Report: Weldon's staff digging into Navy, Weldon's "hit list" of defense contractors

The American Prospect's online edition reports on Oct 26, 2006 of more alleged dirty tricks by Weldon and his staff.

E-mails recently forwarded to the Justice Department by a government watchdog group describe alleged efforts by staff of Congressman Curt Weldon of Pennsylvania to call Navy employees for information and negative statements about his Democratic opponent, retired Rear Admiral Joe Sestak. Two e-mails that were forwarded to the Sestak campaign by one current and one former Pentagon employee appear to detail guidance from superiors to staff not to speak with Weldon's office should it call soliciting information about Sestak; Weldon’s office is described in one e-mail as “calling everyone and his brother” in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) about Sestak. A third e-mail written by a defense contractor to the Sestak campaign says that he had been told that Weldon's office had allegedly compiled a “hit list” of defense contractors whose officers had donated to the Sestak campaign, of which he was one, and suggested "retribution" against them. [bold added]

You can view a couple of these emails at the CREW blog on this topic.

This comment jumps out about some defense contractors contributing to Sestak's campaign:

Weldon said something to the effect of "If they don't think there will be retribution before or after the election, they're kidding themselves."