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truthpusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 01:06 PM
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Lawmakers: Writer May Have CIA Leak Info (FOXNews covering 'Gannongate')
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 01:07 PM by truthpusher
Some of this has been covered in other posts. I think the big news here is; this story is out there, so much so, that even FOXnews has no choice to cover it.

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

Lawmakers: Writer May Have CIA Leak Info
Thursday, February 24, 2005

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).

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

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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 01:11 PM
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1. Interesting, Fox actually implies the significance of Gannon!
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 01:11 PM by HereSince1628
Either the story is completely DEAD or Fox has decided the thing has legs like a centipede.

Time will tell.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 02:22 PM
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3. You want it to have legs?
Ask every reporter to affirm he hasn't received a check from any political or government source. Oh, and inquire about lecture fees.

Then ask how come we still don't know who was paying Gannon his "stipend"?
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 02:56 PM
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4. I'm game, It'll take a week to do but what the heck?
I suppost I can get a list of the White House Press Corps from the association.

It's only time. Email is cheap. Maybe someone will respond!
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grumpy old fart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 03:01 PM
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5. Thought we knew Gannon/Guckert paid by Eberle, no?
I understand there are more intricate connections regarding access, information, etc...but GOPusa wingnut Eberle was the one paying Mr. Militarystud, no?
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MeDeMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 03:57 PM
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6. I would guess the latter
it now has legs for sure, gannon is firing back too.

Combs brought up gannongate last night when Hannity was "ordering" congressman Henchey (spelling) to produce evidence of Rovegate in CBS-Docugate :-)




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grumpy old fart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 01:22 PM
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2. If Gannon is going to give TV interviews, Plame question needs asking.....
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 01:23 PM by grumpy old fart
Tired of these lame "interviews" focusing on the "military stud" angle, and not addressing the substantive issues of accreditation to WH press corps and, most importantly, information he has about the Plame affair. So far the interviews seem more like E! news than real news.....big surprise....
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roseBudd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 04:35 PM
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7. Notice Fox neglects to mention Gannon is the hot military stud...
and repeats the Gannon lie about the hosting/development for a client.

Not knowing that lie was refuted is not plausible.
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thatcoloredfella Donating Member (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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8. Lawmakers: Writer May Have Leaked CIA Info
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 08:50 PM by thatcoloredfella
Why can't I find this on DU??? Pardon if this is a dup....

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

CORRECTED!! But does not give proper attention to the importance of this development!! Does it??
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barackmyworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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9. Am I crazy or was that pretty unbiased?
I'm impressed
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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10. Rats....Sinking ship...
heh
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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11. You need to post the headline in the subject.
Just a tip.

Welcome to DU! :hi:
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Eloriel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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14. What he needs to do is READ THE RULES FOR POSTING TO LBN
They're posted at the top of the forum. Go read them, then come back and correct your post.

And welcome to DU. But please, read the rules so you can be a more productive DUer, eh?
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truthpusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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23. No need to be so rufff...
...we all have been there...I would guess it took me about 5 posts getting locked before I figured it out.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 09:02 PM
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27. Agreed.
Fer gosh sakes. ;)
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mn9driver Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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12. Typical Fox spin.
Democrat Lawmakers want to know if he had access to classified information. He worked for Talon news, a conservative news organization. Liberal bloggers accused him of having ties to gay web sites. They also accuse him of writing anti-gay articles. Gannon denies these liberal charges.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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15. Exactly. They don't bother to indicate that Gannon infact LIED. They
leave his denail to speak for itself. :eyes:

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thatcoloredfella Donating Member (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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13. The Right Story Angle Is Out In Front
They can slam the Lefty bloggers as sleaze merchants all they want (we know the truth), but it's the Democrats on the Hill they won't dare accuse of doing the same!

I have no doubt, the barrage of emails into the U.S. Senate in response to Sen. Dick Durbin (my guy!) and Dem leadership's call for an investigation!

Thanks for the tip Lone Star Dem! But, is this really the first DU is hearing about this?
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Enraged_Ape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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21. Hey, coloredfella
(I can't believe I just typed that.)

Thanks for the post, and welcome to DU!
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thatcoloredfella Donating Member (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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24. It Ain't Racist Enraged...
and thanks!
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kittenpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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16. maybe...
their homophobia outweighs their blind faith in bush co.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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17. Welcome to DU!!!
Nice blog by the way.

:hi:

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thatcoloredfella Donating Member (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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20. Thanks mzmolly!!
:loveya:
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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22. You betcha.
I think the call for an investigation has been promoted by others including Harry Reid, but I did not know of Dick Durbin's involvement.

I am thankful that this inqiry is getting some legs! :toast:
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truthpusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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18. I posted it earlier with the headline as the subject:
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truthpusher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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19. you can always add a note in parenthesis...
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 08:53 PM by truthpusher
This is what I used in an earlier post: "Lawmakers: Writer May Have CIA Leak Info (FOXNews covering 'Gannongate')"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=1262984&mesg_id=1262984
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Blower Donating Member (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 08:58 PM
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25. But wait, who leaked the info to Gannon?
Edited on Thu Feb-24-05 09:28 PM by Blower
That is, who did he sleep with or blow or whatever to get this info?

Also, what about Iraq connections?!?!?
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 10:28 PM
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28. thatcoloredfella, just so you know...
I wasn't jumping on you. I saw your post on the latest page and posted to try and keep you from being jumped on. I was new here once, too. :)
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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-24-05 09:01 PM
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26. Well why didn't the FBI investigator figure this one out???
Mr.Fitzgerald why haven't you looked into the Gannongate!!!
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