Here are the links to the postings of this story on FR from back in April 2008 if anyone is interested in reviewing them.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2232639/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2232588/posts
Looks like both of those threads were posted yesterday...I really don’t remember ever seeing this development on FR, or anywhere else for that matter...