-Caveat Lector- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- srv/aponline/20010306/aponline165247_000.htm Woman Indicted in Bush Tape Release By Karen Gullo Associated Press Writer Tuesday, March 6, 2001; 4:52 p.m. EST WASHINGTON �� A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former employee of a media company that handled ads for President Bush's campaign in connection with the release of a Bush debate tape to Vice President Al Gore's campaign. Juanita Yvette Lozano of Austin, Texas, was charged with mail fraud, false statements to the FBI and perjury. If convicted, she faces 15 years in prison and a $750,000 fine. The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in Texas. Lozano worked for Maverick Media, an Austin company that handled Bush's political ads. The indictment alleged that Lozano secretly copied more than 120 pages of debate preparation documents and a 60-minute videotape of a debate preparation session with Bush and his advisers and sent it to the Gore campaign under a different name. She lied to FBI agents investigating the matter and testified falsely before the grand jury, the indictment said. Attempts to reach Lozano in Austin were not immediately successful, and her attorney, Christopher Gunter, was not immediately available, his office said. Lozano sent the package to former Rep. Tom Downey, who was helping Gore prepare for debates, with a note bearing the name "Amy Smith," the indictment alleged. It quoted the note as saying: "I will call you soon to find out what other materials can be useful to the VP." Downey turned the package over to the FBI, which began an investigation. The FBI obtained a videotape from a surveillance camera at the post office where the package was mailed. The tape showed Lozano mailing a package at a time that corresponded to when the debate package was mailed, law enforcement officials have said. At the time, Lozano said she was mailing a pair of khakis back to The Gap for her boss, Mark McKinnon, a top Bush adviser. Democratic officials in Austin have said that Lozano was a precinct chairwoman for the Democratic Party. Lozano denied mailing the package to Downey when she was interviewed by the FBI in September and when she testified before the grand jury, the indictment said. Contrary to her statements, it said, Lozano schemed "to use her position as a trusted employee of Maverick Media ...to obtain access to the Bush Campaign's confidential and sensitive debate preparation materials ... to assist Gore in his preparation for the presidential debates." In charging her with mail fraud, the indictment said Lozano defrauded the Bush campaign of confidential work products and defrauded Maverick Media of her "honest services." The case is being prosecuted by the public integrity section of the Justice Department. © Copyright 2001 The Associated Press ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` -- Best Wishes Few Americans realize it, but the Democratic Party adheres to the basic premise of Marxist political parties. The defining characteristic of a Marxist party is class warfare. -Paul Craig Roberts <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
