In July 2011 Rockefeller was prominent in calling for U.S. agencies to investigate whether alleged phone hacking at News Corporation 's newspapers in the United Kingdom had targeted American victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks . Rockefeller and Barbara Boxer subsequently wrote to the oversight committee of Dow Jones & Company ( a subsidiary of News Corporation ) to request that it conduct an investigation into the hiring of former CEO Les Hinton , and whether any current or former executives had knowledge of or played a role in phone hacking
September 11 terrorist attacks
September 11 attacks
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