Congress ethics inquiry probe leaked online
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- A report saying the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides are being investigated about concerns including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling has been leaked online. It, “appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post by a source not connected to the congressional investigations,” says the newspaper. “The committee said Thursday night that the document was released by a low-level staffer.” The 22-page Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report, “gives brief summaries of ethics panel investigations of the conduct of 19 lawmakers and a few staff members,” says the story, going on the committee’s review of investigations, “became available on file-sharing networks because of a junior staff member’s use of the software while working from home … ” The staffer was fired, says the story.
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