Russ Feingold campaign looks to capitalize on failed infiltration

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Russ Feingold’s campaign sought to capitalize this week on an attempted infiltration by a suspected conservative operative.

In a fundraising email sent out Friday, the campaign accused Republicans of sending a spy to infiltrate their campaign headquarters and called it “the dirtiest tactic in their playbook” — though they offered no evidence that the operative was working on behalf of Republicans.

“This person came into our campaign headquarters using a fake name, a fake story and even a fake Facebook page to try and cover their tracks,” campaign volunteer coordinator Sarah Lindstrom wrote in the fundraising email. “It clearly shows what you and I already know: Republicans like Senator (Ron) Johnson are scared. They’re desperate. And they’ll do anything to keep him in Washington for another six years.”

Feingold spokesman Michael Tyler acknowledged the campaign doesn’t know if the woman who applied Tuesday to work for the campaign under the name “Allison Moss” was put up to it by Republicans. The woman became cagey and left abruptly when confronted by campaign officials, according to an audio recording provided by the campaign.

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