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An Attack That Came Out of the Ether
The Washington Post ^ | June 28, 2008 | Matthew Mosk

Posted on 06/28/2008 7:59:39 AM PDT by plangent

The e-mail landed in Danielle Allen's queue one winter morning as she was studying in her office at the Institute for Advanced Study, the renowned haven for some of the nation's most brilliant minds. The missive began: "THIS DEFINITELY WARRANTS LOOKING INTO."

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1obamaisamuslim; apostate; barackhusseinobama; danielleallen; election; elections; freerepublic; hussein; husseinobama; md4bush; mosk; muslim; muslimvote; obama; obamasympathizer; osama; sleeper
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To: avacado
Dr Allen, instead of wasting your time tracking people who are engaged in free speech, why didn't you just sit down with Obama and interview him on his complete background and then do a check on what he told you about his background, then report that?!

Spot on. Double for this article's author, Matthew Mosk. Under the guise of writing a story about rumors, Mosk spreads more. Allen stalks private citizens, speculates and draws unfounded conclusions from her sleuthing, and Mosk dutifully "reports." They act like a couple of preteens conspiring payback for a MySpace posting.

261 posted on 06/28/2008 2:26:39 PM PDT by Eroteme
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To: Eroteme
Allen stalks private citizens, speculates and draws unfounded conclusions from her sleuthing, and Mosk dutifully "reports." They act like a couple of preteens conspiring payback for a MySpace posting.

Excellent point. And if (hypothetically) an unstable Freeper were exposed as a result of Allen's stalking and Mosk's journalistic malpractice, and then took their own life, those two scumbags would not only have not one pang of conscience, they would probably high-five each other and exclaim "one down, thousands more to go!"

People like Allen and Mosk are absolutely without any moral compass at all. Believe that.
262 posted on 06/28/2008 2:44:39 PM PDT by mkjessup
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To: Perchant
"Unusual Name"?? Hardly. It's pretty common in the Mideast and Northern Africa. What's "unusual" is that a man with his communist and Arabic roots can get so close to the White House.

If you want "unusual" names, look at what Frank Zappa did to his kids: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.

263 posted on 06/28/2008 2:45:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: plangent
"... It also aggressively disregards the fundamental principle of free societies that one be able to debate one's accusers..."

Huh? Who is stopping Obeymao from debating his "accusers" on this issue? He is free to confront them on this "smear" with the facts he has at his disposal. Heck, he's even free to come here and debate the issue. Hint: Saying "that's not true!" 100 times, or 1 million times, doesn't mean he has proven anything, even though that might be enough for you, Danielle. For a supposed "genius," you sure are clueless.

Obama is free to dispute this perception of his muslim past at any time. You act like he's bound and gagged inside the broom closet at RNC headquarters. Stop being an idiot, Danielle.

264 posted on 06/28/2008 2:49:45 PM PDT by smedley64 (Dems go all-in every 4 years with a 7-2 offsuit marxist, hoping to hit the flop big just one time.)
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To: smedley64
Obama is free to dispute this perception of his muslim past at any time. You act like he's bound and gagged inside the broom closet at RNC headquarters. Stop being an idiot, Danielle.

You assume that she is not aware that he could come here for a debate like many politicians have. These fascist militants don't want to debate FreeRepublic, they want to crush your civil rights like good little totalitarians.

265 posted on 06/28/2008 2:58:20 PM PDT by Earthdweller
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To: gost2

“Please. Read up. He can be the False Prophet but he can’t be the Anti-Christ.

Unless of course his birth certificate really is totally false and he was actually born somewhere East of Istanbul, West of Iran and Northish of Iraq.”

I am not convinced that the Anti-Christ has to be born in the Middle East. And it is my understanding that the False Prophet who introduces the Anti-Christ to the world is the last Pope who will be called Peter.


266 posted on 06/28/2008 3:00:58 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: smedley64; All; 1035rep; 1curiousmind; 4woodenboats; 2ndDivisionVet; 5Madman2; 68skylark; ...

FYI Beckwith response (with some introductory comments) also posted on AntiMullah to reach an expanded audience, including in the Moslem world. What a hit piece by that woman!

http://noiri.blogspot.com/2008/06/beckwith-responds-to-washington-post.html

BTW Islam for Dummies is also being posted in Farsi on the Multilingual Page. We have found that most Iranians, who were used to the Shah’s Islam, where you were free to practise as you wished - or not at all - do not understand the “Real Mohammadan Islam” version (as several Persian commentators call it) that is now in place in Islamic Iran.


267 posted on 06/28/2008 3:07:21 PM PDT by FARS
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To: OKIEDOC
I wonder if Miss Misguided Allen thinks the above is a fundamental of a free society

Ah, but we are told that she is one of the most brilliant among us.

Odd how a conservative cannot even aspire to such a pinnacle...

268 posted on 06/28/2008 3:11:27 PM PDT by okie01 (THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA: Ignorance on Parade)
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To: avacado

It’s a story about a story? I refuse to read it all.


269 posted on 06/28/2008 3:21:19 PM PDT by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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To: okie01
“...she is one of the most brilliant among us.”

