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Ehrlich Adviser Looks to Reporters for Answers on Rumors (MD4Bush)
Washington Post ^ | February 20, 2005 | Matthew Mosk and John Wagner

Posted on 02/20/2005 2:59:35 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s chief legal adviser has had more than a week to investigate the allegations that a state employee was orchestrating the spread of rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life.

Jervis Finney said Friday that he has yet to interview the man whose Web postings under the handle "NCPAC" prompted the story: longtime Ehrlich aide Joseph Steffen.

Instead, Finney seems to be focusing his investigation in another direction -- on the reporters covering the story. In a letter to several media outlets, Finney asked reporters to identify another contributor to the conservative Web site's musings, MD4BUSH. This contributor appears to have coaxed Steffen into discussing not only the rumor but also the notion that there was work done behind the scenes to give the rumor "float."....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: ehrlich; md4bush; ncpac; omalley; steffen; wp
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Looks like the investigation is heading in the right direction and is getting Media exposure. If they want to know who MD4Bush is they need to get with Jim Robinson and the ISP MD4Bush was using when he made his FR posts.

It won't make much difference whether MD4Bush threw his computer in the river by now. It can be determined from what ISP customer's computer the posts were made.

1 posted on 02/20/2005 2:59:35 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

BTTT


2 posted on 02/20/2005 3:04:39 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: backhoe

ping


3 posted on 02/20/2005 3:05:18 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
I am seeing more stories on this in Google news. If they trace MD4Bush back to the Maryland Democratic Party, (and I am certain they can), It should blow up in their faces nicely.
4 posted on 02/20/2005 3:16:03 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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nod.


5 posted on 02/20/2005 3:17:21 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: Jet Jaguar
Check this out!
6 posted on 02/20/2005 3:18:24 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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Oh yeah? Search the screen name MD4Bush.


7 posted on 02/20/2005 3:19:34 AM PST by exnavy
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?


8 posted on 02/20/2005 3:21:00 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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I don't think that's a democrat.


9 posted on 02/20/2005 3:22:36 AM PST by exnavy
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Ping


10 posted on 02/20/2005 3:24:30 AM PST by exnavy
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You mean MD4Bush? Why.


11 posted on 02/20/2005 3:25:38 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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Interesting start to this article:

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s chief legal adviser has had more than a week to investigate the allegations that a state employee was orchestrating the spread of rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life.

Jervis Finney said Friday that he has yet to interview the man whose Web postings under the handle "NCPAC" prompted the story: longtime Ehrlich aide Joseph Steffen.

Instead, Finney seems to be focusing his investigation in another direction -- on the reporters covering the story

More that a week? Yet? Instead? Hardly objective words. Sounds like the Post is trying to play defense here.

12 posted on 02/20/2005 3:26:49 AM PST by dirtboy (Drooling moron since 1998...)
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See the link in post 6. Maybe that's why.


13 posted on 02/20/2005 3:28:17 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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yep.


14 posted on 02/20/2005 3:37:36 AM PST by Jet Jaguar
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If you wanted to be a mole to trap a Republican aide to the Gov..you would be a gung ho Bush supporter,Kerry hater, blah blah..

MD4BUSH was almost a caricature and brought up O'Malley completely out of the blue again when the Kerik scandal broke.

He posted private mail here on old threads in two places from Steffan(NCPAC)at about the time the Wa Po story went up on its website.
15 posted on 02/20/2005 3:55:44 AM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Jet Jaguar; All
 
Power of the BlogoSphere:
The O'Malley Affair- NCPAC, MD4Bush, Ehrlich, & more
 
 The Talons of Intimidation- Jeff Gannon's saga
 
 Eason's Fables-- the sordid Jordan Story
 
 Terror Teacher, Take Two- the vile Ward Churchill Saga

16 posted on 02/20/2005 4:09:42 AM PST by backhoe (-30-)
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Ehrlich Adviser Looks to Reporters for Answers on Rumors (MD4Bush)
Washington Post ^ | February 20, 2005 | Matthew Mosk and John Wagner




Ummm .. Matthew Mosk was one of the reporters from the WP that originally printed the freepmails

I wonder what happen to David Snyder ?




Scandal Puts Focus On Role of Bloggers (WaPo on FR and NCPAC)
Washington Post ^ | 02/11/05 | David Snyder and Matthew Mosk

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1340900/posts


17 posted on 02/20/2005 5:11:12 AM PST by Mo1 (Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)
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I wonder what happen to David Snyder ?

On assignment in Afganistan....secret location.

18 posted on 02/20/2005 5:18:06 AM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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MSM/OM Reporters worry that investigation isn't focusing on their mark but instead is looking for the grifter. Looks like the investigation is going in the right direction!


19 posted on 02/20/2005 5:29:06 AM PST by NonValueAdded ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good" HRC 6/28/2004)
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*L* .. yea I'll bet he's in a secret location


20 posted on 02/20/2005 5:36:44 AM PST by Mo1 (Question to Liberals .. When did supporting and defending Freedom become a bad thing??)
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