Could this be the start of Water Gate 2? On 1/22/04 11:24 AM, "Richard M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/01/22/infiltration_of_files_ > seen_as_extensive?mode=PF > > Infiltration of files seen as extensive > Senate panel's GOP staff pried on Democrats > By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff, 1/22/2004 > > WASHINGTON -- Republican staff members of the US Senate Judiciary Commitee > infiltrated opposition computer files for a year, monitoring secret strategy > memos and periodically passing on copies to the media, Senate officials told > The Globe. > > From the spring of 2002 until at least April 2003, members of the GOP > committee staff exploited a computer glitch that allowed them to access > restricted Democratic communications without a password. Trolling through > hundreds of memos, they were able to read talking points and accounts of > private meetings discussing which judicial nominees Democrats would fight -- > and with what tactics. > > The office of Senate Sergeant-at-Arms William Pickle has already launched an > investigation into how excerpts from 15 Democratic memos showed up in the > pages of the conservative-leaning newspapers and were posted to a website > last November. > > With the help of forensic computer experts from General Dynamics and the US > Secret Service, his office has interviewed about 120 people to date and > seized more than half a dozen computers -- including four Judiciary servers, > one server from the office of Senate majority leader Bill Frist of > Tennessee, and several desktop hard drives. > > ... > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html "The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) is the most dangerous organization in the world." Bill O'Reilly on Fox News during the "No Spin Zone" on January 10th 2004 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
