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I didn't mean to imply that either of you (or any other FReepers) were accusing the Washington Post of committing a crime. I was just trying to say that there may be an innocent explanation for the Washington Post getting its hands on NCPAC's e-mails - where no one committed any crime whatsoever.

As a New Yorker, I'm not qualified to guess who spread what rumors about a Baltimore mayor or whether the rumors are true. I do find the timing of the NCPAC story a bit suspicious, given that the story about O'Malley's bonehead Bush budget cuts=9/11 comments appeared in the Washington Post the same day. But I have no proof of any link between the timing of the two articles. And timing doesn't excuse the fact that political operatives ought to think twice before posting (or bolstering) rumors on the Internet. Not only because of the consequences of getting caught, but also because spreading rumors just isn't nice - especially if they turn out to be false.

Montgomery County, MD - County Executive Douglas M. Duncan ~ This is the name of the guy who would most likely challenge O'Malley in the Democratic primaries to run for Governor.

No doubt Donald Graham (the guy who owns the Post) favors him.

I'd suggest that the scandal starts at the very top of the hierarchy at the Post and that no politician, either Republican or Democrat, had anything to do with spreading the stories.