Suspicion grows. There is mounting evidence that the Washington Post collaborated with a Maryland Democrat operative, possibly in violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, to entrap an aide to Governor Robert Ehrlich. That was done using the FR id "MD4BUSH".
The newspaper's conduct has been a disgrace. A February 9, 2005 Washington Post story accusing Joe Steffen never mentioned that their reporter used MD4BUSH's password to log on to Free Republic. Only months later, when there emerged a threat of an investigation requested by the Governor's chief counsel, did they admit to using the MD4BUSH id.
Are we to believe the Washington Post now when they claim they only read the private posts as their reporter surreptitiously accessed the MD4BUSH account, a criminal act on its own if done without proper authorization? Can anyone believe their assertion they do not know the identity of MD4BUSH, and were only working through an "intermediary"?
The unsubstantiated assertions made by the Washington Post are piling up, while their credibility is collapsing.
For me, their collapsed credibility is imploding. LOL.