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Journalists asked about mayor buzz [O'Malley, Democrat sleaze, MD4Bush]
Washington Times ^
| February 20, 2005
| AP
Posted on 02/20/2005 3:04:27 AM PST by Jim Robinson
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Jervis S. Finney, chief counsel to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., has questioned two journalists about "MD4BUSH," an anonymous contributor to a Web site that posted rumors about Mayor Martin O'Malley.
Mr. Finney said he was asking the questions as part of his investigation into the activities of Joseph Steffen, an aide to the governor who was fired Feb. 8 for his involvement in spreading rumors about Mr. O'Malley's personal life, the Baltimore Sun reported.
~snip~
In a Feb. 16 letter to Sun reporter Michael Dresser, Mr. Finney cited a federal appeals court panel's decision last week that undercut reporters' right to shield their sources. In a letter to Sun columnist Michael Olesker, Mr. Finney wondered "whether you are in fact 'MD4BUSH.' "
~snip~
Mr. Olesker and Mr. Dresser said they had no knowledge of MD4BUSH.
"Of course I'm not that guy," Mr. Olesker said. "It's not me, and I have no idea who it is."
Said Mr. Dresser: "I am not MD4BUSH, and I would not care to speculate who MD4BUSH might be."
~snip~
Mr. Olesker and Mr. Dresser appear to be the only ones to have received written questions last week as part of the investigation.
Mr. Finney said that he "verbally" asked other media members about MD4BUSH and intends to follow up in written form. He said the decision to question the press is part of his effort to conduct a thorough investigation into the spreading of the rumors about the mayor.
"I am trying to seek information that is relevant to the governor, whether a state employee or official might be MD4BUSH," he said.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: dirtytricks; md4bush; ncpac; omalley
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To: L.N. Smithee
Anybody have a .gif of a cat eating the canary? Might be handy for posting at the right moment.
21
posted on
02/20/2005 3:53:52 AM PST
by
leadhead
(mentally some assembly is still required)
To: leadhead; dirtboy
I think it is a fact of life on FR that with the "Free" comes posers, disrupters,fantasizers, no-lifersIf you're gonna talk about me you could at least ping me into the thread, dammit! :^)
22
posted on
02/20/2005 3:54:27 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: dirtboy
That would be the obvious, I'm just considering the possibilities.
23
posted on
02/20/2005 3:54:52 AM PST
by
exnavy
To: dirtboy
"
Are there any reporters locally with the initials M. D.? Uh, MD is for Maryland. 4 Bush ... you get the picture.
How about Matthew Mosk and David Snyder, the Washington Post staff writers?
24
posted on
02/20/2005 3:56:16 AM PST
by
HighWheeler
("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato)
To: leadhead
In all seriousness in regards to your comments, that is a significant factor on the internet - figuring out what is wheat so you don't end up eating a chaff sandwich. I see the internet awareness of the left at roughly where we were 7-8 years ago - they are currently in their conspiracy-under-every-rock stage, and are lapping up liberal conspiracy theories left and right, whether they make a lick of sense or not. And they want, no, they DEMAND! an impeachment for Bush just like us right-wing nuts got for Clinton, and they are gonna throw conspiracies at the White House until one of them finally sticks.
What they are not doing, fortunately, is looking at how to use all this effectively. They are howling over taking down Jeff Gannon. Meanwhile, we've got far bigger fish in our creel.
25
posted on
02/20/2005 3:58:42 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: HighWheeler
How about Matthew Mosk and David Snyder, the Washington Post staff writers?I doubt anyone creating a bogus troll screen name would deliberately put meaning into it. MD4BUSH IMO is a typical troll screen name, like conservatives4bush or realamericanconservative or pubbiemomwithaclue - it is meant to try and fool freepers that the poster is a pubbie.
26
posted on
02/20/2005 4:00:54 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: HighWheeler
A couple of possibles there.
27
posted on
02/20/2005 4:01:10 AM PST
by
exnavy
To: Iowa Granny
To: exnavy
See my post #25 - I think we need to stick with Occam's razor. And there is no need to speculate, given that JimRob is sitting on his logs and grinnin' away, holding a sign saying "PLEASE subpeona me!!!"
I have a feeling that MD4BUSH is gonna be going from Deep Throat to Sore Throat soon enough.
29
posted on
02/20/2005 4:03:33 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(Drooling moron since 1998...)
To: Jim Robinson
You rascally FReepers are always screwing up the idiotic, liberal MSM . . . ahhh, but I TRI-peat myself . . . agenda by basing your arguments on facts.
That's not only unfair, it's unprecedented!
LOL. No wonder the whole world trembles in our presence.
30
posted on
02/20/2005 5:38:48 AM PST
by
geedee
(American by birth. Texan by choice and attitude. Conservative by God. Disabled by hubris.)
To: NautiNurse
"do I hear the sound of a nutshell getting ready to crack in this case?"
Actually, there is a massive "nutcracking preparation" sound that is coming from the Maryland and DC Area. It seems to be emitting from Rat headquarters and certain mediot quarters.
31
posted on
02/20/2005 7:51:23 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: Jim Robinson; MeekOneGOP
One of the dinos below needs a Compost label.
32
posted on
02/20/2005 7:52:38 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: Grampa Dave
The Dems will never learn.
Bwah hah hah hah hah....
33
posted on
02/20/2005 7:53:19 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Has CBS retracted the story yet?)
To: Grampa Dave
Okay, then. I'll change the CNN one to the Washington Post or Wash. Post .....
34
posted on
02/20/2005 8:06:52 AM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: mewzilla
The rats up and down their pyramid and their mediots in the MSM don't realize their world of lying and creating phoney news stopped being believable this past election.
So they arragantly continue to do what worked for them in the past, and it blows up and covers them with their own fecal matter.
35
posted on
02/20/2005 8:08:01 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: Grampa Dave
and it blows up and covers them with their own fecal matterYep, they're in a sh*t storm without umbrellas.
36
posted on
02/20/2005 10:15:24 AM PST
by
Stultis
To: Grampa Dave
One of the dinos below needs a Compost label. Here you go!
37
posted on
02/20/2005 12:57:32 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: MeekOneGOP
Excellent!
38
posted on
02/20/2005 2:05:58 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: Stultis
One gets the feeling that the barometer is rapidly dropping and a severe storm front is headed to the DC and Maryland area. The storm will target the liars, moles and fecal tossings in this current mess.
39
posted on
02/20/2005 2:09:08 PM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 4 decades.)
To: Grampa Dave
40
posted on
02/20/2005 3:43:33 PM PST
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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