Reports of Federal Warrants are being served at the Municipal Services Building in Phila.

NBC10

[Dog]

Local NBC station in Philly is reporting federal warrants are being served in at the Municipal Services Building.

There is also a report of an emergency meeting of Mayor Street's cabinet taking place right now..

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Blaming it on the VRWC - Ashcroft doing the Republican's bidding........lol

[Mo1]

It is the tone of the coverage.....Channel 3 didn't really cover it. NBC10 is tainted.....Renee Chanult Fatah is married to Chakka Fatah and I read he has dealings with the Islamic Imam.

Well they have in the pass leaned more left and what's being said now is no suprise

I had forgot about Fatah ... I wonder if he's involved .. hmmmm the plot thickens ..

[Mo1]

any news as to which ones? (i used to practice in philly). also, if there's a ping list for this stuff, please add me.

No, they didn't mention any names .. just that some Top Law Firms that has dealing with the City's contracts and Bond Dealings

[Joe 6-pack]

"Yea I heard last night it was all started because of Enron..."

Can't be. Enron was the work of GWB and Cheney. No dem had any involvement.

Tom Brokaw told me so.

[Tribune7]

Rest of the bump list.

Remember Al Gore would never have done this.

[tgslTakoma]

Geez! Sounds like DC during the Marion Barry reign.

[tgslTakoma]

Paging Terry McAuliffe!

Cleanup on aisle 12!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Watch Dann Cuellar on WPVI on this. He has been on this story for a month.

Also look for a Rendell/Cohen connection. This is huge.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

I believe that PA was one of the states Bush was *supposed* to have won in 2000, but didn't after the City of Brotherly Love had nearly a 100% election day "turnout" for Algore...

Actually, the Philadelphia ghetto wards had turnouts of under 40% in the 2000 election. The best turnout was in the middle class and wealthy areas, and they tend Republican. This 100% thing is a total myth.

[Hermann the Cherusker]

City said it was a routine sweep that lead to the bug.

Uh huh! And this Mayor is straight as an arrow.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

[There is also a report of an emergency meeting of Mayor Street's cabinet taking place right now..]

This to determine how the oppression of the Mayor's office is all the fault of the cracker President GWB.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Kickbacks? Illegal contracting? Tampering with police files?

Dimo Politics 101.

[aristeides]

Looks like the FBI is calling Street's bluff. Obviously, someone tipped him off to the bugs. He then decided to expose their existence to 1) help mobilize his supporters in a tight election and to 2) cripple the investigation before it could succeed (and perhaps send him to jail even if he wins the election).

Obstruction of justice?

[GOPJ]

bump

[aristeides]

According to this NBC 10 report, the Democrats have been discussing Street's resignation: Street Turns Over 2 More BlackBerry Devices: Embattled Mayor Avoids Reporters On Friday.

[GretchenEE]

Obviously, someone tipped him off to the bugs.

There was an article on FR after the bugs were discovered that said the police do these sweeps routinely since a situation a few (several?) years ago when bugs were discovered in a city official's (mayor's?) office, prior administration. The last routine sweep was in June and no bugs were found.

[aristeides]

That could be true, but it could just as well be a cover story that somebody fed to the press. I suspect the latter.