Ex-Rep. Sweeney a Political Victim of Spitzer?

In another twist in the Elliot Spitzer saga, not only did Elliot Spitzer try to sway political power in the New York State Senate but apparently did help in shifting the power in the House. Governor Paterson last night gave Attorney General Andrew Cuomo power to launch a full investigation on the New York State Police (NYSP) over new allegations including a unit in the NYSP that gathered information on high ranking state officials. See:

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04012008/news/regionalnews/heat_on_hatchet_squad_104467.htm

The Cuomo investigation will try to determine if the NYSP had knowledge of Spitzer's prostitution habits. The investigation will also focus on a former Governor George Pataki security chief and Spitzer friend, Daniel Wiese, if he leaked police reports on ex-congressmen John Sweeney during of election of 2006. John Sweeney lost a very close race in a very heated campaign as leaked police reports surfaced at the end. Did Spitzer have something to do with this also? We now know that he liked the method of leaking information to the media as he did so with Joe Bruno (using the State Police). Is this a pattern? Why is the NYSP becoming a political hit squad?

Governor Paterson did the right thing by ordering an immediate full scale investigation into NYSP actions and methods. But the Cuomo investigation must have teeth. It can not be all talk and no action. It will be interesting to see how hard he comes down on the state police. Paterson and Cuomo better be careful, I'm sure the NYSP have files on them also.