These Republicans just can't stop breaking laws.
FBI urged to probe database access
Article Last Updated:10/16/2006 12:19:57 AM MDT
A liberal advocacy group urged the FBI on Sunday to investigate
whether Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez's campaign
violated federal or state laws by accessing the highly restricted
National Crime Information Center database.
ProgressNowAction sent its request to the FBI on Sunday and plans
to send an e-mail titled "Beauprez Gate" today to its more than
50,000 members calling for an FBI probe into the Beauprez campaign.
At the urging of Gov. Bill Owens, the Colorado Bureau of
Investigation is investigating whether the Beauprez campaign broke
the law while researching an attack ad against Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Bill Ritter.
Michael Huttner, executive director of ProgressNowAction, said
the group also is concerned that Owens' request is a "clear conflict
of interest" because he has been actively campaigning for Beauprez.
The FBI could not be reached for comment. Beauprez's campaign declined
to comment.
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