Two staffers from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), chaired by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), are under investigation by the FBI. The two are alleged to have illegally obtained the credit report of the Republican Lt. Governor of Maryland, Michael Steele, who may eventually run for Senate. The two were reportedly working on "opposition research." The Washington Times reported the investigation in a story dated Wednesday September 21, 2005. The New York Post posted an article on the matter Thursday September 22, 2005, and so did the Washington Post.
Yet as of late Friday afternoon (September 23, 2005), there has been not a peep from the New York Times! The story is nowhere to be found!
A reader at MichelleMalkin.com hit the nail on the head in a letter to the Times' ombudsman, Byron Calame (grammar adjusted, emphasis mine):
What if a Republican senator's aides had illegally obtained Sen. [Hillary] Clinton's credit report? Do you honestly think that the Times would be quiet?
Great point.
By the way, Hugh Hewitt has compiled a nice list of questions that the MSM could ask Sen. Schumer. Check it out.
(P.S. Amazingly, the Washington Post article (cited above) reports that the episode occurred in July, while the New York Post (cited above) claims to have obtained records that show that the staffers "continued to be paid by the Democratic committee at least through Aug. 31"!)
*** UPDATE Saturday, September 24, 2005, 5:30 pm PDT: I am blind, or there is still nothing in today's Times on this story! ***
