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Skriven 2005-10-06 18:01:48 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
     Kommentar till en text av Bob Sakowski
Ärende: Chuck Schumer
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Hello Bob!

Schumer Staffers Illegally Obtain MD Lt. Governor's Credit Report

Talk about having no agenda... Was there any other point to getting their
hands on Lt. Governor Steele's credit report other than to find dirt?

Federal prosecutors are investigating whether two Democratic Party
researchers in Washington illegally obtained the credit report of Maryland
Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele as they conducted opposition research on the
likely Republican Senate candidate.  Phil Singer, a spokesman for the
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, acknowledged yesterday that two
of his organization's employees had resigned as a result of the episode,
which he said was subsequently referred to the U.S. attorney's office by
the Democratic committee. ... The DSCC, the arm of the Democratic Party
tasked with promoting Senate candidates, declined to disclose the names of
the employees involved. But sources with knowledge of the episode
identified them as Katie Barge, the committee's former research director,
and Lauren Weiner, an employee who had been researching Steele even before
he formed an exploratory committee for Senate in June.

Think the DSCC's motives had something to do with this?

Steele has been heavily courted to run for Senate by national GOP leaders
and is expected to give the party its best shot at a Senate seat in years.
The New York Post reveals that the two researchers are on Chuck Schumer's
staff...

Two staffers on a Democratic political committee headed by Sen. Chuck
Schumer are being investigated by the FBI for an alleged dirty trick
getting a Republican candidate's credit report illegally, officials
confirmed yesterday. "We are investigating the matter jointly with the
FBI," said a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington.
Phil Singer, a spokesman for the Schumer-headed Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee, said two staffers were instantly suspended   with pay
in July after admitting they obtained the credit report of Maryland Lt.
Gov. Michael Steele, who is running for Senate.

Since July? It's near the end of September, and Schumer has known all this
time, and hasn't said a word? Meanwhile his staffers were awarded with a
paid vacation?

UPDATE: The real irony here is the fact that Chuck Schumer has been very
interested in the issue of identity theft...

UPDATE: Destroying evidence?

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