Democratic office target of crimes (Break-in at AZ Dem Headquarters)

[mobuto]

Hard drive stolen; window smashed

Emily Bittner
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 2, 2004 12:00 AM


SCOTTSDALE - Scottsdale Democratic Party officials feel targeted after a computer hard drive with donors' information and mailing list was stolen last month and the office was vandalized Wednesday.

"The fact that we've had two in the last three weeks is very, very suspicious," said Leon Chusid, District 8 treasurer, headquartered at 8350 E. McDonald Drive. "And it's also very terrifying."

The only thing taken in the first incident was a computer's hard drive with information about precinct committee members, mailing lists and fund-raising.

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http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/0402demstheft02.html

Where's G. Gordon Liddy?

[Beetwasher]

1. Why is it than only Dem HQ's get broken into?

It seems this happens with alarming frequency and I don't think I've ever seen stories about Repub HQ's getting broken into...:shrug

[wysimdnwyg]

2. The repugs will say...

the Dems did it to frame them. Guaranteed.

[htuttle]

3. Liddy? Last seen....

Sorry. Catwoman posted this yesterday, and I still can't get the horror of it out of my mind...


Is there any connection to the Presidential election with the AZ Dems? (other than just winning Arizona) If not, I'd guess the perpetrators to be local AZ Republicans.

[mobuto]

5. ARRGGGHHHH

I'm blind.

[bushiehater]

9. Gross...Thanks for ruining

my lunch with that picture. :puke: It's bad enough hearing his stupid son on Arizona radio but now I have to see a pic of his dad. Nasty.

[TankLV]

10. Another reason to interview persons before handing out speedos!

MY EYES! MY EYES!

[BattyDem]

21. I agree

There definitely needs to be some sort of license for a Speedo. We can't have any more of this!




edited - typo :)

[Cassandra]

28. Aside from that...

he did that on my birthday!!! :puke:

[Zynx]

14. Is that a real picture?

That's really sick and I wish I hadn't seen it.

[xchrom]

16. revulsion therapy doesn't work

but i won't be horny for a minute.

[wicket]

20. That's just wrong

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[Voltaire99]

29. We need a Constitutional Amendment...

...banning right wing felons from getting their pubic hair in our flag.

[readmylips]

4. Repig head's last name is Liddy...

how funny is that. The problem is that Scottsdale rich are not happy with small man bush. The criminal GOP and bush must continue their reign of terror on the people's right to vote.

[Coventina]

6. I'M A DISTRICT 8 DEM!!!!!!

That was MY INFO that was stolen!

:scared:

[GainesT1958]

7. Thirty-two years later, and they're still doing those...

"Third-rate burglaries"!:eyes:

B-)

[bain_sidhe]

8. It was probably a terrorism investigation

You know, under the PATRIOT act, people who act in a way intended to change gov't policy could be terrorists. Theoretically, that's only if they do something illegal while trying to change gov't policy, but hey, how can we know unless we look, right?

Ok, I'm kinda like kidding - but not really. Under the US definition of terrorism, being at a peace march where a window gets broken makes you a terrorist. And in that case, under the "material support" clause, anybody who helps you in any way - lends you a quarter for the phone, lets you crash on their couch, lets you use their cell phone - can be investigated with the FBI/CIA's brand-spankin' new powers for secret surveillance and warrantless searches. While they've not YET applied this to Democrats, they certainly COULD. Hell, they could apply it to the ACLU (and thus, under the same "material support" clause, to their donors/members) for filing a lawsuit against the policy of detaining people without charges or access to a lawyer. The ACLU doesn't have to have done anything illegal, as long as even one of the people they're trying to help has done something illegal - meaning THEY (the ACLU) are providing "material support," which means anybody who's a member or a donor is.

:grr:

[havocmom]

11. Zonie DUers, did they ever find out who broke into insurance data bank

of the insurance carrier for the military personnel that happened in AZ a year or two ago? That one really worried be as the names, ages, addresses of military dependent was on the hacked info.

[NMDemDist2]

12. Me too.... my info is there... but wait!

The dems headquarters are downtown not in Scottsdale? WTF??
Dist. 8 is where all the big $$ is tho hehehe

[sonias]

13. G. Gordon was on Al Franken's show today

Franken and Liddy are friends. Al just calls him G. They were both taking swipes at Bill O'Reilly for being a big wuss. Franken knows a lot of people. Al did mention that Liddy is a convicted felon and the Liddy would be the first to admit that. So no one is trying to gloss over his crimes. I think Liddy has moved on. For this crime the new thugs and crooks are in the WH. Karl Rove and Tom DeLay and his minions are training a new batch of criminals every year.

Sonia

[proud patriot]

15. Spot on sonias

:hi:

[snippy]

17. Another day, another felony. How very republican.

[blondeatlast]

18. I'm a Zonie Dem, this is sickening.

Welcome to DU, fellow Zonie. There are many of us, actually.

:toast:

[blondeatlast]

19. "no signs of forced entry in the burglary," ???

:wtf:

(snip)
On Thursday morning, volunteers discovered that the office's window at the reception area was broken overnight with a rock.

The rock appeared to be from a statue in the office complex. The vandal would have had to bypass three other offices to hit the Democrats' headquarters, Chusid said.
(snip)

I'm I the only one who sees a problem here?

[David Zephyr]

22. Is The White House Fishing to See If Az. Sen. McCain Might Jump Ship?

Fishing for e-mail, notes, other?

:shrug:

[htuttle]

23. I hadn't thought of that one

I couldn't think of any national angles to this before you mentioned McCain.

[David Zephyr]

26. I Think They Know Something Even We Don't Know, Htuttle.

Is your moniker, htuttle connected to the name of Holmes Tuttle?

[htuttle]

27. Nope

It's after Archibald, aka 'Harry', HVAC engineer extrordinaire.



On edit:

I wanted to add, I wouldn't even take this to mean that McCain would be likely to jump parties. I don't really think he is.

The Bush clan is so paranoid, they would go nuts suspecting McCain would switch camps, even when he'd not be likely to. I could see them taking a stupid and illegal action like this with only the most paranoid of suspicions. Kind of Nixonian, actually.

[KittyWampus]

24. TWO Break Ins? Good Lord Get Some Freaking SECURITY

[realdeal22k]

25. Let's hope this is not another pink herring

I know the rethughs stage these type of "thefts" and I hope we have not been set up for the same shame.