Posted on 10/15/2009 6:37:27 PM PDT by Al B.
Thanks to an intrepid blogger with the tag Trapdoc posting a letter to Mark Steyn, the search for the Wikipedia Libelist responsible for damaging posts to the Rush Limbaugh account has been narrowed to the IP address of a New York City law firm:
"The quotes were added by a user with the IP address of 69.64.213.146. This address has been used mostly to make changes to the article about Rush, but also Karl Rove, Sean Hannity,.. James Dobson and Sara Palin from 2005 until earlier this year.
"While others have noted this in various forums, no one seems to have made the connection that this IP address is used as a gateway by the law firm Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP (see here, for example) that all users from that IP address come from the pbwt.com domain.)"
The firm provides a wide array of legal services with a broad spectrum of politically correct causes served:
"It is one of the first major firms in New York City to elect a woman as managing partner. In addition to its Diversity Committee, a group of Patterson Belknap attorneys formed PAC -- Patterson Attorneys of Color -- to assist with the enhancement of workplace diversity and the recruitment, retention and promotion of attorneys of color. Another group, Out at Patterson, focuses on issues relevant to the firm's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, and Women Lawyers at Patterson (WLAP) focuses on women's issues."
Considering Rush's militant political incorrectness, there may be a large number of potentially culpable attorneys and/or staffers to choose from. However, a forensic data retrieval technician should surely be able to narrow the focus and identify the likely poster. Perhaps Rush can enlist the aid of PBWT alumni, Rudy Giuliani, Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau or firm partner, Edward F. Cox, (son-in-law of former President, Richard M. Nixon) in his search for justice.
There is no question that Mr. Limbaugh has been damaged by the salacious quotes added to his Wikipedia profile and their dissemination in the PC-stream media. Hope this helps, Rush.
You know they say the only cure for a lawyer is another lawyer.....
This probably is not related and I don’t want to suggest Deacon Kandra is associated however I found the word “Eleemosynary” and the relationship(s) interesting.
* Couric & Co.
October 6, 2006 5:16 PM
Word of the Day: Eleemosynary
Posted by Greg Kandra
For the end of the week, a word of charity.
eleemosynary(el-uh-MOS-uh-ner-ee), adj. Of or for charity; charitable; as, “an eleemosynary institution.” Given in charity; having the nature of alms; as, “eleemosynary assistance.” Supported by or dependent on charity; as, “the eleemosynary poor.
The grieving Amish families of Pennsylvania are being aided by eleemosynary funds set up by their neighbors.
Tags:Eleemosynary
Topics:Word of the Day
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/10/06/couricandco/entry2072130.shtml
A Roman Catholic deacon serving the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, Greg Kandra is News Director for the diocese’s cable channel, NET (New Evangelization Television.) Prior to that, Deacon Greg worked for 26 years as a writer and producer for CBS News, where he contributed to “The CBS Evening News with Katie Couric,” “60 Minutes II,” “48 Hours,” (Emmy Award, Writers Guild of America Award) and “Sunday Morning.” He was co-writer for the acclaimed documentary “9/11,” hosted by Robert DeNiro. (Emmy Award, Christopher Award, Peabody Award, Writers Guild of America Award.) His radio essays were featured in the bestselling book “Deadlines and Datelines” by Dan Rather. He’s also a two-time winner of the Catholic Press Association Award. Other places you may find him: AMERICA, U.S. CATHOLIC, CATHOLIC DIGEST, REALITY (Redemptorist Communications) and THE BROOKLYN TABLET. He also contributes homiletic reflections to the parish resource CONNECT!, published by Liturgical Publications. Deacon Greg grew up in Maryland (Go Terps!) but he and his wife today live in the beautiful borough of Queens, New York. He is assigned to Our Lady Queen of Martyrs parish in Forest Hills.
I wouldn’t warn them. Get Rush armed with the facts and get that law firm caught flat-footed.
Ping!!!
Given the nature of their work, they would want their clients’ privacy protected with a secure network.
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My first ISP was a dial up with RCN. Probably joined Free Republic using that account. I dumped them as soon as DSL became available.
But RCN was merely the provider. This is like blaming the phone company for harassing phone calls.
Send that info to Rush or holdonnow.
Rush was SET UP by SOROS! I’d bet a lot of money on it. Soros is DANGEROUS to DEMOCRACY!
I understand. I was only giving information about the Law office and the carrier. Since I am not in the area, might have been at a disadvantage.
I like some of the referrers - they’re a hoot!
so you’re aware, anyone can do that... But it really doesn’t tell you a whole lot anyhow. The referrers are web sites somebody surfed from to get to the web site you see the statistics on. If I was surfing the web and the last web site I visited was tonsofbuns.com and then I went to freerepublic.com, tonsofbuns.com would show up in the referrers list for FR. That says nothing about FR, but more about the type of person surfing to FR, especially if it is high in the referrer list. The outgoing traffic from the law firm’s domain seems innocuous enough.
On second thought I wonder if the ISP bears some responsibility. If you know that a specific customer is performing unlawful acts (such as the tort of libel) using his account, aren’t you obligated not to facilitate such conduct. It’s like a printer printing child porn for a publisher and claiming he’s “content neutral”.
I do not know what the possible legal liability for an ISP is concerning an illegal act by a customer.
If he has knowledge of the illegality of the act, he probably has some liability. Past that, I do not know.
There are too many laws today and ignorance of the law is not a defense, but these acts must be punished to prevent others doing the same thing.
Life is complicated today. When good people sit silently by while evil prevails, there is a price.
I’m just thinking common sense. If an ISP knows that a particular site is posting kiddy porn, for instance, I think it’s incumbent on them to remove it. Same thing with libel. imho.
Well,
Rush is saying EVERYTHING I said, on my email and my phone voice mail message, to said law firm.
So, I do not think Rush disagrees with my actions.
I do understand your concerns, but I am glad Rush is taking the bull by the horns this way.
Doesn’t Tacitus post here?
ping
Interestingly, Rush’s page at WikiQuotes cannot currently be edited.
FWIW, here are the last few hops to that addr...
19 84 ms 72 ms 72 ms ae-4-4.ebr2.Newark1.Level3.net [4.69.132.102]
20 92 ms 71 ms 71 ms ae-2-52.edge2.Newark1.Level3.net [4.68.99.41]
21 71 ms 78 ms 71 ms ROADRUNNER.edge2.Newark1.Level3.net [4.79.188.34
]
22 72 ms 72 ms 72 ms tengig-7-0-0-nycmnya-rtr1.nyc.rr.com [24.29.119.
109]
23 * * * Request timed out.
It's in "semi-protected" stage for a week, starting 2009-10-14:
It looks like his Wikipedia page is in a similar mode.
This is common for pages that suddenly experience a surge of interest due to external events, because it usually results in anonymous "vandalism".
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