Immigration agent charged with leaking info in governor's race

By Alan Gathright, Rocky Mountain News
October 25, 2007

A federal immigration agent in Denver has been charged with three misdemeanors for allegedly leaking information from a national crime database to Republican Bob Beauprez for attack ads in last year's campaign for governor. Beauprez ran ads accusing Democrat Bill Ritter of giving plea bargains on drug-dealing charges to illegal immigrants when Ritter was Denver district attorney. Key information for those ads apparently came from the National Crime Information Center database, which is supposed to be used only for law enforcement purposes.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Cory Voorhis was charged with three counts of exceeding his authorized access to a government computer, according to statement issued today by Acting Wyoming U.S. Attorney John Green.

Each count is a Class A misdemeanor. If convicted, Voorhis faces a maximum punishment of three years in prison and a $300,000 fine.

Green's office took over the investigation after Denver federal authorities recused themselves from the probe because they have worked with Voorhis on several high-profile immigration investigations.

Voorhis was placed on administrative leave soon after his alleged role in the controversy became public. He returned to work on Feb. 5....

Beauprez wouldn't name the agent but praised him as a heroic whistle-blower....

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