Gannongate's on FAUX: "Lawmakers: Writer May Have CIA Leak Info"

[Goldmund]

WASHINGTON — Two lawmakers have sent a letter to the U.S. attorney saying a White House reporter who recently resigned following questions about his identity and background may have information vital to the investigation into who leaked a CIA operative's name to the press.

Reps. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., and John Conyers, D-Mich., the ranking Democrats on the House Rules Committee and House Judiciary Committee, respectively, wrote a letter to Patrick Fitzgerald (search), the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, saying the Chicago attorney's office may need to subpoena the journal of reporter James Guckert (search ).

The journal recounts Guckert's days covering the White House. According to Conyers and Slaughter's letter, Guckert had access to a memo revealing the name of CIA operative Valerie Plame (search).

In addition, Editor and Publisher has confirmed an online report that Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., is circulating a letter among his colleagues that asks President Bush to launch an investigation into how Guckert gained access to White House press briefings over two years despite having no journalism background and using a false name.

more: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,148604,00.html

[BR_Parkway]

1. Wow, FAUX coverage - I guess it really did hit the mainstream finally

only took them a freaking MONTH!

[CottonBear]

2. Me thinks they're not telling the whole story:

"Guckert also was linked with online domain addresses suggestive of gay pornography."

I would think he was more than just "linked" to gay porn sites.


Faux also disses "liberal bloggers":
"Liberal bloggers also pointed to articles Gannon wrote that they called "anti-gay"; Guckert denied writing such material."

[Clark2008]

3. Here's the meat!

No pun intended.

This is the meat of the matter: the faux journalist with his faux background and faux name receiving classified documents - or at least being told what was in the classified documents.
This is getting good.

[annabanana]

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[wishlist]

5. This is link to Raw Story about the Durbin letter being circulated

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/index.php?p=117

[merh]

6. Hannity did a bit on it yesterday. Comatose asked most of the

questions of the guest (Dem Rep from NJ?) and was really pumped (for him, so he was talking fast). Hatity was trying to bet 1000 for his charity if no WH link was made - Hatity was also trying to get the guest off the show as fast as possible.

I don't watch the show, but I fell asleep with TV on and apparently turned the channel in my sleep (or sleep surfed). I woke up at about 3 a.m. to the horror of Hatity & Comatose - at least it was to the coverage of propagannon!