ALBANY -A Senate committee has subpoenaed two top aides to Gov. Eliot Spitzer in its probe of whether they improperly used state police in a political scheme to discredit Senate Republican majority leader Joseph Bruno.

A subpoena for documents and information was served Friday to Richard Baum, secretary to the Democratic governor, and communications director Darren Dopp was subpoenaed to testify before the committee on Oct. 29, the committee said.

“We have a constitutional obligation to carry out our legislative responsibilities in response to findings of misconduct within the Spitzer administration,” said Sen. George Winner, an Elmira Republican who chairs the panel. “To do that effectively, we need a clearer picture of what occurred, when, who was involved, and how it was carried out.”

Terence Kindlon, Dopp's attorney, said he received Friday by fax the subpoena returnable to what he called, “the George Winner dog and dead horse show.”

“It's a welcome opportunity for Darren to say finally publicly what he's been saying to anybody, to the Distract Attorney's Office ... what he's been saying to the people he's been talking to,” Kindlon said.

The committee said it also expects to subpoena testimony from Baum, former Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security Bill Howard, and acting State Police Superintendent Preston Felton.

Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Anderson said the committee was seeking information already provided voluntarily to independent investigators, wasting at least $500,000 of taxpayer money on a partisan exercise.