They are printing private emails now?
BAD REPORTING! FR proper does not have a chat room. FReepmail between NCPAC and MD4BUSH would be just that: between them. Calling that kind of exchange a chat, while it might meet the dictionary definition of the word, does NOT meet the computer-related meaning of the word. In computerese, a chat is an open dialog posted for many to see. The WaPo must know this and therefore are altering the facts to make a case stronger than actually exists. Bad editing at best; malfeasance at worst.
I still hold that NCPAC's open comments were innocuous and that this is now more of a smear on NCPAC than it was on O'Malley. I am VERY disappointed that the original thread was pulled for reason "rumor." It has gone way beyond that now and ironically, the WaPo has turned it into news. For NCPAC to get a fair shake in the court of public opinion, it is now necessary that the entire context of his remarks be made public.
I understand that in this day of lawsuits that Jim Robinson must think of the consequences of taking a principled stand. I would recommend putting back up the original thread without the original content - replace it with a big blinking "rumor" - but leave the ensuing discussion so one could see that NCPAC's only transgression is a private conversation with a troll. The few posts that might contain a snippet of the original thread could likewise be edited. I think we have A DUTY to do at least that much.