"FBI Plants Fake Candidate in W.Va. Race"

GreenPartyVoter

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Sun Dec-04-05 04:31 PM
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"FBI Plants Fake Candidate in W.Va. Race"

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Thomas Esposito's campaign for the Legislature seemed to be following the usual pattern. The longtime Democratic mayor issued press releases, raised money and bought newspaper ads. Signs bearing his name popped up in yards around rural Logan County.

But less than a month before the May 2004 primary election, Esposito dropped out, saying he had to withdraw because of his ailing mother-in-law.

The real reason surfaced only later: The FBI had planted Esposito among the field of candidates to help find evidence of vote-buying in southern West Virginia.

Federal prosecutors say the gambit worked.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20051203/D8E8RRE00.html

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cantstandbush

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Sun Dec-04-05 04:52 PM
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1. Repubs or Dems? n/t

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RBHam

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Sun Dec-04-05 05:03 PM
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2. Does it matter?

That's the problem with the truth behind American politics - both sides are systematically and institutionally corrupt.

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Lex

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Sun Dec-04-05 05:08 PM
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4. Well it matters if the FBI is only investigating Democratic candidates and

not Republican ones.

The investigations should be even-handed.

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Eric J in MN

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Sun Dec-04-05 05:05 PM
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3. The FBI doesn't have the right to corrupt democracy in the

name of fighting corruption.

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