U.S. Senator Susan Collins is at it again. In 1996 she went ballistic when someone dared look at her public record. The Bangor Daily News, then Maine's largest daily paper, compounded her ridiculous charges with a series of articles that landed that paper in court with a libel suit - but not before Collins won the 1996 election. Now Sen. Collins is hoping to repeat history, starting with a breathless accusation that her 2008 challenger hired someone to videotape her at a public parade. (Gasp Shocking ) But this time the Maine media is coming down hard on her. Read this insider's look at the inexcusable way Collins manipulated the public's right to know in 1996. And then, in an extended addendum in this 2007 second printing, hear Collins' silly new charges, and the Maine and DC media's reaction to them. (Hint: Maine's Bangor Daily News does not come out well on this one either).