Posted on 08/29/2002 1:00:15 PM PDT by Donald Stone
Employee records sought in probe Ex-worker's file, another's computer released to FBI
By Greg Garland and Gail Gibson Sun Staff Originally published August 29, 2002
Federal authorities investigating a state crime-control office overseen by Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend have issued new subpoenas seeking personnel records for a former Maryland State Police employee and the computer hard drive of another former state worker, officials said yesterday.
A subpoena delivered to state police headquarters by FBI agents on Tuesday demanded all work records for Daniel I. Franklin, who apparently was paid out of the state police budget while working as a researcher and speechwriter for Townsend, records and interviews show.
Also yesterday, officials with the University of Maryland, College Park turned over to a federal grand jury the computer used by a former worker at the Governor's Office of Crime Control and Prevention who has said she was paid with federal crime-fighting dollars to do research that would benefit Townsend's campaign for governor.
It was unclear what information federal investigators were seeking, and the subpoena to state police appeared to mark a new direction for the grand jury probe. So far, investigators have focused on whether the crime-control office improperly used federal funds to pay for political tasks or ghost employees.
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