POLL: 2004 Spying on Kerry?

Forgive me for this off-the-wall lunacy. Surely at this moment I do not know myself and have never met myself BUT...
For those who carefully followed the news throughout 2004 -- and only those who did -- Did you believe IN 2004 that the Kerry campaign was being actively spied on?
Although I realize such speculation is beyond the realm of what any of us should be could be would be (did he say "could be"?) consider...AND I give major props to the Republican machine's message command center for having the best, most perfectly confusung rebutttuls for Amurricans to spout with their coffee...

Think back. I track the news every day for my day job. I am often not very political, although lately I've felt like I had to start giving money, blogging, etc. THINK BACK to the masterful way the Republican message masters handled each Kerry tactic and announcement. I was consistently shocked by how successful they could be with only a four hour delay (OK, sometimes 6 hours). I thought that degree of success could only be achieved with a 24-hour turn-around time and actual focus groups. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I thought at the time that active spying was a possibility. Because day after day, as the R's spun, I thought America is never going to buy this. And day after day, just enough Americans bought the Republican response to have made it worthwhile.

So how about you, back then?