From: Harry Hope (
rivrvu@ix.netcom.com)Subject: Arizona Democratic Party office broken into. This is the only article in this thread View: Original Format Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc, alt.politics.bush, alt.politics.liberalism, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.gw-bush, alt.politicsDate: 2004-04-03 15:29:59 PST Scottsdale's Democratic office is the only headquarters for anindividual district in the state and opened four months ago tofanfare.District 8 covers the northeast Valley and is the mostRepublican-dominated district in the state.Chusid said the party has no other reason to feel targeted.Local party officials aren't intimidated by the incidents, Wercinskisaid. From The Arizona Central, 4/2/04:http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0402demstheft02.htmlDemocratic office target of crimesHard drive stolen; window smashedEmily BittnerThe Arizona RepublicSCOTTSDALE -Scottsdale Democratic Party officials feel targeted after a computerhard drive with donors' information and mailing list was stolen lastmonth and the office was vandalized Wednesday."The fact that we've had two in the last three weeks is very, verysuspicious," said Leon Chusid, District 8 treasurer, headquartered at8350 E. McDonald Drive."And it's also very terrifying."The only thing taken in the first incident was a computer's hard drivewith information about precinct committee members, mailing lists andfund-raising.The computer monitor and keyboard were left behind and there were nosigns of forced entry in the burglary, said Detective Sam Bailey, aspokesman for the Scottsdale Police Department.The information on the computer was protected with a password, butofficials are still worried."Someone who really knows computers can always break a pass code,"Chusid said."They got what was important to them."Every Democrat who has any contact with the Arizona Office and all DNC intranet passwords and such need to be changed and reassigned to protect and guard against GOP criminal operatives.. and then they should make sure a full investigation is conducted to make sure any responsible are found and fully investigated and charged to aggressively pursue and prosecute the buyer of this information