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The Search for the Wikipedia Libelist
American Thinker ^ | Oct. 15, 2009 | Ralph Alter

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.....


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumnists; 5thcolumnistsatlaw; assima; belknap; lawyers; libel; nfl; patterson; pattersonbelknap; pbwtcom; rush; rushlimbaugh; tyler; webb
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To: mnehring

This person, “Eleemosynary” chats with David Patterson????

Very Interesting.....


41 posted on 10/15/2009 7:00:29 PM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Audit the FED NOW!)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

From Business Week:

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP

Company Overview

Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP provides legal services. It focuses on areas such as antitrust, intellectual property, complex commercial litigation, real estate, securities and commodities litigation, arbitration, and alternative dispute resolution. The company was founded in 1919 and is based in New York City.


42 posted on 10/15/2009 7:00:46 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.)
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To: Al B.
BINGO: BREAKING

"THIS JUST IN – SOROS CONNECTION

“Antonia Grumbach - $15575 in Political Contributions for 2008
10025, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP/, $1000, 10/13/2008, P, MOVEON.ORG
POLITICAL ACTION • GRUMBACH, ANTONIA M NEW YORK, NY ...

43 posted on 10/15/2009 7:00:49 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("Those who go below the surface do so at their peril" - Oscar Wilde)
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To: smokingfrog

I was NOT joking....


44 posted on 10/15/2009 7:00:52 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Isn't it great....we're heading for a Free Enterpriseless society.....)
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To: Kansas58
I think the law firm just took down its own web site, lol.
45 posted on 10/15/2009 7:02:09 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: Kansas58
I think the law firm just took down its own web site, lol.
46 posted on 10/15/2009 7:02:09 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: mnehring

After a bit of discovery, I think we’ll know exactly who was involved.


47 posted on 10/15/2009 7:02:25 PM PDT by o2bfree (This president is giving me a headache!)
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To: Diogenesis

Freepers are on the case! I love it.


48 posted on 10/15/2009 7:03:20 PM PDT by Al B. (Sarah Palin: Government "can't make you happy or healthy or wealthy or wise".)
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To: skimask

Regarding SwordsCrossed.org

http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aswordscrossed.org+limbaugh&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rlz=1R1MOZA_en___US329&client=firefox-a


49 posted on 10/15/2009 7:03:22 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehring
Wikiwatcher also has info on that IP

That's interesting. The user is currently permanently blocked, since April 2008.

And that user made a LOT of edits to Rush Limbaugh's page in 2006.

I'm going to do a bit more research, and compare this user to the anonymous edits in question.

50 posted on 10/15/2009 7:03:30 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: Kansas58

http://www.pbwt.com/

Ok, it is working again!


51 posted on 10/15/2009 7:04:44 PM PDT by Kansas58
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To: goodnesswins

bump


52 posted on 10/15/2009 7:04:47 PM PDT by JPJones (Who is Jim Thompson?)
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To: Texas Fossil

Matt Sanchez is mil, reported for WND. He’s covering the war in Afghanistan for Fox News, particularly in Helmand Province.


53 posted on 10/15/2009 7:04:58 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; mnehring

You guys are good...Fast too


54 posted on 10/15/2009 7:05:43 PM PDT by skimask
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Thanks, I watch little TV so did not have a clue.


55 posted on 10/15/2009 7:05:51 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.)
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To: Kansas58

works fine for me


56 posted on 10/15/2009 7:06:50 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Al B.

Simply find and interview the wikiUser with screenname Kalki .

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:Kalki

Kalki has been fighting this person(s) for over 4 years until Kalki walked away to find better use of one’s life.

He/She can explain the entire situation as he was the driving force to control the vandalism of this troll.


57 posted on 10/15/2009 7:06:58 PM PDT by JerseyHighlander
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To: Al B.

Since it is a gateway to a NAT’d subnet, he could be any computer at the firm. I could be any lawyer, the cleaning woman, or a malicious visitor. If they have insecure wireless, it could be someone in an adjoining office.

If they have an Internet usage policy, they will say whoever did it was in violation, and therefore they are not liable. Your suit is only against the actual individual who did it, and there is no proof as to who that was.


58 posted on 10/15/2009 7:07:00 PM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Texas Fossil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Sanchez


59 posted on 10/15/2009 7:07:18 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("The Community Organizer better stop bitching that the community is organizing." - Rush Limbaugh)
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To: mnehring

Good work. Keep digging. We MUST bury these evil doing liberals.


60 posted on 10/15/2009 7:07:25 PM PDT by Obadiah (Obama: Chains you can believe in!)
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