[Gabz]

If he is using a nom de plume he had no choice BUT to give his real name in order to get WH credentials.

I don't understand why so many peole are getting their panties in a wad over whether or not the guy is using his "legal" name or a "professional" name.

It is something that is done on a daily, regular basis and always has been.....yes even in this post 9/11 age.

If I were to go back into the business, as has been suggested to me more than once in the past few months, including tonight, I would go right back to the name I used to use, even though it is not my "legal" name. And I would be able to pass any and all security checks.

[axiom9]

cyncooper: The source that Daily Kos is citing for linking Jeff Gannon to the leaked CIA memo written by a State Dept employee is the Washington Post. Apparently they reported that Jeff Gannon was the only reporter to actually see the memo whereas other WH press corps members only received an oral background briefing.

I must say that this story doesn't bode well for conservative information channels on the Internet. The identity issue is the objective concern. How did Gannon, if that is his name, get access to the White House? How did Talon News get a WH correspondent only a month after its creation?

[TXnMA]

Don't tell the dumb@$$es at dailyKOS, but using multiple names is just as simple, legal -- and common -- as filling out the colored field of this form:

(This example happens to be from DD1879 -- the form for background investigations up to Top Secret.)

Don't tell the idiots at dailyKOS, though -- let them go crazy chasing their own tails!! LOL!!