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GOP Staffer Suspended for Computer Improprieties
Special Report | 11/25/03 | FNC

Posted on 11/25/2003 4:00:07 PM PST by dep

A Republican Senate Judiciary Committee staff member has been suspended with pay after he admitted that he improperly gained access to "secure committee computers," Fox News Channel reports.

Whether the staffer is the person who leaked numerous memos in which Democrats on the committee plotted to turn toe current filibuster of judicial nominees for political advantage was not stated.

An angry Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch denounced the staffer's action, saying that senators expect their computers to be secure and calling the staffer's action "entirely unacceptable."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004memo; democrats; doublestandard; estradamemo; govtemployees; hypocrisy; iraqicivilians; judiciarycommittee; mediabias; memogate; memogate2; obstruction; orrinhatch; partisanpolitics; whichmemogateisthis
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To: dep
An angry Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch denounced the staffer's action,

Good Golly Miss Molly, give that staffer the Medal O Honor...

21 posted on 11/25/2003 4:10:29 PM PST by tubebender (FReeRepublic...How bad have you got it...)
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To: Moose4
"Um...why didn't the HTML tags work? "

Strange. Looks like they were done correctly.

22 posted on 11/25/2003 4:10:32 PM PST by blam
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To: Pukin Dog
Hatch should have fired the man, not just suspended him.


I suspect there are some civil servant rules/guidelines that have to be taken into account... But firing or allowing the staffer to resign should be done pronto.....
23 posted on 11/25/2003 4:10:38 PM PST by deport
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To: mathluv
Let's keep in mind that Hannity was practically begging to be subpoenaed, while dropping the most thinly veiled hints possible that it wasn't a Republican that leaked that memo to him. My guess is this guy has been suspended for a completely different incident.
24 posted on 11/25/2003 4:10:39 PM PST by Timesink (I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
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To: glock rocks
I think it has to do with the new and improved spell checker...
25 posted on 11/25/2003 4:12:29 PM PST by tubebender (FReeRepublic...How bad have you got it...)
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To: Moose4
wow! how strange :o)

did it look alright in the preview?

(or are you like me, and click the box and pull the trigger?)
26 posted on 11/25/2003 4:12:31 PM PST by glock rocks (molon labe)
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To: tubebender
I think it has to do with the new and improved spell checker...

Yep, it happened to me earlier.
27 posted on 11/25/2003 4:13:58 PM PST by Peace will be here soon
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To: Timesink
Wouldn't Hatch's employee's leak only be of the Judiciary Committee memos, though?
I don't think this person's got anything to do with the Intelligence Committee leak to Hannity.
28 posted on 11/25/2003 4:14:02 PM PST by EllaMinnow (I miss Chancellor Palpatine. Heck, I even miss Illbay.)
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To: deport
Then there should have been no announcement until the man was let go. Hatch handled this poorly. Good thing Bush got what he needed from these saps before they let him down again.
29 posted on 11/25/2003 4:14:08 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Timesink
This is a different committee, but I agree. I really think Sean was trying to say it was NOT a staffer, too.

I still want to see the emphasis on content, not on how they leaked. Of course, this may help get the attention of what is in the memos. That kind of attention can not be had if the memos are not in the news. The lamestream media will talk about a pubbie leaker.

30 posted on 11/25/2003 4:14:49 PM PST by mathluv
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To: glock rocks
See my earlier post here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1028515/posts?page=282#282
31 posted on 11/25/2003 4:15:59 PM PST by CedarDave (Insted of using the new spel checkr, I'll just tpye as usal.)
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To: glock rocks
It looked wrong in the preview, but I figured maybe it was just a new feature--the board might not interpret the tags until the message actually posted.

Dang gremlins. :)

}:-)4
32 posted on 11/25/2003 4:16:44 PM PST by Moose4 ("The road goes on forever, and the party never ends." --Robert Earl Keen)
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To: Enterprise
Yeah. Why doesn't Hatch attack the RATS with the same gusto?

By now, you should know never to count your Hatches before they've chickened. (That's a classic Ann Coulter line.)

33 posted on 11/25/2003 4:16:46 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick (So don't hand me Jack and try to call it Cola. I know the difference 'tween $h!t and shinola)
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To: Moose4
Mine Work
34 posted on 11/25/2003 4:17:14 PM PST by SeeRushToldU_So (Libs want to take my money, my guns, and my land....then sodimize me.)
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To: mathluv; redlipstick
Ah, two different committees! In that case, I'm not going to get worked up about this at all.

I still want to see the emphasis on content, not on how they leaked. Of course, this may help get the attention of what is in the memos. That kind of attention can not be had if the memos are not in the news. The lamestream media will talk about a pubbie leaker.

Good point. They can't whine about the leak without discussing the CONTENT of the leak.

35 posted on 11/25/2003 4:17:22 PM PST by Timesink (I'm not a big fan of electronic stuff, you know? Beeps ... beeps freak me out. They're bad.)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
LOL - I know. And I still love it (and her).
36 posted on 11/25/2003 4:17:39 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: dep
This GOP staffer should get a medal.
37 posted on 11/25/2003 4:18:14 PM PST by Saundra Duffy (For victory & freedom!!!)
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To: Timesink
The problem is that this allows the Democrats to frame the Republicans as willing to do anything to win, and to compare this to the Plumbers with Watergate. It will only resonate with the media and Bush haters, but it will get major airplay, unless we get another favor from Michael Jackson, Kobe Bryant or Scott Peterson over the weekend.
38 posted on 11/25/2003 4:20:29 PM PST by Pukin Dog (Sans Reproache)
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To: Timesink
They can't whine about the leak without discussing the CONTENT of the leak.

Well, maybe SOME of the content may be mentioned!

39 posted on 11/25/2003 4:20:33 PM PST by mathluv
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To: Mo1
It has nothing to do with what the Dems are doing witht he Special Interest groups to block Judges. You break the law, you get punished.
40 posted on 11/25/2003 4:20:36 PM PST by dr_who_2
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