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...package, slathered in postage, with a phony address and irregular shape, looked like a letter bomb when it arrived at the offices of TOM DOWNEY, the adviser slated to play GEORGE W. BUSH in AL GORE's debate prep. The videotape and documents inside were, in their way, just as explosive. Downey popped in the videotape, and an image of George W. in a mock debate filmed a month ago flickered onto the screen. "Oops. We shouldn't be watching this," Downey said. He shipped the lot off to the FBI and gave up his debate role. Then...
...fact, officials familiar with the case say, the FBI investigation is only in its preliminary stages and has not progressed beyond the compilation of a short list of Bush campaign officials who were authorized to have access to the specific tape and documents that Gore adviser Tom Downey says arrived unsolicited in his mail on Sept. 13. The list does not include the larger universe of persons who may have had unauthorized access to the campaign material in question - lower-level campaign aides, volunteers, couriers, employees at copying or tape duplicating services, family and friends of campaign officials...
...Those are slam-dunk felonies. Though Bush loyalists are peddling rumors of a possible break-in at the campaign or an advertising agency, they haven't presented the FBI with evidence that any such thing happened. Agents have come up with no evidence to suggest the tape that reached Downey was made by illegal clandestine surveillance equipment...
...meantime, the tape and papers received by Downey are locked it away in the tightly secured evidence control room at the FBI Washington field office at Fourth and G Streets Northwest in downtown Washington. FBI agents in Washington and Austin have been told to take a few logical first steps to nail down basic information about what the tape and documents consist of, how many copies exist, what equipment made the original and purloined videotapes, and who had legitimate access to the stuff during the normal course of the campaign. The list of names arising from that process, says...
...statue of Robert Downey Jr. b) A submarine to smuggle drugs c) Old-age homes d) Bonds with each other...