Republicans break into Democrats’ files (again)
Thursday, January 22nd, 2004In a dirty-trick scandal that ought to remind everyone of Watergate, Republicans have been caught breaking into the computer system of Senate Democrats. The Boston Globe reports that a Republican staffer discovered a security flaw in the Democrats’ computer network, and used it to read the Democrats’ internal memos and strategy documents from spring 2002 to at least April 2003. The confidential information was leaked to their friends in the conservative media, allegedly including right-wing pundit Robert Novak.
One hopes that such a serious violation of federal law as this will result in an investigation by a Special Prosecutor. But with John Ashcroft in charge I’m not holding my breath.
