WASHINGTON, D.C.
Indictment brought for Bush tape mailing
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted a former employee of a Bush campaign media consulting company, charging she secretly mailed George W. Bush debate preparation materials to Vice President Al Gore's campaign to help the Democrat. Juanita Yvette Lozano of Austin, Tex., was charged with mail fraud, false statements to the FBI and perjury. If convicted, she faces 15 years in prison and a $750,000 fine. The indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury in Texas.
The indictment revived a campaign season furor that had the Bush and Gore camps trading accusations about a possible mole. The Gore campaign received a package last Sept. 13 containing the Bush tape and related documents. Both camps denied knowing who sent it. An investigation focused on Lozano after a post office surveillance tape showed her mailing a package around the time the videotape was sent, federal officials said.
WASHINGTON, D.C.
'Naked wife' virus hits computers
A destructive computer virus hit at least 30 organizations and one federal agency Tuesday, security experts said.
Like the most recent widespread virus that used the name of tennis star Anna Kournikova, this new program called "Naked Wife" takes advantage of users "baser instincts," an antivirus company spokeswoman said.
The virus, which appears with the subject line "FW: Naked Wife," deletes almost all of a computer's vital system files. It also sends itself out to everyone in the user's e-mail address book.
The virus e-mail contains an attachment called "NakedWife.exe." Like most viruses, the recipient's computer is only infected if the receiver runs the attachment.
No comments
Commenting is turned off for this story.