Slashdot Mirror


Bush Campaign Offices Burglarized

DesScorp writes "The Washington State offices of the Bush campaign were burglarized, and computers with sensitive campaign data were stolen. The computers belonged the executive director and officer in charge of the 'get out the vote' campaign; one was set to be delivered to another office within the state. The staff says that secret strategy information and voting data are on the computers, and ironically, they're comparing it to Watergate. The staff blames Democratic Party activists intent on stealing the information. Of course, they deny this."

1 of 194 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Karl Rove tapped his own office in Texas... by megabulk3000 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    That's funny, I was just reading about this here, in an article by Joshua Green in the Atlantic Monthly about Rove's dirty tricks. Here's the quote:
    One of the first highlights of his career was the famously tight 1986 Texas governor's race, in which his candidate and mentor, the Republican oilman Bill Clements, sought to oust the Democratic incumbent Mark White. The race is legendary in Texas political lore for Rove's discovery that his office was bugged--news of which, coincidentally or not, distracted attention from an evening debate in which his candidate was expected to fare poorly.