New info: Ari calls on Jeff as early as March 4, '03

[scoopmeister]

Here's a quick summary of the report:

1. Records and transcripts prove that Ari Fleischer called on Gannon on March 4, 2003, some 25 days before Talon News was incorporated.

2. Gannon's ties to Aziz al-Taee of the Iraqi American Council raises questions about his role in pre-war propaganda.

3. There's a bizarre web linking Gannon, Al-Taee, Nick Berg, Free Republic, and others. For one thing, Aziz had close ties to Freepers who put Nick Berg's dad on their enemies list -- then he went into business with Nick Berg. What's up with that?

4. Al-Taee, a convicted felon, got into Coalition news conferences, just like Gannon:

Here's the entire post:
http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/001469.html

[MGKrebs]

1. Scott McClellan Reveals That Gannon/Guckert Got GOPUSA Press Pass

Is this new? Not sure.

"NEW YORK Former Talon News reporter James Guckert obtained his first White House press credentials as a representative of the pro-Republican Web site, GOPUSA, not as a Talon News reporter, as previously believed, Press Secretary Scott McClellan told E&P today.

McClellan said White House Press Office staffers considered the openly partisan site to be a legitimate news organization when they gave Guckert, a.k.a. Jeff Gannon, the first of numerous day passes in February 2003.

http://209.11.49.220/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000808705

[scoopmeister]

2. Yes, but it undercuts A. Fleischer's BS

Maybe should have put the Nick Berg stuff in the head.

[Mandate My Ass]

3. Ok that does it!

:tinfoilhat: I definitely have to buy some of the heavy duty stuff, this regular tinfoil isn't working any more. That Nick Berg stuff is especially creepy.

Thanks, scoopmeister. I hope this helps our case that this is not a sex scandal or a vendetta. There are real questions about who is allowed access to the inner sanctum of the admin and what the vetting process is.

[AlCzervik]

5. i think that is the point of this whole story, it's not about Gannon

and his sexuality at all, it's about the WH planting people and thats that. It's more control and it's scary as hell.

[Mandate My Ass]

4. Kick

I was hoping this story would grow legs but it seems it's grown tentacles.