Indiana: Valuable GOP list becomes public document

[Contrary1]

Oops.

INDIANAPOLIS - With just a few clicks, staffers in former school Superintendent Tony Bennett 's office made one of the Indiana Republican Party's most valuable tools a public document — free to anyone.

The master fundraising list is extensive, containing contact information for thousands of Republicans from grassroots supporters and precinct committee leaders to top-dollar lobbyists and donors. Cellphones, personal emails and other valuable notes are included in the spreadsheet, two versions of which were found on Department of Education servers.

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News of the documents led Democrats to call for an investigation. Inspector General David Thomas confirmed he is investigating Bennett, but declined to provide details of the investigation's focus.

Whether Bennett and his staff broke any laws will be a question for investigators and local prosecutors. But it's clear they left valuable information on state-owned computers.

Among the files were two downloaded from the GOP's Salesforce database, one dubbed the "Indiana Republican Party's Red Meat List"; another includes an entry titled "Mitch's 'Red Meat' List." The database is a crucial element of any campaign, as demonstrated last year when party leaders launched an investigation into whether then-Senate candidate Richard Mourdock 's campaign wrongly downloaded information..."

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/valuable-gop-list-becomes-public-document

[Koko Ware]

1. List of people to indict.

Yessir!