***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** Press release from dKos. Propagate at will DU

[JohnnyCougar]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/18/0748/71841

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WHITE HOUSE SCRAMBLES TO EXPLAIN
FAKE REPORTER IN ITS PRESS CORPS

Feb.17, 2005 -Internet researchers have uncovered new evidence that contradicts the Bush Administration's claims about James Guckert, a Republican activist allegedly involved in criminal activities and linked to an incident involving a major breach of national security. Guckert, operating as "Jeff Gannon," was granted daily access to White House press briefings for more than two years as a "reporter" for Talon News.

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan stated that Guckert was granted access in part because he was affiliated with a news organization that "publishes regularly." But yesterday, bloggers discovered video footage suggesting this standard was not applied to Guckert.
Video footage of a Feb. 25, 2003 White House press briefing shows Guckert, apparently unaffiliated with any news organization, asking former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer a question. It is unclear why Guckert was granted any pass at this time, since the Internet-based Talon News did not register its domain name until March 29, 2003.

Maureen Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, reported today she was denied press credentials at the start of the Bush administration in 2001. Yet Guckert, whose only journalistic training was derived from a $50 weekend seminar, was repeatedly granted access.

Despite calls from Congress for the White House to disclose its standards for entrance to the briefing room, the Bush administration has yet to reveal its credentialing standards or details surrounding the scandal, including: specific dates when Guckert was admitted to the briefing room, how many passes he was issued, as well as how he cleared a Secret Service background check while owing the state of Delaware over $20,000 in back taxes (penalties and interest) and possibly engaging in prostitution, as revealed by Americablog.org.

Guckert has also been implicated in a leak of federal classified information that revealed the identity of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame. Revealing the identity of an undercover agent is a federal crime.

White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan has insisted that President Bush will do anything he can to assist the Plame investigation. But the White House has not answered questions about the role of Guckert in the Plame investigation or his inexplicable access to White House Press Corps briefings.

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[JohnnyCougar]

1. Oh, and anyone with a link to the national media list post it here...

Here is the local one:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/cu/cu.php?az=blaster

[Swamp Rat]

2. Good opportunity to call for Bush to testify under oath -

in full public view. :)

[EFerrari]

3. Johnny, I'm a boulder pusher. What do you mean,

link to national media? (I just get to know them one at a time, lol.)

And you're exactly right. We are the new media, even people like me, the curiosos with machines.

[Bozita]

4. At some point, the truth will come out (except maybe in this admin)

Kos spouting truth.

[JohnnyCougar]

5. Kick!

:kick:

[donheld]

6. God, i hope this FINALLY blows the roof off the sucker

no pun intended. It's time for all the White House lies to be made known. It's past time for all the white house secrets to be SHOUTED from the highest mountain.

[KharmaTrain]

7. Great Work By Everyone At Kos...

You folks have been doing a great job. My questions revolve around "Gannon's" whereabouts...and to see if there's a way to trace where he's been around Federal buildings. He had to sign in and out all over the place during those two years, and it'd be interesting to see where he spent his time.

Cheers!

[Sinistrous]

8. *** EPIPHANY TIME *** Guckert is going to be the fall guy for Plame leak

:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

Quote: Guckert has also been implicated in a leak of federal classified information that revealed the identity of CIA undercover agent Valerie Plame. Revealing the identity of an undercover agent is a federal crime.


He has been bought and paid for by the rovian cabal.

Probably given a major payoff and promised a mere slap on the wrist for taking the fall.

The rovian "logic": There will be less damage to the cabal in appearing somewhat inept in managing White House press passes than in having the true leaker in the Plame affair revealed. By ramping up the fog factor (ramp up currently on track), many of the uncomfortable details of even the press pass fiasco will fall below the radar of public awareness.

We have been had.

:tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat: :tinfoilhat:

[alphafemale]

9. No. But the ? is Who had the Plame info "impressioned" out of them?

JG had to have had the info leaked to him from someone.

[Warren Stupidity]

10. I know that man-ho is supposedly a ho

but exactly how was Guckert paying his rent for the last two - three years? Anybody know? Talon is/was supposedly a volunteer position. Yes of course there is the man-whore angle. But is there any evidence, other than the websites, that he actually did this for a living? My guess is no. The man-whore thing is a diversion. We are meant to look there and then stop looking 'cause it is so bad, so embarassing, why pick up that stinking mess and look underneath? Where did he get the money for the suits? How'd he pay his rent? Follow the freaking money.

"I'm hiding in plain sight" brags man-ho before the big expose. What is not in plain sight? What are we not supposed to see?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

17. There's also heavy involvement in RatherGate

See this (my) thread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3131271

Is that it? Or is there more?

I'm guessing that there's a lot more that we haven't even begun to speculate on...

[Warren Stupidity]

18. like specifically how does guckert pay the rent.

I'd hope that somebody with real journalism credentials would be tracking this down, but I've lost hope in the MSM.

[dandrhesse]

11. blasted AR, AL and WY

[Spiffarino]

12. NC Blasted!

:yourock: Kos!

[Shopaholic]

13. Anybody sent this to Olbermann yet?

I'm sure he'd be interested. :bounce:

[TOOLZ]

14. What will it take to get Jim to turn State's?

They all have a price, a weakness, a shallowness. What will it take for him to turn on the bushies? We have to think about this.

Isn't it just a given the hottest guys are on the left? Would $1200 do it?

[itzamirakul]

15. This is vital information

and should be posted several times a month to be sure that everyone gets a chance to see it.

Along with posting here at DU, all of us should be emailing, phoning, mailing or faxing our local tv stations and newspapers with the info that we post here at DU. INUNDATE THEM! That is the trick that the RW used to make the media believe that they were too "liberal" in their news reporting. We have to use the same trick to get things more balanced.
Write to your media and your legislators - REGULARLY!

[JohnnyCougar]

16. Kick!!!

:kick: