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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (3486)	1/26/2001 2:20:39 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Yes- I believe the death penalty and prison terms were suggested for the miscreants- this would be a trifle excessive for a 140 dollar crime- unless of course it was a 3 strikes crime- then of course it makes sense.

To: Lane3 who wrote (3486)	1/26/2001 2:58:36 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Nobody seems to know how much damage was done. These hijinks have been described in conflicting degrees. One thing is certain. There is no place for these pranks in the WH or any other important government facility. Government is not a luxury, it is a necessity. Anything which squanders taxpayer funded resources is unacceptable. This goes for both parties. BTW: Grub.

To: Lane3 who wrote (3486)	2/18/2001 11:56:37 AM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 82486

We should know what really happened before long. At the White House, 'Moving On' or Piling On? Bush and GOP Gain, Democrats Blush, and Ex-President's Allies Cry Foul Over Tales of Messy Exit By John F. Harris and Dana Milbank Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, February 18, 2001 <<snip--The story that has provoked the most irritability among Clinton allies is one that is tangential to the legal controversy -- but which contributed to a widespread perception that the Clinton team left the White House in a contemptuous fashion. Fleischer and other GOP aides, in Bush's first week in office, helped launch a report about pranks played largely by staff members for Vice President Al Gore -- who removed the "W" key from computers, permanently damaging equipment in some cases -- into a major evening news and front-page story. The press secretary said White House officials were so concerned about apparent vandalism by Clinton aides, including reports of cut wires, that a formal "cataloguing" of the damage was underway. Stories were replete with anonymous quotes from Republicans identified as close to the Bush White House describing the wreckage. But, just one day later, Fleischer said the cataloguing was merely a single aide keeping a mental list. Last week Bush said the reports of thefts of champagne glasses or other finery from Air Force One were "simply not true" -- an acknowledgment that Clinton aides say they would have appreciated three weeks earlier. Meanwhile, the administration has offered no concrete evidence of cut phone cords or similar vandalism by departing Clinton aides. Mark Lindsay, who headed the office of administration in the Clinton White House, said career government officials told him that the only phone lines -- no more than a few -- cut at the White House were done so by General Services Administration workers in the course of rapid office renovations the weekend of Jan. 20.--snip>> washingtonpost.com