Cliff's notes on Cooper

Cliff Bennett also sought records on Roy Cooper.

The Michigan resident, revealed as an alias for Treasurer Richard Moore's staffer Julie White, filed public records requests with the attorney general's office in early 2006, when Cooper was still a potential candidate for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

Cooper spokeswoman Noelle Talley said they were for staff salary information, recent settlements and the use of outside counsel on major cases.

She said she didn't worry much about Bennett's identity.

"We get so many requests for public information, we don't think about them," she said. "We don't really spend a lot of time trying to figure out where they come from."

Previously: Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue complains about Bennett's requests; Bennett sought records from the State Ethics Commission.