Republican fesses up to blog ID raid

[Robb]

Robb's note: this news is a little stale, but I missed it.

Republican fesses up to blog ID raid

DENVER - A Republican operative has admitted collecting identity data from a political Web log - a practice the state Republican Party earlier had blamed on Democrats.

This week, the GOP warned state party members that someone was compiling the online identities of visitors to the Web site coloradopols.com. The site is a popular political blog that invites comments from its readers, who can post their thoughts using nicknames.

The warning pointed the finger at Democrats, but e-mail records show that Laura Teal, a Republican, and two acquaintances actually were the ones involved.

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She said she used her password access to glean computer IP (Internet protocol) addresses and attempted to link posted messages to the computers where the postings originated.

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[havocmom]

1. Basic rule of thumb: Whatever a GOP hack accuses a DEM or Liberal of

is something they, themselves have done or are planning to do.

Use their pointing finger as a weathervane, it shows where the real hot air is coming from ;)

[eppur_se_muova]

2. Absolutely correct, havocmom!