CBI, FBI probe Beauprez ad (GOP candidate for Colorado governor)

[CaroleG]

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation has asked the FBI to join the probe into how GOP gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez got confidential police information used in an attack ad.

State investigators are looking into whether the ad illegally used information from a federal law enforcement database.

"Because this is a federally controlled and regulated system, CBI has requested the assistance of the FBI to further pursue the investigation," CBI director Robert Cantwell said today. "The FBI and CBI will be working jointly to complete the investigation." Democrat Bill Ritter's campaign has suggested the information did come from the federal crime records. Beauprez spokesman John Marshall has said the details came from an informant, whom he refused to identify.

In a debate earlier today, Ritter demanded that Beauprez disclose how he got the information, saying Beauprez has promised to be accountable for his actions.

"If you're going to talk about accountability ... but you're utilizing information that can only be obtained illegally, we need to know what your source is," Ritter said.


http://www.denverpost.com/ci_4511706

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