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FBI Joins Probe of Colo. Republican Gubernatorial Campaign

By Jeralyn, Section Corruption Cases
Posted on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 10:56:33 AM EST
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Colorado Congressman Bob Beauprez is in a heated battle with former Denver District Attorney Bill Ritter in the Colorado Governor's race. As I have been writing over at 5280.com, the campaign of Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez is in trouble now that the FBI agreed to join the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in investigating how the Beauprez campaign got confidential criminal records regarding a defendant prosecuted during Ritter’s tenure as District Attorney that were later used in an ad attacking Ritter.

Beauprez continued to refuse to disclose how he got the information. He referred to his source as an “informant” and tried to hide behind a kind of journalist’s privilege, which of course, is ridiculous.

Yesterday I wondered "which law enforcement officer or state or federal employee is going to be out of a job. The possibilities are numerous."

Not any more. the CBI said today they got their culprit and it was someone in federal law enforcement.

Let the sparks fly. Beauprez' tag line has been "I'm Accountable." I hope Colorado voters take him at his word. His tv ads attacks on Ritter have been straight out of the Willie Horton mold. It's time to pay the piper.

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    • FBI Joins Probe of Colo. Republican Gubernatorial Campaign | 2 comments (2 topical)
    Re: FBI Joins Probe of Campaign (none / 0) (#1)
    by scribe on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 11:36:55 AM EST
    This is pretty entertaining, notwithstanding the dangerous precedent set.

    The CBI has also determined where the access happened and at exactly what time.

    Them computers, everything you do on them can be traced.  Duuuuuuuuuh.

    The state agency has asked the FBI to assist the investigation as it tries to learn how the data got into a campaign ad.

    I can answer that (speculatively, of course).  Either (1)"Agent A" figured it would be a good thing for "Agent A's" career to get good dirt for the putative future governor, or (2) the campaign put out a request for information, which went to someone in the DoJ, which tasked someone to get the information, and then passed it along.  Given the crowd in office now, I wouldn't be surprised if they were using DoJ for political purposes, too.

    Re: FBI Joins Probe of Colo. Repbulican Gubernator (none / 0) (#2)
    by jimakaPPJ on Thu Oct 19, 2006 at 01:55:59 PM EST
    Scribe - Outside of the obvious difference that this doesn't harm the defense of the country and doesn't aid our enemies, what is the differences between this and the NYTimes, et al, working their sources in the NSA, CIA, DOD, DOJ, etc. for information to splash across the front pages?

    Of course those leaks are also illegal. Are you telling me this one is??

    Inquring minds want to know.

    FBI Joins Probe of Colo. Republican Gubernatorial Campaign | 2 comments (2 topical)