Several Senate offices were sent the initial e-mail late Monday saying the Sergeant at Arms thought the Drudge Report and whitepages.com were responsible for a rash of viruses appearing on Senate computers. “Please try to avoid drudgereport.com and whitepage.com websites for now,” said the email received by staffers on the Environment and Public Works Committee. “SAA [Sergeant at Arms] believes these two websites are responsible for the many viruses popping up throughout the Senate.”
 
The follow-up email sent out by the Sergeant at Arms’ office late Tuesday afternoon did not mention Drudge but said: “Our Information Security Operations Center has observed a significant increase in the number of Senate computers infected by fake security software that is malicious and does nothing to secure online information.”

Sen. Inhofe said it did not surprise him that someone on the left was trying to stop Senate staff from reading Drudge “because Drudge comes out with really good stuff and we want them to access the Drudge Report. We’re on the Drudge Report about half the time.”
 
“Every time there is something really noticeable and that somebody needs to cover, Drudge is right there,” said Inhofe. “I suspect somebody was trying to make it look as if there’s a virus there to discourage people from using Drudge. Then, somehow, I guess someone in the Capitol got a hold of it and said, yes, we are advising you not to use it.