Questioning Guckert's Financing...

[justiceischeap]

I know this question has been asked before but I just got to bring it up again.

I read somewhere today, can't remember where, maybe Americablog, that Guckert was talking about having hired "high-priced" lawyers.

Then I also read at Truthout Guckert "volunteered" to write for GOPUSA.

Not yet working for Republican-friendly Talon News, which came into existence in April 2003, Guckert, using an alias and with no journalism experience whatsoever, was writing on a voluntary basis for a Web site dedicated to promoting Republican issues.

Who is bankrolling this guy? Who is paying for his "high-priced" lawyers if he indeed has them? If he can't afford to pay off $20,000 in back taxes, how is it that he can volunteer his time and to hire "high-priced" attorneys?

And I know the obvious $1200 a weekend answer but that isn't going to pay for all the above, is it?

[ohio_liberal]

1. A Sugar Daddy?

It's the only thing I can come up with...

[purduejake]

2. HAHAHAHAHA

[justiceischeap]

3. Ummm, you mean this?

;)

[ohio_liberal]

4. Heh

I'm thinking more along the lines of an older, in the closet Republican male with lots of money and very little conscience. Probably the same guy who pulled some strings to help him get in the White House press briefings.

[justiceischeap]

5. Okay, so you mean this maybe (Graphic photo warning)

[ohio_liberal]

6. Hmmmmm....

could be!

[Edgewater_Joe]

7. PIMPIN' AIN'T EASY!

But I wonder if GanGucknonnert is getting a few, er, referrals from the last few weeks that's giving him some extra green.

Y'knowhutI'msayin?

[justiceischeap]

8. Maybe that's why he's "doing the press"

To get himself exposure to bump up his bizness...

[ohio_liberal]

10. He's 47 years old

He can't be much of a playa', yo? He's got a steady somewhere. I can feel it in me bones.

[justiceischeap]

13. My memory is horrible

But yesterday I saw a posting here with an image of him from High School and he may not be 47 (not that that's pertinent).

[ohio_liberal]

16. I've heard of discrepencies in his age too

Even if he's 10 years younger, he doesn't look anything like those nudie pics anymore. He's not going to make money (as in $200 a night, $1200 a weekend) prostituting himself without 1)youth, and 2) beauty.

edited for clarity

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

37. Really, they SHOULD nail him on truth in advertising

:evilgrin:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. I don't think we have any proof about his age or anything yet. No DOB,

place of birth, where he went to high school...

Supposedly he went to West Chester U. in PA and got a degree in Phys Ed.

Does this guy have any family? Parents? Siblings? Former friends or lovers? Anyone know ANYTHING about him?

[KharmaTrain]

9. A Big, Important Question

One I've asked and haven't seen anyone really look into. "Gannon" had to have been paid, had to have been given access to places all around the Beltway that can be traced and lots of financial questions that could be the real "gold" in "Gannon's" hills.

Now "Gannon" was employed by Talon News, No? And who supports and finances Talon? Bobby Eberle, yes...but he also gets support and financing from somewhere as well. This is the network that I firmly believe will lead this investigation into some of the biggest halls of power and create the greatest impact. It's the money that buys the influence...and this is about influence.

I just hope the sexual nature of "Gannon" (which I'm more convinced is a reason he was chosen) doesn't distract from the money pit here. Yes, Guckert could have made a nice living doing his escorting on the weekend and play faux-reporter for nothing during the day, but that doesn't strike me as the M.O. of this guy. He's on the hustle...and his goofiness is a distraction from his real purpose. Rovian in all its colors.

Thanks for the post. Hope you get some answers.

[justiceischeap]

11. It just seems everyday

I read something else that this guy has said eluding to a bankroll somewhere.

I've done my own amount of investigating and I'm no where near what DKos is but the Eberle thing just dead ends. I think if we can't get beyond there or get help, we're in trouble with this thing.

[ohio_liberal]

12. I think the Eberle connection

is the key.

[justiceischeap]

14. I totally agree but it just seems to dead end (eom)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

25. Yes. My (dead) thread on this below.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3174081&mesg_id=3174081

[ohio_liberal]

27. GOPUSA

I don't have much information on GOPUSA. They came into existance in 2003 or 2004? There's going to have to be some tax filings somewhere. That's a good place to start.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

31. This old cache of Talon's old site gives some names of other people who

were supposedly "employees" of the Talon news "team".

Might be worth looking into these folks.

http://tinyurl.com/4kefe

[ohio_liberal]

32. I'd love to know

what their full bios say. *sigh*

[KharmaTrain]

19. I've Pointed Toward Blackwell...

These guys operate like cells...each is autonomous in "structure" but interconnected. I'd suggest looking a bit closer at Elizabeth Eberle...she seems to appear on a lot of boards and right wing "non-profits".

Remember, this is a network that has been in operation for decades and is most efficient when it creates distractions that draw attention away from where the real action is.

There's also other "employees" of Talon I think need a look into. Who they are, how they were paid (or were they "free" lancers) and where they are now. Again, the focus has to be on the money and contacts...that's always what will break something like this open.

Cheers!

