Bruno Scandal May Hurt NY State Police Chief

Governor Eliot Spitzer is in Buffalo this morning, one day after a major shake-up within his own office. The governor has suspended one top aide and demoted another after Attorney General Cuomo said they had used the state police to gather information on trips taken by Senate Majority Leader Bruno.

REPORTER: The report found the two aides conspired to release politically damaging information about Bruno's use of state aircraft, including trips to political fund-raisers.

REPORTER: One of the other casualties of the report may be acting state police superintendent Preston Felton. He's hoping to get that job permanently but Daily News columnist Liz Benjamin says that may be difficult.

BENJAMIN: It looks not fabulous for a person who's applying for a job to have been in cahoots even if he believed there was an appropriate means or reason for him to be acting in the way that he was. The way the governor described it was that Preston Fulton had the wool pulled over his eyes to a large extent and that this wasn't his fault. Nevertheless he has been tarnished by this and it could be difficult for him.

REPORTER: No one was accused of violating the law but the report found policies designed to protect public officials' safety were broken for political gain.

REPORTER: Spitzer says he knew nothing of the operation.