FBI bugs Philadelphia mayor’s office

POLITICIANS are demanding that the FBI explain why it apparently planted bugging devices in the Philadelphia mayor’s office just weeks before the mayoral election.

Mayor John Street, a Democrat, is locked in a bitter rematch against Republican businessman Sam Katz, and the campaign has been marked by charges of intimidation and race-baiting.

“I think given this extraordinary situation with four weeks to go in the campaign, it is incumbent upon the FBI to say why they planted the device,” Governor Ed Rendell said.