Politics News Article | Reuters.com: "A state senator said on Wednesday a federal probe into the California National Guard may hamper his own investigation into allegations that the Guard spied on anti-war protesters.

'I fear that what may occur here is that the federal authorities, if they find damning evidence of the Guard acting outside the law, may very well take possession of that material and take it out of the state of California depriving us of any access to that information,' said state Sen. Joe Dunn.

'If that's what's happening, it is a cover up, plain and simple and that's what we want to prevent.'"

(Via Reuters.)