NYT: Democrats Want Investigation of Reporter Using Fake Name ('gannon')

[diamond14]

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

Democrats Want Investigation of Reporter Using Fake Name
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

Published: February 11, 2005


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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.

Mr. Guckert was denied credentials to cover Capitol Hill, where press gallery workers said that his application indicated Talon was not his main source of income and that they could not verify its legitimacy.

Karl Frisch, a spokesman for Ms. Slaughter, said: "This is a guy who could not get credentialed by the House or the Senate press galleries, and yet managed to get into the White House and question the president" and have access to a top-secret document.

He added: "To imply he has no connection to the White House is just not credible."

[GetTheRightVote]

1. Way to go John & Louise

:kick:

[qanda]

2. Not bad...

For two days late.

[Zeke]

3. ?????????????????

Do you think this story will mushroom cloud, or not?

I watched all 3 networks newscasts and---no Gannon-Guckert!

I hope the story explodes onto Bush, but whaddyuh think?

[diamond14]

8. here's some links to Court TV, CNN (not wolf), and NPR...it's moving along

slowly, but picking up speed...and articles in Washington Post AND New York Times....


NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4492778


David Brock (of Media Matters) talks about 'gannon' on Court TV
http://mediamatters.org/items/200502110001


CNN appearance by Salon and John Aravosis (this one rocks)
http://americablog.blogspot.com/

[Rex]

4. This might push the timetable up for the Iranian invasion.

They will need a way to bury this story.

[njdemocrat106]

5. Glad to see the NY Times picked it up

Of course, the "liberal" media will try to make a molehill out of this mountain. ;)

[sonicx]

6. Media Matters gets a mention

sweet

[Nothing Without Hope]

7. There is also Senator Lautenberg

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3087214
"Lautenberg Requests All Documents From White House Relating to Discredited "Journalist" James D. Guckert, A.K.A. Jeff Gannon"

Let's hope this has legs and that the careful framing of this story by reports including Blitzer and Kurtz -- "liberal bloggers" cruelly invading the privacy of the innocent "Gannon" as persecution for his political beliefs--can be shown to be utterly false. In his interview on Blitzer, "Gannon" actually managed to force a few tears as he told how fears for his family forced him to quit Talon.

They are not only covering up for administration crooks, they are also setting up a campaign to paint "liberal bloggers" as a menace to decent people that should be suppressed. We need to fight back NOW wth LTTEs and pressure on Congress.

[keopeli]

9. kick

[Carolinian]

10. Could this whole thing be a setup to limit press passes?

Bet the Dem will be the first to go.