Prosecutor to review AG reports on {NY} governor's office (newsday.com)

[eppur_se_muova]

By VALERIE BAUMAN | Associate Press Writer
August 1, 2007

ALBANY, N.Y. - A criminal prosecutor will review reports from the attorney general and inspector general about a scheme involving two of the governor's top aides who used state police to track a political rival.

Although Attorney General Andrew Cuomo found no crimes were committed, Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares' decision to review the actions of Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his staff means a prosecutor with the power to investigate crimes is involved.

Spitzer has denied all involvement and agreed to testify before the state Ethics Commission about what he knew of the scheme to track the whereabouts of Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno during a campaign to smear the governor's political rival.

"We are currently gathering relevant information from all involved parties including the materials that led the attorney general and the inspector general to conclude that no laws were broken," Soares said Wednesday in a written statement. "In adhering to our process, we will conduct a dispassionate review of all relevant information. All decisions must be supported by credible evidence.

"It must be remembered that while certain conduct may appear unethical or even immoral, the only issue for our consideration is to determine whether the conduct is of such regard that criminal liability can be assessed."
***
more: http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--brunoflights0801aug01,0,6135377.story

Sounds like Spitzer is probably OK, if Cuomo gave him a clean bill of health.