Source of dem judicial memo flap. Read it and weep.

[roguevalley]

Hatching a real scandal
On Capitol Hill, another peculiar story carries echoes of past pseudo-scandals. Remember "Filegate," the phony accusation that the Clintons had spied on Republicans by misusing FBI personnel files? Today, Sen. Orrin Hatch admitted that members of his staff had hacked into his Democratic colleagues' computers to steal confidential memos concerning their strategy for defeating Bush judicial nominees. The victims were Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Dick Durbin, D.-Ill.

Leaked to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Times, those documents were played up as evidence of partisan perfidy. At the time, Hatch mocked the complaint by Kennedy and Durbin; he strutted around claiming that the leaker was probably a conscience-stricken Democratic staffer. "I was shocked to learn that this may have occurred," Hatch said in a statement reported by AP. "I am mortified that this improper, unethical and simply unacceptable breach of confidential files may have occurred on my watch." The Senate's sergeant at arms is still pursuing a full investigation of the thefts and leaks.

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Orrin needs to go to jail. I can see the source of Kennedy's anger
lately.

[FARAFIELD]

1. hmm is this against the rules?

I probably shouldnt say this because he's old but Hatch is an asshole.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. We needa real clean up crew

in DC... and it is not only Repukes, thogh Hatch would be a good place
to start...

Aslo notice the timing, right before thanksgiving....

[TacticalPeek]

3. Time to drain the swamp.

Install a democracy, which is safer, because democracies don't attack other countries. Bring stability and prosperity to the region.

By next Thanksgiving.

:kick:

[0rganism]

4. "Business as usual" no longer applies

If the Democratic officials and staffers aren't encrypting EVERYTHING on their filesystems, they haven't figured it out yet. This is a civil cold war, nothing less.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. Wow! This should get more play.

Any links?

[maddezmom]

6. here's one

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/11/25/national1948EST0744.DTL&type=printable

[The Backlash Cometh]

9. Orrin Hatch was shocked, SHOCKED!

Thanks, great link.

[0007]

7. It will trust me!

Google for your links, there are plenty.

[snippy]

8. The republican party is a criminal enterprise.