This article was published by the Philadelphia Daily News on December 8, 2004. This brief article describes how the Pennsylvania State Police suspected that the Philadelphia Daily News knew about the GHS radar problems in early December 2003, before the Daily News even began asking questions. Internal State Police memos show that they Pennsylvania State Police attempted to “craft” possible responses to various radar questions should Nicole Egan, Philadelphia Daily News reporter who covered most of the GHS radar problems, call and ask.
An internal memo stated:
On Jan. 7, 2004, when the Daily News first posed questions to the state police spokesman about the radar problems, the Spokesman e-mailed the questions to superiors with this comment: “We have been waiting for these questions and I think we already have positioned ourselves correctly on this issue. “I would like to have a meeting involving the appropriate representatives from Patrol, Tech Services and Legal to obtain input so that the Public Information Office can craft a response to Egan. The Governor’s Press Office already has indicated that it wants to see our response before it is sent.”