Didn't I read somewhere that Reid set up a warroom in the senate as soon as he was sworn in? If so, why would anyone be surprised that they are farming out the legwork to Democratic consultants to dig dirt on judicial nominees (and probably lots of others like their fellow elected officials?) They have plenty of Soros' money to spend on their filthy under-handed typical Democrat operating procedures besides buying votes. Did everyone read the other day that the phone call Frist made to the activist groups (Dobson et.al) concerning judicial nominees was "scrambled?" At least the "stupid party" has finally realized the Democrats have all their phones bugged. They learned something from the taped phone call the Martins of FL "accidentally" overheard, taped and supplied to McDermott.
Don't be naive. Most parties do, and have always done this kind of thing. Of course, it's not nice, but it's totally separate from the issues, at hand and muddles the discourse.
I guess these people are too new near the top for the 900 FBI files to be useful.