Originally Posted By Deogges Mom <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07242007/news/regionalnews/spitzer_aides_dirty__cuomo_regionalnews_fredric_u__dicker__state_editor.htm?page=0" target="_blank">http://www.nypost.com/seven/07 242007/news/regionalnews/spitzer_aides_dirty__cuomo_regionalnews_fredric_u__dicker__state_editor.htm?page=0</a> >>Gov. Spitzer suspended a top aide and reassigned another yesterday after Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a bombshell report concluding they conspired with the State Police to damage Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno by cooking up a plot claiming he misused state aircraft. Spitzer, who had recently insisted that neither his staff nor the State Police had acted improperly, said communications director Darren Dopp was suspended without pay for an "indefinite period" of at least 30 days. William Howard, the governor's assistant secretary for homeland security, will be reassigned to a position outside of the governor's staff. Cuomo's report also recommended disciplinary action be considered against acting State Police Superintendent Preston Felton, but none was taken. The scathing, 53-page report detailed a months-long scheme in which Dopp, Howard, and Felton - at times with the partial knowledge of Spitzer chief of staff Richard Baum - used the State Police to gather and create misleading and inaccurate records on Bruno's use of state aircraft to travel from Albany to Manhattan in hopes of showing he was using the flights strictly for political purposes, a possibly illegal action. No such itineraries had ever been created before, according to three former State Police superintendents interviewed by Cuomo's investigators. The report confirmed a week's worth of investigative stories in The Post beginning July 5 that found aides to Spitzer, including Dopp, used the State Police as, in effect, a spy agency as part of a broad conspiracy aimed at destroying Bruno. << Amazing what the New York Times reported... <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/24/nyregion/24spitzer.html?ei=5090&en=fe1196cc8a0343ab&ex=1342929600&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07 /24/nyregion/24spitzer.html?ei=5090&en=fe1196cc8a0343ab&ex=1342929600&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all</a> They described Spitzer as "a former prosecutor who came into office less than seven months ago with a reputation for integrity and who promised to bring a new ethical climate to Albany." And from today's Wall Street Journal's Opinion pages <a href="http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110010379" target="_blank">http://www.opinionjournal.com/ editorial/feature.html?id=110010379</a> >>The media are doing their best Claude Rains act over the revelation that the office of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer orchestrated a smear campaign against State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. But far from being a unique, out of character event, the episode is a classic example of the Spitzer political method: nasty and exaggerated accusations fed by selective, politically motivated news leaks. The difference is that this time his targets could fight back. On Monday, the office of Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo released a 54-page report on Mr. Bruno's use of state helicopters, allegedly for personal political purposes. The investigation had been prompted by the Governor's office after Mr. Spitzer's communications aide and hatchet man, Darren Dopp, saw to it that allegations of impropriety against Mr. Bruno had found their way into the hands of gullible, pliant reporters. Only now it is Mr. Dopp who is in hot water, having been suspended without pay for his role in ginning up a non-scandal about the Republican Majority Leader. The AG cleared Mr. Bruno of any wrongdoing, but in the process uncovered Mr. Dopp's unseemly little scheme to plant the story and then use that as a pretext to call for the investigation..... <<
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom OOPS!!!! Darkbeer posted this. I screwed up and didn't Login, as my computer is at the shop, and I am using my GF's. Once again, it is Darkbeer who started this thread, not Deogges Mom.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer >>Suuure blame Darkbeer for this. << Hey, it was a honest mistake, and caught it AFTER I hit submit (saw her e-mail address in the notify box while waiting for the page to update). So I quickly posted the fact that I was the one who should be the OP.
Originally Posted By friendofdd C'mon, DB. Note the smiley face. Teasing is a lot better than the reaction you frequently get.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 < Once again, it is Darkbeer who started this thread, not Deogges Mom.> Considering that it's a cut and paste job critical of a Democrat, with no comments of his own, I'm shocked - shocked - that it came from Darkbeer. By the way, while Bruno may have technically not broken any of NY's lax laws on this subject (though by all accounts he used the state aircraft for trips that were perhaps 90% fundraising, 10% legit), he's currently under FBI investigation, no less, for some questionable business dealings. If we're just going to do the cut-and-paste thing... <a href="http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=3055" target="_blank">http://blogs.timesunion.com/ca pitol/?p=3055</a>
Originally Posted By jonvn Who would have guessed! But by posting with another name, I did start reading about two paragraphs before I realized what it was...
