"When it became too big to ignore, criticize bloggers"
The Guardian's story on unmasking the "fake White House correspondent":
[Q]uestions remained yesterday about why the White House suspended the normally rigorous vetting process to issue daily passes to an organisation rejected by the Senate last year for not being a legitimate media outlet.
The extent of Gannon's links to an earlier White House scandal - the leaking of the name of the CIA agent Valerie Plame - also remained unclear yesterday.
The extent of Gannon's links to an earlier White House scandal - the leaking of the name of the CIA agent Valerie Plame - also remained unclear yesterday.
Kos reminds us that...
Talon News existed a mere couple of days before "Gannon" was given White House press creds. A few months later, he was receiving classified CIA documents and getting to ask questions while other reporters get shut out or outright excluded. There's something going on.
The NY Times finally wakes the #uck up:
Democrats in Congress are pressing for investigations into how a Washington reporter who used a pseudonym managed to gain access to the White House and had access to classified documents that named Valerie Plame as a CIA operative.
Representatives John Conyers and Louise Slaughter wrote yesterday to the independent prosecutor appointed in the Plame case, seeking an investigation into how James Guckert, who used the name Jeff Gannon, had access to classified documents that revealed the identity of Ms. Plame.
Karl Frisch, a spokesman for Ms. Slaughter, said: "This is a guy who could not get credentialed by the House or the Senate press galleries, and yet managed to get into the White House and question the president" and have access to a top-secret document.
He added: "To imply he has no connection to the White House is just not credible."
Representatives John Conyers and Louise Slaughter wrote yesterday to the independent prosecutor appointed in the Plame case, seeking an investigation into how James Guckert, who used the name Jeff Gannon, had access to classified documents that revealed the identity of Ms. Plame.
Karl Frisch, a spokesman for Ms. Slaughter, said: "This is a guy who could not get credentialed by the House or the Senate press galleries, and yet managed to get into the White House and question the president" and have access to a top-secret document.
He added: "To imply he has no connection to the White House is just not credible."
Meanwhile, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), asks WH press-tool Scott McClellan to "immediately release documents to my office relating to the White House press credentials of James D. Guckert, a.k.a. Jeff Gannon.”
Lots more on the WH's Gannongate at AmericaBlog.
And in Buzzlandia, the GOP Hypocrite of the Week is... wHo(re)ward Kurtz, who, on TV and in print criticized liberal bloggers for participating in a "witch hunt."
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