Here in the United States, a former White House aide denied Tuesday his office was involved in a phone-jamming scheme intended to block New Hampshire Democrats from carrying out an election day get-out-the-vote campaign. On November 5, 2002, the telephone lines at the New Hampshire Democrats’ voting headquarters received scores of hang-up calls. Ken Mehlman, who now chairs the Republican National Committee, admitted New Hampshire Republicans spoke to the White House around the time of the election. But he said the phone-jamming was not discussed. Phone records show that Bush campaign official James Tobin made two dozen calls to the White House during the three-day period in question. Tobin served as the New England chair of President Bush’s re-election campaign at the time. He and two others have already been convicted in the case. No White House or national Republican officials have been charged.