I live in Illinois, so take the following with a grain of salt (especially if you know what Chicago politics means)...
Why is this surprising? On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Richard M. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://postgazette.com/pg/08202/898222-178.stm > > > > Democrats used state funds to research foes > > Sunday, July 20, 2008 > > By Dennis B. Roddy and Tracie Mauriello, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette > > HARRISBURG -- As the pivotal 2006 legislative election season began, top > Democratic House aides, using state resources, undertook a wide-ranging > opposition research campaign into both Democratic and Republican office > seekers, e-mails show. > > The project was spearheaded by Eric Webb, director of the Democratic Office > of Member Services, who, on Jan. 31, sent e-mails to state employees > advising them to begin digging up information on 35 declared and potential > candidates for the state House. > > "We are mainly looking for bad things: liens, bankruptcies, homicides ... > you get the picture," Mr. Webb advised a dozen House colleagues via their > state e-mail accounts. Employees were asked to use LexisNexis, an online > search service that makes use of thousands of databases. The state had > several LexisNexis accounts that a grand jury later said were used for > opposition research. > > Mr. Webb told staffers to send results from the searches to Dan Wiedemer, > executive director of the Pennsylvania House Democratic Campaign Committee, > at Mr. Wiedemer's political campaign address. > > Many of those targeted in the project were sponsored by PACleanSweep, a > group formed to oust lawmakers who had voted for an unpopular legislative > pay raise. > > … > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. >
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