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  A Simple Click Stirs a Lot of Outrage
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Last EditedRP  Sep 13, 2002 08:47pm
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News DateSaturday, September 14, 2002 02:47:05 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionFor some time, travelers browsing the State Department Web site for helpful tips about Guadalajara, Mexico, found much more than they bargained for when they clicked on a photograph of President Bush.

The click transported them to a partisan playground, where they were told how to get involved with the Republican Party and even how to donate money to it.

The State Department site, it turns out, had been providing a link to a Web site run by the Republican National Committee despite federal laws prohibiting government resources from being used for partisan purposes.
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