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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ish who wrote (39356)	9/23/2000 9:51:30 AM
From: peter a. pedroli	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

from the Wash.post today, i think the teflon is just to thin on this one. good and dumb is going to beat evil and smart this time.... Gore Package Sender May Be ID'd By Michael J. Sniffen Associated Press Writer Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000; 1:22 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON –– FBI agents believe they know who sent a videotape of Texas Gov. George W. Bush preparing for a presidential debate to a confidant of Vice President Al Gore, a federal law enforcement official said. Early evidence appears to point to a person in the Bush campaign, but further investigation to confirm that is needed, the official added Friday. On Sept. 13, a package arrived at the Washington office of former Rep. Thomas Downey, who has been helping Gore prepare for upcoming debates. The package had a postmark of Austin, Texas – where the Bush campaign is based – but Downey didn't recognize the sender's name. Democratic sources said at the time that Downey told associates he saw Republican Bush in what appeared to be a mock debate with Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., who is serving as Gore's stand-in during Bush debate preparations. The package also contained documents. Downey turned the materials over to the FBI, which began a preliminary inquiry to see, among other things, whether there was any evidence that federal law had been violated. That early inquiry produced the tentative identification, but investigators do not believe it is solidly confirmed yet, and are conducting more tests on the material and continuing the investigation, said a law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity. Bush spokeswoman Karen Hughes said Friday that the campaign had not yet been notified by the FBI on the progress of the investigation. She said only a very few members of Bush's top advisers had access to the debate sessions that were taped, and she doubted that any were involved. FBI and Justice Department officials are still trying to determine if a federal statute has been violated. One possible federal violation might be theft from a federally financed activity, and the Bush campaign might qualify because it has accepted public funding. However, the evidence might point instead to a state violation, perhaps simple theft. The official refused to divulge the name of the person tentatively identified but said the early evidence appeared so far to point to someone in the Bush camp. The incident unsettled the famously loyal Bush campaign apparatus, which has seen the GOP nominee slip in polls and struggle to stay on message since the Democratic convention in August. Several advisers said at the time they could not imagine that the documents could come from inside the campaign. © Copyright 2000 The Associated Press