[liberallarry]

They read his posts and did a lot of sleuthing. That's what they said anyway.

[Slings and Arrows]

[js1138]

Don't put identifying information in your personal profile.

[borisbob69]

I don't have your answer, but suspect Buckhead himself revealed it via contacts with other bloggers or directly to the media. One thing I'm sure of...FR didn't release the name.

[cynicom]

With due diligence and time they can find out who you are also.

[thegreatbeast]

Don't ever think that the Net offers you anonymity. Be circumspect as to what you put to paper (or zeroes and ones).

[harrycarey]

I was wondering the same thing.

Especially after I read an article this morning that Bush's accuser (Burket) posted on Democratic web sites under a screename.

[Drango]

As I understand it, they read two years of his posts and picked up on all the clues.

[CaptainK]

I read some of Buckhead's posts. With the droplets of personal information he included and access to Lexus/Nexus, I can see how they figured it out.

[xm177e2]

I don't know for sure if this is how the reporters tracked him down, but it may be:

Readers Tom Mortensen and Liz MacDougald direct us to the FreeRepublic post

They might have traced the name "MacDougald" back from the Powerline post that launched the scandal outside of FR (that was the first big blog to make a note of the scandal, and that post was linked to a lot; any serious journalist investigating how this story unfolded would had to have seen it)

[headsonpikes]

"Isn't all this supposed to be private?"

Heck, no!

For instance, we know that Zechariah11 stopped off at the Quik-E-Mart for a Chutney Squishee this morning.

Besides, the new FR software makes your monitor 2-way.

Change your pajamas!

[Congressman Billybob]

Many of us, in our posts on Free Republic, talk honestly and accurately about things we've done and seen, people we've met, places we've been, and issues we've been involved in. It is a very simple matter to search for all the posts made under a single name. Then it is a simple matter to connect the dots and find out who the person is.

Nothing either devious or mysterious here.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "The Manifesto of Pukin Dog"

If you haven't already joined the anti-CFR effort, please click here.

[CobaltBlue]

People on Democrat Underground started a thread to "out" Buckhead, and collected every nugget of personal information they could find by reading old posts. Took them maybe a week of collective action.

Given the antipathy of Jim Rob to DU, all mention of this has been scrubbed. I am curious to see whether this post will be deleted as well.

[Mr. K]

I wonder if they spent anywhere near as much time trying to find the identity of the document forger?

or ANY time...?

[RunningJoke]

After my traumatic head injury, I have no memory of who I am. I do know that somewhere out there is either my good or evil twin. With out a frame of reference I could be either.

Twinless for now in Pine Valley

[nutmeg]

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