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To: calgal who wrote (760824)	4/3/2007 1:05:08 AM
From: calgal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Romney Raises $23 Million; Rudy $15 Million Reprint Information Aging Jets from Eisenhower Era Defend U.S. Romney Tops Rudy, McCain in Fundraising IBM to Give Military $45M in Translation Tech Sen. Joe Biden Uses YouTube as Weapon Sen. Harry Reid: End Funds for Iraq War Republican Mitt Romney reported raising $23 million for his presidential campaign during the first three months of the year, shaking up the GOP field and rivaling the total reported a day earlier by Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton. Meanwhile, the Republican front-runner in the polls, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said his donations totaled $15 million - including more than $10 million raised during March alone. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, at one point considered the Republican to beat, trailed both with $12.5 million, and his campaign acknowledged it had "hoped to do better" in the first quarter of the year. The Republican numbers blew away past party presidential fundraising standards, while Romney's figure put the former Massachusetts governor in competition with Clinton, the Democratic front-runner. The New York senator on Sunday reported raising $26 million between Jan. 1 and March 31. "Facing opponents in an extremely competitive fundraising field who enjoy universal name identification and the clear advantage of existing networks of contributors, Governor Romney's fundraising totals are indicative of the extraordinary success the campaign has had at building an organization and stirring excitement among grassroots activists responding to his message," said Romney spokesman Kevin Madden. Story Continues Below Romney was a venture capitalist whose only public service experience was running the 2002 Winter Olympics before he was elected to a single term as governor later that year. Giuliani, who conversely had moved from politics to private business in recent years, said he has raised nearly $17 million since he formed his presidential exploratory committee in November. He also had $11 million cash on hand as of Saturday, the end of the first quarter. In a statement, Mike DuHaime, Giuliani's campaign manager, said the campaign was thrilled with the total, despite what he called a "late start" to fundraising. The ex-mayor held his first major fundraiser in New York in December. Other top rivals didn't do so until January or later. Romney said all the money he raised was dedicated to the primary campaign, while Giuliani said most of his was for the primary race. Candidates can raise $2,300 from each individual for both the primary and general election races, but they cannot spend the general election money if they do not win their party's presidential nomination. Clinton has refused to break down how much of her money is for the primary campaign and how much would be for a prospective general election. In the Democratic race, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has yet to release his total, touching off speculation of a major announcement. Among the other Democratic candidates, aides to former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards said his $14 million in new contributions included $1 million for the general election. newsmax.com

To: calgal who wrote (760824)	4/3/2007 4:13:55 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Libby prosecuted so district attorney could flex muscle Joseph F. Bauman BOCA RATON April 3, 2007 Isn't it abominable that a major newspaper divulged information about our government tracking terrorists through their banking operations, or divulging that the government was monitoring terrorists' telephone calls from overseas? Both disclosures were about classified information. Both disclosures hurt our defense against radical terrorism. Neither disclosure was vilified by the press or prosecuted by the court system. Instead, one district attorney went after I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby for something a thousand times less harmful to our country. He was charged and convicted of lying as to when he divulged that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. Scooter Libby was not convicted for "outing" Plame as a covert operator for the CIA. Under federal law, she was not considered a covert operator despite her claims that she was. Many people work for the CIA in noncovert positions. Furthermore, legally charging someone for lying about the date of a non-crime (saying that she worked for the CIA) is trivial and to bring this to court is almost a crime itself. Such situations are never, or possibly hardly ever, prosecuted. District attorneys have immense power. This district attorney sought to try Libby -- at great expense to the government and to Libby -- I believe for political reasons. Had Libby been a Democrat, I doubt any charges would have been brought. If the conviction is not overturned on appeal, I hope the president will pardon him forthwith. Copyright © 2007, South Florida Sun-Sentinel sun-sentinel.com