How did they get the guy's real name?
NCPAC?
Nobody knows for sure (
even NCPAC, as of early Wednesday morning). But NCPAC dropped enough hints in this forum that anyone who really wanted to could have figured out his identity. He made some posts identifying him as close to Governor Ehrlich, and his screen name would allow any reporter with half a brain to narrow down the list of who he was. The Washington Post reporter may have just guessed right, called and asked.