Posted on 02/07/2004 8:01:47 AM PST by WILLIALAL
Finding the truth "The investigation into just how memos written for Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee ended up in the hands of Senate Republicans and the media is not likely to be resolved once the official investigation into how they were leaked is completed," Peter Roff writes. "The matter has helped further inflame the already heated passions on both sides of the aisle. Those allied with the Democrats want blood, implying that the memos were stolen or obtained through computer hacking. Many of those normally allied with the Republicans argue that how they were obtained is less important than what they say," said Mr. Roff, senior political analyst for United Press International (UPI). "At least one Republican close to the issue says the memos were obtained through a computer glitch that, from a legal standpoint, is the equivalent of them having been left on the desk of a GOP committee staff member. The memos contain information that, as far as the Democrats are concerned, is politically damaging, hence their outrage over the leak. "But some folks say it may be even worse. One person who has seen the memos argues that they also include information that can only be described as evidence of political corruption and that the federal whistleblower statute should protect the people who made them public. Senate Republicans, who one person involved in the issues said, 'are more concerned with saving face than with getting to the truth,' reportedly do not want the debate over the leaked memos to go down that road. At least one source close to the issue says they may have no choice in the matter."
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