Sorry Condi Rice got there first. Anything else is well,.. forgettable.

270 posted on 06/28/2008 3:22:08 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: gitmo

I don’t think that thread is relevant to this article...

To: msnimje
I am enjoying this little spat on many levels.
First it’s nice to see some other countries flag being burned for a change. I never heard a word of outrage from Europe when it was the Stars and Strips on the BBQ.

Second, and this is really juicy, watching the most leftwing media in the world i.e. the European print media (defenders and cheerleaders of multiculturalism, morale equivalency and the Palestinian cause) in an all out Donny Brook with not just extremists but pretty much all of Islam.

Reminds me of the PITA Vs. Act-Up wars.

Popcorn and beer for this required viewing.

36 posted on Thursday, February 02, 2006 3:08:45 PM by usurper (Spelling or grammatical errors in this post can be attributed to the LA City School System)


271 posted on 06/28/2008 3:32:53 PM PDT by Kevmo (A person's a person, no matter how small. ~Horton Hears a Who)
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To: mkjessup; Eroteme; plangent; Perchant; ProtectOurFreedom

[... Allen set her sights on dissecting the modern
version of a whisper campaign, even though experts
told her it would be impossible to trace the chain
e-mail to its origin. Along the way, even as her hunt
grew cold, she gained valuable insight into the way
political information circulates, mutates and sometimes
devastates in the digital age...]

Allen, the “Compartmental Genius”, does not have the
intellect to understand that the predatory main stream
media circulates, mutates and devastates using political
misinformation without consequence.

Why is this not OK for bloggers?


272 posted on 06/28/2008 3:33:21 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: ETL

Funny how a newbie says “Well, it’s another reason why some of us need to stop spreading this BS about Obama being a Muslim.” Tell me, what is your position in the Obama organization? Or is that just a “rumor” or BS?


273 posted on 06/28/2008 3:43:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only the Marxist Obama can!)
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To: plangent

According to Obama supporters he is not Muslim.

But... wait....

He has a Muslim name doesn’t he?

He is ashamed of his middle Muslim name isn’t he?

His father was Muslim, wasn’t he?

He spent a great deal of his youth in Muslim countries, didn’t he?

But we are all supposed to look the other way and believe he has no Muslim family, ties, friends and associates.

Either way, he cannot escape the reality.

And, Marxism is not a good platform either.


274 posted on 06/28/2008 3:56:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only the Marxist Obama can!)
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To: plangent; Eva; Jim Robinson; AliVeritas; eeevil conservative; holdonnow; MNJohnnie; ...
OK ... so is Muammar Ghaddafi a FReeper?
275 posted on 06/28/2008 3:59:55 PM PDT by sono (It's a shame the Republicans took a pass on nominating a candidate for President this year.)
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To: Jeff Head

I just noticed that on the picture you posted there is no mole to the left of his nose. Was it brushed out?


276 posted on 06/28/2008 4:03:17 PM PDT by Excellence (Why do scoundrels like Ayers gravitate to public education when Plan A fails?)
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To: expatguy

So are you implying,

Barack Obama’s long journey to the center of his mind will be resolved by you?

His journey to discover whether his identity is American or African, white or black, is over because he really is an Indonesian? LOL, he’s going to need a psychiatrist.

Your comments about the mother of all swiftboats will confuse since many hold a near religious belief that the swiftboaters were debunked.

Should be interesting.


277 posted on 06/28/2008 4:18:47 PM PDT by Shermy (Handlebars, Flobots. A prophecy about egomania, megalomania and Obama.)
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To: plangent

Well, maybe JimRob should just wipe all the stuff off the server and we start over. There there is no paper trail for her to research.


278 posted on 06/28/2008 4:34:07 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Congress in session, the White House occupied - Your freedom, liberty and rights are in jeopardy.)
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To: plangent

These are the last groanings and the death rattle of the Dinosaur Media. They should be ignored.


279 posted on 06/28/2008 4:34:51 PM PDT by Palladin (Barack Hussein Obama will confiscate your wealth.)
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To: plangent
Here's something for WaPo to research. Obama's rise in politics is a result of the following:

1) Obama challenged qualifying signatures on all his Illinois State Senate Democrat primary opponents' applications (see Alice Palmer), running unopposed,

2) Obama had sealed divorce records of his Democrat primary opponent Blair Hull exposed, revealing accusations of wife-beating and forcing Hull out of the primary,

3) Obama had sealed divorce records of his Republican opponent Jack Ryan exposed, revealing accusations of wanting to perform public sex acts and forcing Ryan out of the general election.

4) Obama claims his legislative records in Illinois were not archived, and presumably destroyed, leaving no paper trail of his past government experience. (See last paragraph of article)

It seems that Obama can't win without legal technicalities or by destroying his opponent by exposing sealed private records. So now, Obama is coming after everyday people on the internet who dare to look into his past?

-PJ

280 posted on 06/28/2008 4:37:23 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Repeal the 17th amendment -- it's the "Fairness Doctrine" for Congress!)
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