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Ehrlich asks panel's help on MD4Bush
THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | September 30, 2005 | S.A. Miller
Posted on 09/30/2005 11:28:05 PM CDT by TBP
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s chief legal counsel is asking lawmakers investigating the firing of state employees to also help expose MD4Bush -- the Internet chat-room visitor whose remarks were the catalyst for the probe.
Chief Counsel Jervis S. Finney told Sen. Thomas McLain Middleton, a Charles Democrat and co-chairman of the Special Committee on State Employee Rights and Protections, to use subpoenas to "seek the truth as it relates to MD4Bush."
MD4Bush prodded longtime Ehrlich aide Joseph F. Steffen Jr. into a chat-room discussion in February about rumored infidelity by Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, a Democratic candidate for governor.
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Clearly the Wash comPost is involved in this story. It is the only way that Steffen could have been 'outed' so quickly.
That, to me, is the real story here, and I'm wondering how the connection can be confirmed.
Lawsuits against Free Republic might result if any information is released just to respond to some news story.
Also, just as it was pointed out that the Washington Post's reporter used MD4Bush's signon, it does not mean that someone could frame another person within the Democratic party. Someone using another person password, computer, and email can spoof who the original person is.
Best for Free Republic to report on what the media has to say, but not provide any information unless all legal jeopardy is resolved.
A real, current example is NYT reporter asking Rove or Libby about Valeria Plame. It does not matter what a reporter says -- it is still necessary not to confirm or deny information. Libby and Rove are under pressure because of that situation.
I don't want Jim Robinson to be put under any legal pressure nor Free Republic. It's not worth it. Better to let the media go into a feeding frenzy over this and not release information unless Jim Robinson is issued a subpoena for the information, and this all goes through proper legal channels.