The Search for the Wikipedia Libelist

American Thinker ^ | Oct. 15, 2009 | Ralph Alter

[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.....

[Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo]

Contributor	Occupation	Date	Amount	Recipient
SHAPIRO, SAUL BROOKLYN,NY 11201	PATTERSON BELLKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP	9/23/08	$2,300	Obama, Barack (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL CEDAR FALLS,IA 50613	WARTBURG COLLEGE/CHIEF COMMUNICATIO	8/28/08	$250	Obama, Barack (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL NEW YORK,NY 10065	NYC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP./VICE	7/17/07	$250	Obama, Barack (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B BROOKLYN,NY 11201	PATTERSON BELKNGE WEBB & TYLER LLP/	6/14/07	$2,300	Clinton, Hillary (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B BROOKLYN,NY 11201	PATTERSON BELLENGO WEBB TYLER LLP/A	3/28/07	$500	Richardson, Bill (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL NEW YORK,NY 10036	PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER L/AT	8/19/05	$500	Yassky, David (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL NEW YORK,NY 10021	NYC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP./VICE	7/4/04	$500	Kerry, John (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B BROOKLYN,NY 11201	PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LLP	5/4/04	$500	Clinton, Hillary Rodham (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL NEW YORK,NY 10021	NYC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORP./VICE	4/12/04	$500	Kerry, John (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B BROOKLYN,NY 11201	PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER/ATTO	3/25/04	$2,000	Kerry, John (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B MR NEW YORK,NY 10024	PATTERSON BELKNAP ET AL./ATTORNEY	3/9/00	$1,000	Gore, Al (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B NEW YORK,NY 10023	SELF-EMPLOYED	10/28/98	$250	Victory in New York
SHAPIRO, SAUL ,		10/3/96	$300	Gantt, Harvey B (D)
SHAPIRO, SAUL B NEW YORK,NY 10023	PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER	9/26/96	$250	New York State Democratic Cmte

[TribalPrincess2U]

Soros is DANGEROUS to DEMOCRACY!

Soros is dangerous to mankind!

[netmilsmom]

Bookmarking

[TribalPrincess2U]

FReepers top leftist loiyas any day. Especially the FReepers in pajamas.

[federal]

bookmark

[thouworm]

UPDATE from JustLurking

Interestingly, Rush’s page at WikiQuotes cannot currently be edited.

It’s in “semi-protected” stage for a week, starting 2009-10-14:

Semi-protection prevents editing by unregistered contributions and contributors with accounts which are not autoconfirmed.

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”.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2363558/posts?page=140#140

[fortunate sun]

pardon ...

-—hitching post ——

[Uncle Miltie]

Here’s a good candidate for the libelist:

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ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP ET AL/ATTORNEY

KERRY, JOHN F
VIA KERRY-EDWARDS 2004 INC. GENERAL ELECTION LEGAL AND ACCOUNTING COMPLIANCE FUND
10/25/2004 500.00 24981710032

ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LL

MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION
08/23/2005 225.00 26990181529

OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
03/27/2007 1000.00 27930593570
12/04/2007 1300.00 28930534365

TEXANS FOR TRUTH
10/09/2004 200.00 28990620774

ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB ET AL/ATTO

NOVICK, STEVEN
VIA NOVICK FOR SENATE
12/20/2007 2300.00 28020211031

ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER C
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER

DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
05/26/2005 1500.00 25020223291

ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER C
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB & TYLER LL

CARDIN, BENJAMIN L
VIA BEN CARDIN FOR SENATE
10/30/2006 250.00 27020061848

GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN ELIZABETH MRS
VIA GILLIBRAND FOR SENATE
10/19/2006 250.00 26940859632

ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER C
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB AND TYUSR/

HARMAN, JANE
VIA FRIENDS OF JANE HARMAN
03/30/2006 250.00 26930055325

ANGELL, CHRISTOPHER C MR.
NEW YORK, NY 10023
PATTERSON BELKNAP WEBB AND TYUSR/

HARMAN, JANE
VIA FRIENDS OF JANE HARMAN
06/30/2005 250.00 25970618392

[Uncle Miltie]

Christopher C. Angell
Partner

212-336-2770 | 212-336-2774 fax | ccangell@pbwt.com
Download V-Card

Christopher Angell is a partner in the firm’s Personal Planning Group. He has been a partner of the firm since 1977. Mr. Angell concentrates in estate planning, administration of trusts and estates, planning for charitable giving and philanthropy, and organization and representation of family foundations and other tax-exempt organizations. He represents high net worth individuals and families, including owners of private businesses, U.S. citizens residing abroad, and foreign investors holding assets in the United States. He serves as a trustee of various trusts established by clients and their families.

Mr. Angell is a director of Bessemer Trust Company and its affiliated trust companies. He is a Trustee of Johns Hopkins University and serves on the Advisory Board of the Bioethics Institute of Johns Hopkins University. He is president of The Emily Davie and Joseph S. Kornfeld Foundation, which makes grants in the fields of medical research, health care, medical ethics and public education. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Henry Street Settlement. He has previously served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Perry Ellis International, Inc.

[justlurking]

Especially the FReepers in pajamas.

Hey, I was fully clothed when I wrote that!!!!

[potlatch]

Thank you Kim

I must have seen it on Drudge, as this thread was posted after my 7:52pm post last evening.

[Freedom2specul8]

Well, ya nailed it! ;-)

[potlatch]

Lol. I go to Drudge over and over every day, easy to see all the headlines at a glance.

[boxlunch]

I forgot, where is it that you can pull up this donor information? I need to do that on a local candidate here in Texas.
Thanks

[TribalPrincess2U]

I’ve heard differently. /s

[thouworm]

nice find! do you have a link?

[TBP]

People are complaining on the discussion page about the removal of the fake quotes. Also, they apparently won’t let you put up a quote if it’s just sourced to his program. You hve to hav ea thrid-party source. Isn’t that what caused the problem in the first place?

(OTOH, some of hsi stuff about Obama today might get in that way and that would disturb the leftie libs at Wiki.)

[potlatch]

I found I was mistaken on the ‘time’ of my post, but it's not my fault. The time on my ‘comments’ is different than the time on the actual thread, a two hour difference.

The time in my Freepmail is off by two hours too and is really irritating.

I never try to deceive people, just wanted to tell you.