Exclusive: Democrats Ask Pentagon For Info on Potential Obama Challengers -- ABC News
DNC Requests Records Related to Palin, Romney, Seven Other Possible 2012 Contenders.
The Democratic National Committee formally has asked the Pentagon for reams of correspondence between military agencies and nine potential Republican presidential candidates, a clear indication that Democrats are building opposition-research files on specific 2012 contenders even before the midterm elections.
An internal Army e-mail obtained by ABC News indicates that the DNC has filed Freedom of Information Act requests for "any and all records of communication" between Army departments and agencies and each of the nine Republicans -- all of whom are widely mentioned as possible challengers to President Obama.
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My Comment: This is wrong on many levels. Correspondences and discussions between the Pentagon and their political masters have an expectation of being private .... especially on sensitive questions that deal with national security and defense. But this apparently is not the case .... nothing is private and everything is to be used for political advantage.
Sighhh ..... I am clearly out of the loop on this one.
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