[Cringing Negativism Network]

Co-worker walks away from workstation with an internet connection, with the browser logged in?... Could this point to a possible poster?

Alternatively, did someone perhaps scam a password at a Georgetown wi-fi hotspot? It's easy to forget how simple some of that sort of thing could be. If DNC activists could actually arrange to tape a cell phone of a conference call with Newt Gingrich ("on their way to the grocery store, in their car") it shouldn't be to hard for a determined Dem hacker to find a Freeper in Starbucks, and pirate their password.

But the simplest explanation might be - someone didn't log out?

I remember in college the way people who forgot to log out for a momentary break - were mercilessly abused. Mostly quick posts to newsgroups looking for some sort of remarkable encounter of the amorous variety. :)

Could this have been a more subtle / sophisticated of the "I'm looking for a date with a single poodle this weekend" sort of shenanigans with a logged on account, so many will remember (hopefully just seeing, laughing at someone else's misfortune)?...

Just a thought.

Remember to logout. Use a wired connection. Encrypt if you don't.

[conservative in nyc]

There has been a lot of speculation about how NCPAC's identity was outed - from simple good reporting using the tidbits of information he put on this site, to keystroke loggers, to a scorned and fired co-worker with whom NCPAC may have had a romantic relationship working in cahoots with the Maryland Democratic party, to deliberate shadowing of a political operative by political operatives.

The short answer is nine months after the original WaPo story broke, rank-and-file FReepers still don't know how NCPAC was outed. And we didn't know until yesterday that the Washington Post logged on as MD4Bush and had his password.