[conservative in nyc]

Actually, the article was by David Montgomery, with help from WaPo staff researcher Bobbye Pratt. IIRC, Pratt helped Mosk with the original 2/9/05 article, too. It's not clear whether "a reporter" applies to Montgomery or Mosk.

[nunya bidness]

If Ryan O'Doherty is MD4Bush then it's probable that his brother Damian is the "intermediary". Damian is a lawyer and he works for Jim Smith, whose name was on the original email.

I still think another interesting angle to this story will be the identity of the mysterious Steve from the email. If it's Steve Kearney from the Mayor's office then this little soap opera will have come full circle.