https://www.nytimes.com/1973/08/30/archives/aide-to-washingtons-governor-posed-as-student-in-foes-camp.html
OLYMPIA, Wash. Aug. 29 (UPI)—An employe of Gov. Daniel J. Evans's re‐election committee said today that he posed as a college student during last year's election campaign to travel with the Governor's Democratic opponent and secretly report on his campaign activities.
Theodore Bundy, now a special assistant to Washington's Republican chairman, Ross Davis, said in an interview that his connection with the Evans campaign was kept secret during the campaign while he traveled with the Democratic candidate, Albert D. Rosellini.
Mr. Bundy said he started early in the campaign as an unsalaried volunteer and was later given a nominal salary for expenses by the Evans organization. His role was to follow Mr. Rosellini on the campaign trail, keep track of the candidate's schedule and remarks and occasionally question Mr. Rosellini directly on issues.
To accomplish his mission, Mr. Bundy posed as a college student working for his master's degree in political science by writing a paper on the governorship race. With a tape recorder, Mr. Bundy would pick up Mr. Rosellini's responses to questions at public appearances. He would then transcribe the material for distribution in the Evans camp.
“I'm not the least bit uncomfortable with what went, on,” Mr. Bundy said. “It was just part of political campaigning. You have to know what your opposition is saying and doing.”
Mr. Bundy's activities are similar to the roles played by two freelance writers during the 1972 Presidential campaign. Earlier this month it was disclosed that Murray Chotiner, a political aide to President ‘Nixon, hired the two writers to, travel with the Democratic Presidential candidate, George McGovern.