Guckert had a hard pass before Talon News existed

[Walt Starr]

Dailykos is reporting it that way now!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/17/125328/435

Guckert had a hard pass before Talon News existed
by Categorically Imperative


Thu Feb 17th, 2005 at 09:53:28 PST

I personally can take no credit for this catch (props go to ladydawg), but it got lost at the bottom of the "Gannon was in the WH before April 2003" diary, it doesn't look like it's been diaried, and it exposes McClellan and the White House in a rather inexplicable lie:
Photographic evidence that Guckert had a 'hard pass' before Talon News even existed.

Diaries :: Categorically Imperative's diary ::

Scotty and friends have thus far attempted to justify Guckert's presence at press briefings by noting that the latter "only" received so-called "day passes," which are allegedly issued to a variety of individuals without the more thorough clearing process (and assigned seat) that come with a "hard pass."

One might wonder, indeed, how someone who doesn't work for a news organization at all, but instead a (to put it charitably) right-wing think tank, whose journalistic qualifications consist of a $50, 2-day seminar with the right-wing leadership institute, and who hadn't even published any "news" article until about one month beforehand, can manage to get a hard pass to the WH Press Room, while NY Times columnist Maureen Dowd cannot.

Edited to add the pictures



Another one with contrast and unsharp mask

[Hugin]

1. Not to distract you Walt...

But, how's about one of your world famous "While the world is
kicking Gookert around the playground what has been snuck past
us?" threads.

:)

[truebrit71]

2. This HAS to be pursued at the next "briefing"...

Because it means that Scotty deliberately misled the entire press corps...OR someone needs to FULLY explain how someone with a fake name got a hard card with a "thorough" back-ground check...

This is gonna be good...

[papau]

5. That old FBI check is required to get pass line seems more interesting

every day!

:-)

[crispini]

3. Direct link

to photos:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2005/2/16/155840/912/516

[Lex]

4. No Press affiliation at all then? And he got a hard pass?

Seriously, wonder what that hard pass said in terms of press affiliation?

[Walt Starr]

6. My email to Wolf Blitzer

A suggestion on a report to do. Apparently, James D. Guckert has been caught in yet another lie, and this one catches Scott McClellan, too. Dailykos has photographic evidence that Guckert had a HARD PASS before Talon News even existed!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/17/125328/435#163

[Jacobin]

7. but but but, that would mean Scotty "misspoke"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because we ALL know he would NEVER EVER lie. :eyes:

[Nordmadr]

8. According to Raw Story

a number of unnamed reporters aere claiming that what we see in these pictures does NOT look like a hard pass. IS there any way to get a comparison to one we KNOW to be a hard pass?

Olaf