Lautenberg requests Gannon info from WH

[Zuni]

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Since the Armstrong Williams controversy became public, Administration payments to two other journalists, Maggie Gallagher and Michael McManus, have come to light. Given the backdrop of these scandals, coupled with Mr. Guckert/Gannon's role in recent White House press briefings and press conferences, it is understandable that the circumstances of Mr. Guckert/Gannon's credentialing have raised suspicion.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Frank R. Lautenberg

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[Osamasux]

1. And people thought we were bringing him back out of desperation...

Frank is the Pride of New Jersey sometimes.

[keith the dem]

5. Lately, almost all the time.

[MADem]

2. Let the GAMES BEGIN!!!

Slaughter is doing the same from the other side of the Hill. It's a lovely thing to see.

Go, team, go!!!! No right wing hack left behind!

[nashville_brook]

4. this is really wonderful.

nice to get some traction for once!

[alittlelark]

3. Go FRANKIE !!! He has been somewhat out of the limelight for awhile...

...sounds like he's ready to take the stage again !!:evilgrin:

[bettyellen]

6. get all the names/ credentials....

and see that they are not on the govt payroll or lobbying for someone for fucks sake.

[Scurrilous]

7. Democrats Want Investigation of Reporter Using Fake Name

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/11/politics/11gannon.html

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"Two Democrats in Congress are pressing for investigations into how a Washington reporter who used a pseudonym managed to gain access to the White House and had access to classified documents that named Valerie Plame as a C.I.A. operative.

The Democrats, Representatives John Conyers Jr. of Michigan and Louise M. Slaughter from Rochester, wrote yesterday to Patrick Fitzgerald, the independent prosecutor appointed in the Plame case, seeking an investigation into how the reporter, James D. Guckert, who used the name Jeff Gannon, had access to classified documents that revealed the identity of Ms. Plame.

Until Wednesday when he resigned, Mr. Guckert worked for TalonNews.com, a Web site operated by Robert Eberle, a Texas Republican. Mr. Guckert said in a March 2004 interview with his own news service, in which he was referred to as Mr. Gannon, that the classified document had been "easily accessible." The two Democrats questioned how a person with "dubious qualifications" had access to such a document. The Democrats also wrote to the Secret Service seeking an explanation of how someone using a pseudonym was cleared to enter the White House daily press briefings as well as a presidential news conference last month. They said in their letter that allowing such a person in "appears to deviate significantly from heightened security measures you have employed recently."

Mr. Guckert resigned from Talon saying he had been harassed by liberals on the Internet. Bloggers grew suspicious of him after President Bush called on him at the news conference and the reporter suggested that Democrats had "divorced themselves from reality." Spearheaded by a Web site called Media Matters For America, the bloggers discredited him."

[NVMojo]

8. ya know, this is ridiculous. The repukes began a war against blogs

a few months ago and this Talon news site is essential a news blog. The bastards amazing at the new lows they hit in their hypocrisy.

[Quakerfriend]

9. You said it, NJMojo

We need to keep pushing this point that Talon News is a Blog and that ALL of the links go directly to GOPUSA!!