Katherine Harris: "It smacks of real paranoia," Ex Campaign Manager

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Questions Dog Harris Behavior
By WILLIAM MARCH and KEITH EPSTEIN The Tampa Tribune
Published: Apr 4, 2006
http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBEOW9PLLE.html

But in the past 10 days, Harris has:

•Had locks changed and posted a security guard at the door of her campaign headquarters in Tampa and had former staff members escorted in to retrieve their belongings.
•Told a gathering of supporters in Cocoa Beach on Saturday that the Republican Party had "infiltrated" her campaign staff to put "knives in my back."
•Told a reporter that a longtime, trusted political adviser had leaked a story about her staff members quitting, then called back to retract the comments.
•Announced hiring her new staff without identifying them.

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According to Florida Today, she told a gathering of Republicans, "I didn't know I was going to get the knives in my back from my own party, and I'll be honest, it's infiltrated my campaign staff."

She added, "For too long, we have been undermined by people in our own party and staffers in our own campaign."

The newspaper also quoted Harris as saying, "I was told if I didn't get out of the race, I would have an April surprise," meaning a negative event for her campaign.