WEDNESDAY RIGHTALK RADIO - FReeper Kristinn gives DFU brief update on MD4BUSH

RIGHTALK RADIO ^ | 11-8-05 | DFU

[doug from upland]

ORIGINAL RIGHTALK THREAD

I thought this announcement deserved its own thread so it wouldn't be missed. In addition to Joe Connor, whose dad was killed by the FALN, the FreeRepublic Hour on Rightalk radio will have an opening segment with Kristinn. He will give us an update regarding the Maryland Democratic Party's latest scandal -- MD4BUSH.

The show begins at 2pm Eastern and will repeated throughout the day.

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[doug from upland]

OOPS...HERE IS THE ORIGINAL RIGHTALK THREAD

[hole_n_one]

WEDNESDAY RIGHTALK RADIO

I'm pretty sure today is Tuesday, big guy!

[doug from upland]

Yes, it is Tuesday. I'm pretty sure I'm suggesting that people tune in tomorrow. :)

[hole_n_one]

This post is in advance of Wednesday's radio program, you idiot!

[doug from upland]

I said it a little nicer.

[hole_n_one]

You shouldn't cut h_n_o any slack.

He's a trouble maker and apparently hasn't any idea what a calendar is.

[doug from upland]

Tune in for the latest on MD4Bush. 2pm Eastern

[conservative in nyc]

MD4Bush Ping!

[Grampa Dave]

BOL!

[Anti-Bubba182]

Thanks I'm listening.

[Anti-Bubba182]

I came on late to the show. Was Kristinn on this one?

[conservative in nyc]

Yes. Kristinn was on at the beginning of the hour. He and Doug From Upland recounted the whole MD4Bush saga, calmly and cooly walking listeners through what he did, and explained the WaPo's role in this saga. Kristinn mentioned that the WaPo' Matthew Mosk may have been violating the ECPA and that the WaPo is ethically challenged.

On the ethics charge, Kristinn noted that what WaPo has said they've done was in complete violation of their own guidelines for anonymous sources. Under those guidelines, at least one WaPo editor must know who an anonymous source is. But they claim no one knows who MD4Bush is. Kristinn and/or Doug said they thought the WaPt was carrying water for Maryland Democrat Party operatives.

There was no new news on who MD4Bush may be. Kristinn speculated he thought the WaPo's "intermediary" might be a lawyer, but said he didn't know.

[doug from upland]

The show will replay every hour throughout the day ---

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[Anti-Bubba182]

Thanks, I got in and heard the program.

You asked Kristinn about the next step. As far as the Washington Post is concerned in their stonewalling, the next step would be to file a complaint against them for violating the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Unlawful Access to Stored Communications 18 U.S.C. 2701.

"§ 2701. Unlawful Access to Stored Communications

(a) Offense.--Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section whoever–

(1) intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided; or

(2) intentionally exceeds an authorization to access that facility; and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage in such system shall be punished as provided in subsection (b) of this section. "

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."

The WP did exceed an authorization to access FR by using anothers password(Forbidden under the Users Agreement which govern the access of users) to access FRmails and did not make any attempt to determine the rules of access to FR or presumably they would not have improperly used anothers password. They flat did violate section 2b of 18 U.S.C. 2701 in that they did not view, or observe the rules if they did view them. If the reporter was unaware of 2b of 18 U.S.C. 2701 it won't help. A professional at a large newspaper should know or should have asked.