Reply #16: I meant that everyone assumed..

[karendc]

that the Dems had the Reps HQ bugged and vice versa.

I do not think the Kerry people bugged the Bush HQ. But I am sure the Bush people ASSUMED that their space was bugged.

I think, in this town, one just assumes a lot.

Remember that in DC, wherever you are in the downtown area, you are on camera.

One of the "sports" here is to talk in "code" and mess with the spies.

I will go on record here as saying that never once in the entire campaign did I ever get wind of or observe the Kerry people doing anything illegal or even underhanded.

I sometimes wished they would. (not really, just a wistful dream of just retribution)

But no one had any doubt that the Bush people had infiltrated and/or were listening in. The HQ where the campaign was between March and the election had been a big Repub. law firm. It was "swept" but I don't think anyone was being naive.