Posted on 11/02/2005 12:02:40 AM PST by conservative in nyc
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[Ehrlich Chief Counsel] Finney suggested redirecting the investigation and added more fuel to the whodunit by releasing two e-mails that he implied could help identify MD4BUSH -- one of them allegedly written by a former staff member of the Maryland Democratic Party. That e-mail was written the night before The Washington Post reported on Steffen's postings and Ehrlich's decision to fire the aide. That e-mail advised party loyalists of a "big story" coming out.
The operative, who no longer was working for the party at the time the e-mail was dated, said last night that the document was a fake.
The Post's Maryland editor, R.B. Brenner, said: "It is not surprising that Democrats were communicating about the story the night before it appeared in print." He added, "The Post interviewed Mayor O'Malley, Governor Ehrlich and Joe Steffen, among others, before the story was published."
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Brenner said, "The Washington Post had no involvement in any way in the chat room postings" between Steffen and MD4BUSH. "The Post did not know about them until after they had already occurred, as we have reported."
Brenner said The Post does not know the identity of MD4BUSH, which the newspaper also has reported.
Post reporter Matthew Mosk received printed copies of the message exchanges last fall, Brenner said. To verify they were authentic, he said, Mosk was given sign-on information needed to view the private chat room by an intermediary acting on behalf of MD4BUSH in late January. Mosk used that information to verify that "the chat room messages were genuine," Brenner said. Mosk presented the printouts to Steffen in February to confirm that they represented his words.
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Post reporter Matthew Mosk received printed copies of the message exchanges last fall, Brenner said. To verify they were authentic, he said, Mosk was given sign-on information needed to view the private chat room by an intermediary acting on behalf of MD4BUSH in late January. Mosk used that information to verify that "the chat room messages were genuine," Brenner said. Mosk presented the printouts to Steffen in February to confirm that they represented his words..."
So the WP is saying despite the fact that MD4Bush made the most provactive comments against O'Malley, they were not interested in who he was. What a story! In the unlikely event this is true, the post looks even worse. They had to know this was a setup.
If that is true he should be filing lawsuits all over for being defamed as a dirty trickster. I bet he doesn't because those pesky FR log likely lead right to him.
If they are still lying, I so hope they get exposed. The strong denial indicates either they were not involved in the conspiracy in any provable way, or, they were, and are somehow confident the fact won't be exposed (or if exposed, not prosecuted).
RE: Either way, the excuse above doesn't pass the smell test.
I agree.
Follow the money ....
Bump
Journalism majors are a step above education majors.
((Oh, I found the FR password on the sidewalk. Really, I did!))
RE: Oh, I found the FR password on the sidewalk. Really, I did!
ROTFL!
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