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- 1 2 "Fallen star blames self, GOP tactics: Jail term served in N.H. phone plot" By Michael Kranish, Boston Globe June 10, 2006.
- ↑ How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative ( ISBN 1-4165-5222-7)
