There's probably a thread on this already but I couldn't find it:
2 GOP staffers pilfered memos, investigators find
Two Republican staffers breached lax electronic security and distributed thousands of Democratic memos about judicial nominees to the GOP, a Senate probe finds.
BY HELEN DEWAR
Washington Post Service
WASHINGTON - A three-month investigation by the Senate's top law enforcement officer found a systematic downloading of thousands of Democratic computer files by Republican staffers over the past few years as well as serious flaws in the chamber's computer security system.
The report released Thursday by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms William Pickle noted that two former Senate GOP staff members -- including the Republicans' top aide on judicial nomination strategy -- were primarily responsible for accessing and leaking computer memos on Democratic plans for blocking some of President Bush's judicial nominations.
Pickle made no recommendations about whether to pursue criminal prosecutions, but he cited several federal laws, including statutes involving false statements and receipt of stolen property.
Pickle and his investigators said forensics analyses indicated that 4,670 files had been downloaded between November 2001 and spring 2003 by one of the aides -- ''the majority of which appeared to be from folders belonging to Democratic staff'' on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said at least 100 of his computer files were also accessed by the GOP aides.
The report identified the two former staffers as Jason Lundell, a nominations clerk who originally accessed the files, and Manuel Miranda, a more senior staff member and later the top aide to Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., on judicial nominations. Miranda, the report said, advised Lundell and was said by other aides to have been implicated in leaking the documents to journalists or other parties outside the Senate. Miranda had previously denied leaking the materials.
Both men left their Senate jobs during the investigation.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/8110216.htm
2 GOP staffers pilfered memos, investigators find
Two Republican staffers breached lax electronic security and distributed thousands of Democratic memos about judicial nominees to the GOP, a Senate probe finds.
BY HELEN DEWAR
Washington Post Service
WASHINGTON - A three-month investigation by the Senate's top law enforcement officer found a systematic downloading of thousands of Democratic computer files by Republican staffers over the past few years as well as serious flaws in the chamber's computer security system.
The report released Thursday by Senate Sergeant-at-Arms William Pickle noted that two former Senate GOP staff members -- including the Republicans' top aide on judicial nomination strategy -- were primarily responsible for accessing and leaking computer memos on Democratic plans for blocking some of President Bush's judicial nominations.
Pickle made no recommendations about whether to pursue criminal prosecutions, but he cited several federal laws, including statutes involving false statements and receipt of stolen property.
Pickle and his investigators said forensics analyses indicated that 4,670 files had been downloaded between November 2001 and spring 2003 by one of the aides -- ''the majority of which appeared to be from folders belonging to Democratic staff'' on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said at least 100 of his computer files were also accessed by the GOP aides.
The report identified the two former staffers as Jason Lundell, a nominations clerk who originally accessed the files, and Manuel Miranda, a more senior staff member and later the top aide to Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., on judicial nominations. Miranda, the report said, advised Lundell and was said by other aides to have been implicated in leaking the documents to journalists or other parties outside the Senate. Miranda had previously denied leaking the materials.
Both men left their Senate jobs during the investigation.
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/nation/8110216.htm
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