"Once a rising star in the Democratic party, Detroit's Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged with eight felonies including perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office in a text-messaging scandal that has riveted the city for months.
The investigation began after the Detroit Free Press published a string of steamy text messages revealing a romantic relationship between Mr Kilpatrick and his then chief of staff, Christine Beatty. Both denied the affair under oath during a lawsuit that followed, filed by two police officers who alleged they were fired for investigating claims the Mayor used his security unit to cover up extramarital affairs. "The justice system was severely mocked and public trust was trampled on," said the prosecutor Kym Worthy." --clip-- More at http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/detroit-mayor-indicted-in-textmessaging-scandal-800214.html Sounds familiar with the recent SMS scandal in Finland: Finnish Foreign Minister Receives Death Threats After SMS Scandal http://linuxbox.org/pipermail/funsec/2008-March/016630.html References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilpatrick_and_Beatty_text-messaging_scandal Text-Message Scandals Sink U.S. Politicians, Save European Ones? http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=4514197&page=1 U.S.A.: Mr. Kwame Kilpatrick, 37 Christine Beatty, 37 Finland: Mr. Ilkka Kanerva, 60 Johanna Tukiainen, 29 Juha-Matti _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
