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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate?
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To: Skywatcher who wrote (7002)5/17/2006 6:40:17 PM
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Former RNC official sentenced to prison for 'phone jam' plot

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Published: Wednesday May 17, 2006

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"A former Republican National Committee official was sentenced Wednesday to 10 months in prison for his role in the jamming of New Hampshire Democrats' telephones on Election Day 2002," reports the Associated Press.

"Prosecutors said [James Tobin] helped arrange more than 800 hang-up calls that jammed get-out-the-vote phone lines set up by the state Democratic Party and the Manchester firefighters' union for about an hour," the article continues. "Republican John Sununu defeated then-Gov. Jeanne Shaheen for the Senate that day in what had been considered a cliffhanger."

The Department of Justice announced today that Tobin was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge Steven McAuliffe of the District of New Hampshire to 10 months in prison, an additional two years of supervised release, plus a fine of $10,000.

Tobin joins two others indicted on related charges: Charles McGee, former Executive Director for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee, and GOP Marketplace's Allen Raymond, who were sentenced to seven month and three month prison terms, respectively.

In October, the trial will begin for Shaun Hansen, whose firm, Mylo Enterprises, was subcontracted by GOP Marketplace to carry out the phone jamming scheme.

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