How long was Gannon getting White House press passes?

[Tweed]

I've read every single article about Gannon on the Internet and none of them seem to deal with how long he was getting the press passes. I know he asked the softball question on Jan. 26th, but was that his first question?

[Tweed]

1. So everyone flips out about this but no one knows how long?

:shrug:

[Sparkle]

2. He supposely was questioning Bush for 2 years.

[Tweed]

5. Awesome!

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6. Awesome!

[tuvor]

3. His first visit was before bush's war began.

So, about two years.

[Tweed]

4. thank you!

[saracat]

9. Keith Olberman I think has it on his blog. Ari Fleicher was Press Sec.

I think Gannon first appearance was Feb.28th 2002. Funny thing is , he wasn't affiliated with anything remotely press affiliated at that time. GOPSA didn't have a news division and Talon didn't exist. Noone can answer "why" he was there.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. That's about right

His being in the WH predated Talon news being in existence. It was in February of 2003 when he first appeared there I'm just not sure of the exact date.

[fob]

16. I'm pretty sure that instance was 2/28/2003, but somewhere here

there is a picture that only shows a partially obscured bald head from November 2002, so that's the farthest back I've seen evidence.

[FreedomAngel82]

7. He seemed to know about Bush

and his Iraq "shock and awe" thing so I think at least that long.

[LiviaOlivia]

8. Yes about 2 years, but Scotty won't answer truthfully.

This is the ISSUE the White House won't come clean on.

A fucking DAILY(temporary/day-by-day) pass for 2 years???

Or an illegal permanent pass from Rove Inc.???

Scotty won't answer the fucking question truthfully.

Did you expect anything more?

We are dealing with a bunch of Roy Cohn Jr's and wannabes.

[sandnsea]

11. Ari let him in

In that P&E article he said he quit calling on him, talked to Bobby Eberle, and then started calling on him again.

Why would the Press Secretary of the White House personally call a webmaster of a nothing web site?

Ari says he didn't know Gannon was an alias. Gannon said he always filed for passes under Guckert. How did Ari have a conversation about press passes if he didn't know the actual name being used to get the press pass?

Ari is the one with the info. McLellan just picked up and probably never questioned anything.

Still, why do both of them say they know nothing and then keep coming up with facts? They must be checking a file and that file has got to have signed authorizations.

[LiviaOlivia]

13. Ari is gone. Scotty needs to answer.

I understand your point but Ari made his statement and lied IMO and he's GONE. He left about July 2003?

"Although the press secretary's office handles the distribution of the daily press passes Guckert used, Fleischer said he knew little about that process. He said he did not know that Gannon wasn't Guckert's real name, and he said that a reporter's private life should be of little concern to those who dole out White House press credentials. And although Fleischer admitted that the allegations about Guckert's private life are "all a bit odd," he insisted that Guckert was -- and here's a comforting thought -- "just as legitimate as some of the fringe organizations in the room."

http://archive.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/02/18/gannon/

PLEASE??!!


McClellan is the Press Secretary now. Are you letting McClellan of the hook?

[sandnsea]

15. Ari let him in

Ari made the phone call to Bobby Eberle. Only Ari knows why he did that. It's stupid to go after McClellan if he didn't do anything and doesn't know anything. Ari knows. I don't want to let HIM off the hook.

[KharmaTrain]

12. How About...Where's "Gannon" Also Been...

There needs to be a looksee at records from the many federal buildings Mr "Gannon" went to. This is what the Repugicans used to try to trap both Clinton and Gore in the Indonesian bank mess.

There are also at least two other Talon reporters. One named "Jeff Hauser", who did the original Talon story on "Gannon" before the site vanished. Where is he now and what access did he have?

Lots of questions that a good lawyer with strong FOIA knowledge would be golden right now.

[chookie]

14. It depends

On what your definition of a "White House Pass" is. Someone can make a "pass" at you in the White House, but it might not guarantee you getting a "pass," but, by golly it would help.