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Obama and Petraeus Listed as al Qaeda Targets in Bin Laden's Belongings; Brooks Resigns From News Corp; FBI To Investigate Potential News Corp Phone Hacking
Aired July 15, 2011 - 11:54 ET
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SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: I want to get you up to speed in other big news happening this Friday.
A source tells CNN both President Obama and Afghan war commander, General David Petraeus, were listed as specific al Qaeda targets. Documents show bin Laden wanted to attack their planes when they were in the region. The plot was uncovered in the material that were seized by U.S. Navy SEALs at bin Laden's home in Pakistan.
Rebekah Brooks quit her corporate job at News Corp today. At one time, she was the editor of the company's London tabloid "News of the World." Brooks has denied she new reporters were hacking phones of celebrities, politicians and crime victims.
In a statement today, Brooks says, "I feel a deep sense of responsibility for the people we have hurt. I want to reiterate how sorry I am for what we now know to have taken place."
Rebekah Brooks along with News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch and his son James are all to testify before Britain's parliament. That's going to happen next week.
Well, the FBI is jumping into the phone-hacking investigation. The bureau is checking claims that Murdoch's British newspapers try to get into the voicemails of the victims of 9/11 or their family members.
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JIM RICHES, FATHER OF 9/11 VICTIM: Somebody went in and took our information and took last messages from sons or what we are talking about -- it's not -- it's none of their business. Unless, they have -- they can ask and if we want to tell, we'll tell.
But to invade privacy like that, America has rights. We have rights. And they can't just trample on the law. They should be held accountable.
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MALVEAUX: Casey Anthony is a free woman on Sunday. We're going to look at life, what it will look like for her after jail.
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MALVEAUX: Well, we know Casey Anthony is no ordinary Florida prisoner. She was at the center of one of the most watched and talked about trials in the country. And there are serious concerns for her safety when she is released from jail on Sunday.
Our Gary Tuchman reports that there are intense security plans that are already in place.
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GARY TUCHMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Prisoners are released every day from the Orange County, Florida, jail. But perhaps none of them with the level of notoriety that will greet Casey Anthony when she leaves Sunday --
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Not guilty.
TUCHMAN: -- after her stunning acquittals. Her attorney, Jose Baez, talked to ABC News, about how her notoriety could bring danger.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you worried about her safety, such antagonism towards her?
JOSE BAEZ, CASEY ANTHONY'S ATTORNEY: I am. I am. And I'm afraid for her.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Will she have bodyguards?
BAEZ: You know, we're in the process of trying to take that next step for her and assist her in that regard. So, I don't know.
TUCHMAN (on camera): So now, there is an intense security plan in place. Casey Anthony will be released from this jail on Sunday, as early as 12:01 a.m. We don't know how she'll be taken out. We don't know where she'll do.
But the sheriff office is allowing two news photographers to videotape and take still photos of her leaving. Once she's gone, we'll be allowed to televise the images of her going free.
SUNNY HOSTIN, LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR, "IN SESSION": I don't think they can treat her like any other inmate in terms of the release. It would be irresponsible, given the frenzy surrounding Casey Anthony -- because, again, while she is in their custody, prior to release, they have to protect her. So that release is still part of their purview.
TUCHMAN (voice-over): But where will Casey Anthony go? And will she change her appearance? After all, this is a woman whose face is now known everywhere in the country.
HOSTIN: If her attorneys are doing the right thing, and doing their jobs, they are going to have to explain to her that there is real hatred out there for her, that there have been death threats, that she cannot just walk amongst the population. That is not going to happen. TUCHMAN: Jose Baez visited her in jail on Thursday afternoon. He is not saying anything about Casey Anthony's plans. But another defense attorney, Cheney Mason, has issued some speculation.
CHENEY MASON, DEFENSE ATTORNEY: She's only 25 years old. A decade from now, hopefully she will have some stability in her life, and maybe a husband, and they can be somewhere in Montana and start over.
TUCHMAN: Casey Anthony's journey to Montana or elsewhere is only a couple of days away.
Gary Tuchman, CNN, Orlando, Florida.
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