[ljm2002]

20. Here's another scenario:

Gannon spends time in the military. He has a flair for special ops. When he delists, he is employed as a covert operative to seduce and blackmail members of the military for whatever purposes his hiring agency deems appropriate. He works himself into a position where his bosses think of him when they need another operative, this one in the White House Press Corps(e), where he can serve several purposes: lobbing biased, softball questions; redirecting painful lines of questioning by lobbing said softballs; and bonus, he can continue to ply his trade of compromising people in powerful and/or influential positions. It would be a very effective ploy.

The trouble is when those bad, bad leftist bloggers go around digging up "personal" information such as the fact that he advertised his "escort" services publicly on the Web along with explicit photographs, even while acting as a reporter in the White House Press Corps(e) -- gaining daily passes every day for two plus years, while never passing muster for a permanent pass with the Congressional press office.

Stinks to high heaven, however the actual truth of it plays out.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

29. Do we even know that he was in the military? I don't think we do. n/t

[ohio_liberal]

30. I haven't seen any proof of it yet n/t

[justiceischeap]

34. Yes, he was in the Marines

From Military.com

James D Guckert

Rank: E-4 Corporal
Service: Marine Corps
Status: Inactive Res/Guard (not drilling)

[ohio_liberal]

35. Not very long then

If corporal is as far as he got.

[justiceischeap]

36. I'm thinking he was either in the reserves

or booted for being gay, conducting unbecoming... something like that.

[ohio_liberal]

39. I think corporal is about right

for a 4 year stint + 4 years IRR

[KharmaTrain]

33. There's Your Red Herring...

By getting those "nasty leftist blogpeople" to chase after the dirt (that you know is there) it allows you to divert the media coverage from the questions about access and influence and keeps it on a "scandal sheet" level where it is now. The story still remains "Gannon" and the corporate media can't even decide if he was a "journalist" or not (says volumes of their "profession") or his political connections.

To his credit, this dude's playing the scam for all he can...goading critics almost like he wants more come out that has been planted to create even greater diversions.

So far Snotty McCleandon hasn't really been held accountable about how "Gannon" got passes or a peep from any of those who worked along side this dude for two years. You'd figured these guys cover the same prize beat for two years, they had to know something wsa going on. Their silence is deafening.

Again, the sooner this story moves off "Gannon" and onto who created or paid for him, the sooner we'll start unraveling quite a lot scandals.

[KaliTracy]

40. I concur... the right couldn't give a rat's ass about him, and probably

want him to shut up -- it's a feeble attempt at baiting in my opinion.

[KaliTracy]

15. but he's asking for donations now...

http://www.jeffgannon.com/

http://www.jeffgannon.com/contributions.htm
"As you might expect, recent developments have left me without an income, but I am determined not to allow that to keep me from speaking out.

Your kind messages of prayer and encouragement have sustained me since this all began, and I am hoping you will consider a donation to keep my voice from going silent.

This is an excellent opportunity to fight back against the well-funded attack machine of the Left.

Make a secure donation using a credit card through {Paypal}"



(on edit - see the thread He's Baaaack where this website is discussed... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=3171723&mesg_id=3171723 )

[justiceischeap]

18. Well funded attack machine?

I blog and I am certainly not "well-funded" not, I'd imagine, most of the folks involved in breaking this... Is he really this stupid or just manipulating the masses?

[KaliTracy]

38. manipulating the masses is my guess. only he doesn't do it quite

as "well" as the typical spin doctors on the right who have brainwashed much of this nation...

[bleedingheart]

17. I bet Richard Mellon Scaife is paying him....no doubt in my mind

that someone as vile as Dickhead Scaife would be helping that bottom feeder out.

[Tansy_Gold]

24. Not an unlikely scenario, if Guckert is indeed from PA

Isn't that where he allegedly went to college?

This is what I don't understand at all -- where is this guy's past? Did he go to college or not? If so, where? when? Doesn't anyone remember him? C'mon, someone must.

And then you track him back from college to high school. Where's he from? Where's his family?

Is anyone doing this? I haven't seen any results of any investigations, other than the speculative :tinfoilhat: threads.


where is this dude from? where's he been?

[justiceischeap]

26. Here's some info from Dkos on his background

or lack thereof

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/5/131757/5945

[biscotti]

28. That was my guess as well n/t

[Old Mouse]

21. Right question, wrong direction

Who was paying his bills? This is not a sugar daddy question. The man was actively blocking questions by the press, planting questions to destroy Rather's reputation, and working in tight coordination with others to insure Dascle lost his reelection bid. He is an agent, not just a whore. Most likely, if you could expose the source of his income you would expose the Bush/Rove criminal network.

[justiceischeap]

22. I am thinking more everyday

That the "escort" thing is a smokescreen. That is the plant, not Guckert.

Not to say I doubt the veracity of his being an escort but I think it is there for a reason.

[caligirl]

41. from Kos,A gay mans perspective on this. Look at Eberle and Dickerson

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/19/204254/937


you should read this, he talks about the beeginnings of GOPUSA and why it was put together as the dirty tricks arm(run by a group of closeted gay men) and who might have brought Gannon on board. A big error on their part.

[justiceischeap]

42. Good thread, I'll have to read it all tomorrow (eom)