Revelation That Sheriff Arpaio Hired Informant For CIA Investigation Raises New Legal Questions

[struggle4progress]

By Jude Joffe-Block
April 29, 2015

During Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s contempt of court hearing last week, U.S. District Court Judge Murray Snow surprised the sheriff by questioning him about a Phoenix New Times article from last year.

The article said the sheriff’s office hired a Seattle computer consultant named Dennis Montgomery to investigate supposed collusion between Snow — who had ruled against the sheriff in a racial profiling case — and the U.S. Department of Justice ...

While under oath last Friday at the contempt hearing, Chief Deputy Jerry Sheridan told Snow that Montgomery,“had information that the CIA hacked into individual bank accounts, I think there were approximately 50,000 of them, Maricopa County residents. He had their names, their bank account numbers, and their dollar amounts” ...

“There are always kooks that are claiming that they work for CIA and they have stuff,” Banks said. “But I haven’t heard of any where they are in cahoots with local officials. That is a new twist” ...

http://kjzz.org/content/132694/revelation-sheriff-arpaio-hired-informant-cia-investigation-raises-new-legal

[Judi Lynn]

1. Good grief. This is a new one, isn't it?

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s a man whose time has come to go. What DOES he have to do get fired? Who's getting blackmailed?

[Fumesucker]

2. Probably be easier and shorter to list who isn't getting blackmailed

[geek tragedy]

4. he keeps winning election overwhelmingly.

Which is why people who think AZ is going blue are really deluding themselves.

AZ is a seriously rightwing, racist state.

[Gothmog]

3. Sheriff Joe is senile

The man is acting crazy