Posted on 05/19/2005 8:31:52 PM PDT by conservative in nyc
A longtime aide to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. who was fired in February for spreading rumors about the mayor of Baltimore apparently did not use his state computer in the effort, according to an analysis commissioned by the governor's office.
The analysis of Joseph F. Steffen Jr.'s state computer, made public by Ehrlich's press office yesterday, also found nothing conclusive that would link the governor or his top aides to rumors about Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life.
"Such rumors were not spread by Governor Ehrlich's staff or other advisors," Ehrlich's counsel, Jervis S. Finney, wrote in assessing the significance of the report.
Finney said yesterday that the investigation into Steffen's conduct is continuing but that he has not interviewed Steffen and has no plans to do so. Finney would not say how much the analysis cost.
House Speaker Michael E. Busch(D-Anne Arundel) said he found the computer analysis of little value because it did not turn up numerous Internet postings about O'Malley's personal life that Steffen wrote during business hours while logged onto the conservative Web site http://freerepublic.com/.
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Finney also asked the ICG to search for clues to the identity of the anonymous Internet user who drew Steffen into discussions about O'Malley's personal life.
Steffen's postings had speculated about rumors of marital infidelity for months before the Internet user, known only as MD4BUSH, began asking how the gossip had gained such currency.
Steffen responded: "A lot of what everyone knows about [O'Malley] is because of work that has occurred," and, "A few folks put a lot of effort to ensure the [O'Malley] story got some real float."
In an interview in February, Steffen acknowledged that the words were his. When asked whether he was part of an orchestrated effort to circulate the rumors, he smiled and said,"No comment."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
MD4Bush Ping!
Get FR a Subpoena and they will know where MD4Bush came from.
I don't know if that is true or not. I looked at his 50 most recent posts, and found that all but 3 were posted at night or on weekends. Of the remaining 3, one was posted during what would have been the lunch hour in the Eastern time zone. The remaining two - posted on Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Day.
I'm not going to bother to look any more, but the WaPo hasn't convinced me yet.
Are you saying that Free Republic could be subpoenaed and Jim would have to turn over screen names along with other information that could allow some lawyer to identify any freeper?
Sorry to break it to you, Lancey, but the courts have usurped all the power - seems like they can do anything they want. At least that's what the senate fight is about and we're trying to correct, (if the Rinos don't wimp out or be turncoats as usual).
Hey, Lancey - speaking of breaks, I need to pass along a little challenge to you from a friend of mine:
"Lancey, I'll play you poker for a thousand a hand if you play me pool at a thousand a rack."
Minnesota Fats
LOL ;^D
No the subpoenas are individual or particular named individuals with specific reasons associated with a request for a subpoena. I am talking about MD4Bush in particular.
Because they can.
Is that Nine Ball?
Oh, I do operate that way.
I lurked here constantly for nearly three years without registering because I saw how the Clinton White House was using government agencies to go after conservative organizations, and I figured Free Republic was way up there on their hate list. I finally felt (somewhat) safe to register the day Gore finally conceded.
The other is to baffle them with B^llsh^t.
LOL
I loved those 2 movies - The Cincinnati Kid and The Hustler.
Steve McQueen and Paul Newman were great as the respective title characters of those 2 movies, but Edward G. Robinson and Jackie Gleason were absolutely outstanding as 'the man' to beat.
I don't think there are any actors today that could even do justice to those guys in a remake of either movie (but it would be interesting to see).
Sorry for going off topic for this thread, but I couldn't resist when I saw your screen name.
All four of those actors you named are up there in my top ten. Did you know that Edward G. Robinson used to like to drive himself places in his car and he would occasionally pick up hitchhikers and buy them lunch (this was in the '40s and '50s)? I read that he was about the nicest, most humble guy you could ever meet.
Of course, Jackie Gleason was "The Greatest" long before Cassius Clay.
Thanks for the update ping
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