Wednesday, February 09, 2005
  This, from letter to the White House by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) covers the basics: I feel compelled to ask you to address a matter brought to my attention by the Niagara Falls Reporter (article attached), a local newspaper in my district, regarding James "JD" Guckert (AKA Jeff Gannon) of Talon News.
According to several credible reports, "Mr. Gannon" has been repeatedly credentialed as a member of the White House press corps by your office and has been regularly called upon in White House press briefings by your Press Secretary Scott McClellan, despite the fact evidence shows that "Mr. Gannon" is a Republican political operative, uses a false name, has phony or questionable journalistic credentials, is known for plagiarizing much of the "news" he reports, and according to several web reports, may have ties to the promotion of the prostitution of military personnel.
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And just this morning we have learned that "Mr. Gannon" has resigned his post at the, so called, Talon News amid growing concerns over his controversial background and falsified qualifications. In fact, it appears that "Mr. Gannon's" presence in the White House press corps was merely as a tool of propaganda for your Administration.
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I was already concerned about what appears to be an organized campaign to mask partisan propaganda as legitimate news by your Administration. That we have now learned this same type of deception is occurring inside the White House briefing room itself is even more disturbing.
That is why I am asking you to please explain to the Congress and to the American people how and why the individual known as "Mr. Gannon" was repeatedly cleared by your staff to join the legitimate White House press corps?
[...] Reports on leftist news sites like RawStory.com show that Guckert/Gannon also registered sites that seem to be dedicated to pimping out members of the military -- Hotmilitarystud.com, Militaryescorts.com and Militaryescortsm4m.com . Finally, it's worth noting that Gannon/Guckert was involved in the White House campaign to expose CIA agent Valerie Plame after husband exposed the Administration's lies on Saddam's nuclear program. See this posting from LibertyForum.com : Yours truly had a conversation with "Jeff Gannon" about a year ago on [FreeRepublic.com]:
Federal Grand Jury Could Subpoena Talon News Correspondent (and RighTalk host) Jeff Gannon more on Jeff Gannon...you might like my back and forth with him.
It looks like the White House used a fake news source that it created and used a fake reporter to leak the info on Wilson's wife in L'Affair Plame."
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