[kristinn]

More than one reporter I spoke with after the press conference expressed shock at The Post's acknowledged behavior in this matter. There was one, however, who had no problem with what they did. This is a serious matter and it's not going away anytime soon for The Post.

[Toskrin]

I think it's interesting to note that MD4BUSH's first post, on the day he signed up, was to NCPAC. Strange coincidence? They have to know each other.

[mrsmith]

It's discovery time: They said we were hurting their business, and now they come on here and try to discredit members.

"Just what have you got there in the Washpost files about us? What have you been plotting and saying about us at your meetings?"

Sic the lawyers on 'em.

[HAL9000]

"As part of our reporting, we needed to verify that the chat room postings were authentic. We were authorized to view them, and it was appropriate to do so under the circumstances."

Of course, it's legal to view public chat room posts - but the Washington Post went way beyond that. The blithely admitted to violating the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act by accessing the private e-mail account of a person who identity is unknown to them. Soon, they'll be telling us that breaking and entering in pursuit of a story is protected under the First Amendment.

Mosk is in legal jeopardy - and if editor Brenner authorized Mosk to do it, he'd better get an attorney too.

[staytrue]

Using an intermediary is what Tom Delay was accused of doing in money laundering.

Also, no one "outed" Valerie Plame directly. It was done via intermediaries in the press.

The russians used intermediaries (cubans) to fight the cold war.

Most murder for hires are intermediary in nature.

If you ever solicit for prostitutes, make sure you use and intermediary like a pimp first.

[DBrow]

Just for kicks I checked Bugmenot, and MD4Bush's pw is not up there, so BMN was not the "intermediary authorized to give the password."

[TaxRelief]

If they don't know who MD4Bush is, how could he have given them legal access. Did he sign his name with an "X"?

[George W. Bush]

The Washington Post is part of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?

Hillary is gonna have a nervous breakdown.

[DaiHuy]

Hi, haven't been able to keep up on things, moving from AZ to IN has taken its toll on my ability to follow things. What is MD4Bush?

[stylin19a]

On top of all the applicable laws mentioned, (you have the POST, the intermediary and MD4Bush).....might as well make it a conspiracy.

[generationfixit]

I am obviously very late to this topic but a few thoughts come to mind that I have not seen.

As we anylize the timeframe of the posts and the nature of the posts in general...could this not be suicide for the MSM in general. Freepers have constantly tried to prove the bias of the press and now they have proof because the posts are not interpretations but actual comments typed freely by those who logged on.

As far as the MD4Bush stuff...it puts it all into perspective. Those in the MSM have just proven what we have all known. Not only are they arrogant...I would suggest they are simpletons. They really can't see past their collective noses and now we get to call them on it.

[Annie Gram]

Speculation of course, but one has to wonder if the "intermediary" could possibly be someone on the Baltimore Sun's payroll - perhaps Michael Olesker or David Nitkin?

[topher]

I wonder if a class action lawsuit by Freepers and Lurkers could be brought against:

1. MD4Bush
2. The Maryland Democratic Party
3. The Washington Post
4. The Washington Post Editor
5. The Washington Post Reporters involved

Not saying it is or is not possible, just wondering.

Since the Washington Post shoved Copyright laws down certain people's throats, maybe turnabout is fair play...

A wonder if being a long time poster gets one a larger chunk of the Class Action rewards points... Just a thought... I am not a lawyer and know very little about such things...

[Rain-maker]

some quick links:

MD4BUSH User Posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=173184

NCPAC User Posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=130752

[Dagny Taggart]

What was their so called reason for needing to access that account. I haven't been in on this from the beginning and was wondering that if they had no interest in it why did they take such interest in it? Thanks, Dagny

[dannyboy72]

I'm not in the local region, but I've been trying to follow this. If I'm off base please let me know, but..

Has anyone brought up the suspicion that MD4BUSH was in fact a Washington Post reporter?

[KSCITYBOY]

btt

[RedBloodedAmerican]

I was wondering why MD4BUSH was Private Messaging me x-rated messages. This explains it. It was the Post employees.

[Buffettfan]

WAPO has been "Rathered"!

[3D-JOY]

I have tried to read through this...very confusing sometimes.

Is this really a "great big deal"...with legs?

Seems to be, but so have many before.

[Enchante]

WaPo is full of it as usual - they cannot possible have been 'authorized' unless they know who MD4Bush is.... how on earth can you be 'authorized' to use a confidential password to enter a private email box unless you KNOW who gave you the authorization to access their confidential material??? This won't work through any intermediary -- It is an inherent contradiction to claim you are 'authorized' if you don't even know who supposedly gave the authorization. It is an impossibility, because the window is wide open for fraud if you don't know who's doing the authorizing.........