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New Spy Video Charge Hits Pats

Posted Feb 3, 08 8:17 AM CST in Sports 

(Newser) – Just when you thought the media had largely lost interest in Cameragate, Bill Belichick's New England juggernaut has been hit with a new allegation concerning spy videotaping. An unnamed source told the Boston Herald that a Patriots staffer hung around to capture the Rams on tape the night before 2002's Super Bowl XXXVI, which the underdog Pats won.

A Patriots representative claims that "the coaches have no knowledge of" the incident, and it's unclear what happened to the tape—or whether the cameraman was acting on his own. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, already tangling with Senator Arlen Spector over the destruction of this season's sideline spy tapes of the New York Jets signaling during a game, insisted that there is "no indication" that videotaping "benefited them in any of the Super Bowl victories.”

Source Boston Herald

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft holds the Lombardi trophy as he celebrates the Patriot's 20-17 victory over the St. Louis Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome,   (KRT Photos)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - New England starting quarterback Tom Brady warms up prior to Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome, Sunday, February 3, 2002. New allegations have surfaced that the Pats videotaped...   (KRT Photos)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - New England quarterback Tom Brady runs during Super Bowl XXXVI. Did he already know what the Rams' defensive plays would look like? Arlen Specter would like to know.   (KRT Photos)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - New England cornerback Ty Law returns the ball during Super Bowl XXXVI, which the Patriots won 20-17 over the Rams. New allegations of videotaping have surfaced on the eve of Super Bowl...   (KRT Photos)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - The New England Patriots celebrate Adam Vinatieri's game-winning field goal to win Super Bowl XXXVI at the Louisiana Superdome, Sunday, February 3, 2002.   (KRT Photos)
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