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Washington Post Now Claims "Authorized" to Access MD4BUSH Account
Saturday, November 5, 2005
| Kristinn
Posted on 11/05/2005 4:36:11 PM PST by kristinn
After yesterday's press conference in front of The Washington Post building in downtown Washington, D.C. that criticized The Post for violating their sourcing guidelines and for accessing a FreeRepublic.com account in possible violation of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, an editor for The Post is now claiming authorization to log-in to the account of MD4BUSH.
Earlier this week, Post Maryland editor R.B. Brenner made statements that reporter Matthew Mosk had logged in to MD4BUSH's account "two or three times" after being given the password by an "intermediary" in order to authenticate private messages sent between MD4BUSH and NCPAC on Free Republic.
Brenner has maintained that The Post does not know who MD4BUSH is.
Brenner is reported to have made the following statement to The Post for their story today about the press conference:
"As part of our reporting, we needed to verify that the chat room postings were authentic. We were authorized to view them, and it was appropriate to do so under the circumstances."
Link to Post article here.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: brownshirtsforkerry; hackshacking; howtostealanelection; leonarddownie; md4bush; mediabias; mosk; ncpac; smearcampaign; trolls; waronerror; whathappenedtooptout; wp; zogbyism
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More than one reporter I spoke with after the press conference expressed shock at The Post's acknowledged behavior in this matter. There was one, however, who had no problem with what they did. This is a serious matter and it's not going away anytime soon for The Post.
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:36:12 PM PST
by
kristinn
To: kristinn
So you're saying that they were logged in? ;-)
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:38:11 PM PST
by
an amused spectator
(If Social Security isn't broken, then cut me a check for the cash I have into it.)
To: kristinn
This is going to get good...
To: kristinn
Did they create the account? This doesn't quite sound like a FR profile, but a leftist stereotype of one:
"I hate John Kerry and I'm sick of his lies. This is the most important election in history and George bush must win. If not the Islamic Terrorists will win, there will be more attacks on the states."
True or not, that's not something we typically say here.
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:41:26 PM PST
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: kristinn
In fact, his or her whole posting history looks "forced". Phoney.
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:43:09 PM PST
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: kristinn
How could WAPO be "authorized to view" ??
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:43:24 PM PST
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: kristinn
Wait a damn minute! If the WP does not know who MD4Bush is, how can they maintain they had authoriztion from that person.
Also, under FR rules, which MD4Bush had to agree to to register, the User agrees to not disclose the account Info.
Registration and User Agreement
"User Account Confidentiality: User agrees to protect user's account and password and not to disclose account information to any third party."
To: kristinn
Oh! The imaginary "intermediary"!! Silly me! How could I forget the Post' little imaginary "Friends"! Funny how they just brought THAT up....
Do you smell it??? The BS in the ink at the Post??
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:45:32 PM PST
by
Danae
(Allah FUBAR!)
To: kristinn
an editor for The Post is now claiming authorization to log-in to the account of MD4BUSH. So when are we going to get some proof that the Posties didn't actually make some of the offending posts? Hmmmmmmmmmmm?
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:46:04 PM PST
by
an amused spectator
(If Social Security isn't broken, then cut me a check for the cash I have into it.)
To: kristinn
To: kristinn
Amazing. They can beach and wine if someone posts one of their articles, but it's ok for them to sneak in and basically knowingly try to sabotage FR.
Amazing!
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:47:20 PM PST
by
djf
(Government wants the same things I do - MY guns, MY property, MY freedoms!)
To: conservative in nyc
To: conservative in nyc
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:47:47 PM PST
by
feefee
(rovian salt carrier)
To: Anti-Bubba182; kristinn
I would love to see Jim sue the hell out of the Washington Compost over this!
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:48:22 PM PST
by
wagglebee
("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
To: Anti-Bubba182; jan in Colorado
Wait a damn minute! If the WP does not know who MD4Bush is, how can they maintain they had authoriztion from that person. This is just delicious... like chasing the king from check to check, until all moves are gone....Checkmate, WaPo! You've dug your own grave.
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:48:40 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
To: Nightshift
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:50:04 PM PST
by
tutstar
(OurFlorida.true.ws)
To: an amused spectator
"an editor for The Post is now claiming authorization to log-in to the account of MD4BUSH."
Isn't that like saying the editor IS/WAS MD4BUSH?
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:50:46 PM PST
by
SeaBiscuit
(God Bless all who defend America and Friends, the rest can go to hell.)
To: Anti-Bubba182
Exactly! A few of us were discussing this over lunch today.
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:51:01 PM PST
by
mcg2000
(New Orleans: The city that declared Jihad against The Red Cross.)
To: an amused spectator
I would venture a guess that Jim has the IP number used each time MD4BUSH was accessed :-)
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:52:12 PM PST
by
Lloyd227
To: kristinn
Post reporter Matthew Mosk logged onto the site a couple of months later using a password provided by an intermediary who was acting on behalf of MD4BUSH, Brenner said. Having an "intermediary" means they just must have documentation of the authorization, doesn't it? hehehe...I see the blood in the water, kristinn!
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posted on
11/05/2005 4:52:21 PM PST
by
Gondring
(I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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