Read the details at Murdoch’s Company Improperly Targeted PM Gordon Brown, Could Face Criminal Prosecution In U.S..  Here is the premise of the hazard in the United States:

But Murdoch may soon have bigger problems on his hands. Legal experts told the AP today that his company could face criminal prosecution in the U.S. for his U.K. papers’ alleged bribery of British police officers, which would be a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).

That would be progress.  Maybe Obama could then come out and say what his real political desires are and stop giving in to the Republicans.