I didn't know about this press conference (you said "as many of you know").
Do we know why Kristinn held the conference-on behalf of FR, Steffen, or etc? If this has been mentioned on another thread I missed it, but I have been trying to catch up with this story.
I don't think Kristinn was speaking on behalf of Steffen, just Free Republic.
Here's the FR press release about the news conference:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1514877/posts
I just post here. Like most FReepers, I don't speak on behalf of anyone but myself.