It's all in how you say it

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Top page one headline in Journal Sentinel:

Inquiry launched into state travel contract
U.S., state, DA to look into donations to Doyle

Federal, state and Dane County authorities have launched a joint investigation into a travel contract given to the company of a major contributor to Gov. Jim Doyle, officials said Thursday.

The investigation will be conducted by both the FBI and the state's Division of Criminal Investigation, which is supervised by Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager. Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard also will play a role in the process.

WisPolitics report:

WisPolitics: U.S. Attorney Downplays Travel Probe
10/20/2005

By Greg Bump
WisPolitics.com staff

Steven Biskupic, the Republican-appointed U.S. attorney for Wisconsin's Eastern District in Milwaukee, said Thursday night that it would be going too far to say a look into a disputed state travel contract is a formal investigation or an investigation of Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle.

Biskupic refused to get into any specifics on possible targets or potential charges.

"To say the governor is being investigated is inaccurate," Biskupic told WisPolitics.com. "An inquiry was raised, (the DOJ) got a letter, there was a discussion among the law enforcement community, and you shouldn't read any more into it.

"To say there is a formal criminal investigation is reading too much into it."

Biskupic said he met over the last couple days with Dan Bach from the state Department of Justice and Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard, and they would looking into the matter jointly. The discussions included "how to go forward to ensure credibility, regardless of the outcome, without accusations of bias or partisanship."