There can be no doubt that Lane must have known that Steffan was a FReeper, and might have even known his handle here. My theory at this point:
* Lane was, herself, a Dimocrap mole
* Based on the whole "grim reaper" conspiracy theory held by the lefty inter-adminstration careerists, she targetted Steffen specifically.
* Lane is not MD4Bush
* MD4Bush has been either the direct recipient of, or, end point user of, intel on Steffen collected by Lane.
* Lane was fired because she was exposed as a mole. But not wanting to overtly discuss it, the firing was done quietly and with no questions asked.
* Subsequently, someone has convinved Lane not to go down quietly, and has convinced her to play hardball.
* MD4Bush has connections at the Baltimore Sun.