even the victims are not yet convinced that the account is true, and their attorney says that the meeting is intended solely to give the families as much information as possible, lohud.com reports.
