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I-Team Uncovers MD4Bush E-Mail Addresses
The WBAL Channel ^ | 12/14/05 | WBAL-TV

Posted on 12/14/2005 5:13:35 PM PST by conservative in nyc

The WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team has uncovered new information surrounding the mysterious Web user known as MD4Bush.

In private e-mail exchanges, MD4Bush coaxed Joe Steffen, a former aide to Gov. Bob Ehrlich, into discussing rumors about Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley's personal life on the conservative Web site, FreeRepublic.com.

The 11 News I-Team has uncovered e-mail addresses used to register the MD4Bush account on the Free Republic Web site. The 11 News I-Team does not know who opened the MD4Bush account.

According to a source familiar with the MD4Bush postings, the e-mail address used in October 2004 to open the MD4Bush account is: ryanrock2004@yahoo.com.

Sources said that e-mail address was later changed to rodoherty@mddems.org, then changed for a third time to brianwaverly@yahoo.com. That third e-mail address remains as the address registered on the Free Republic account, which remains open.

Free Republic Web founder Jim Robinson refused to publicly disclose the electronic trail of MD4Bush; however, he authorized a statement weeks ago, as follows:

"Free Republic has evidence that an mddems.org e-mail address is associated with the MD4Bush account. This is not just coincidence," Free Republic spokeswoman Kristinn Taylor said.

According to Free Republic, anyone who has the password to the MD4Bush account could change the e-mail registration address at any time. It is not known how many people may have had access to that password.

MD4Bush used e-mails to coax former gubernatorial aide Joe Steffen into discussing rumors on a conservative Web site about the personal life of Baltimore's mayor. The e-mail address information obtained does not shed light on the actual users of the MD4Bush account, nor does it reveal whether someone attached the Ryan O'Doherty e-mail address to the account without his knowledge.

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


TOPICS: Breaking News; Extended News; Free Republic; News/Current Events; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: ehrlich; fr; md4bush; ncpac; odoherty; omalley; ryanodoherty; steffen
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To: conservative in nyc
Free Republic spokeswoman Kristinn Taylor

Oops.

21 posted on 12/14/2005 5:53:38 PM PST by Bahbah (Free Scooter; Tony Schaffer for the US Senate)
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To: Erik Latranyi
The gloom was even deeper over on the Democratic National Committee's online forum. Pam Bergren writes -- "I personally don't care too much that Hussein was caught -- he never did anything to me." Someone named Marsh says -- "This is supposed to be a war on terror, not a war on tyranny." And Erik Latranyi says it -- "takes the 'failure to capture' issue off the table. ... what is left? Oh, yes, the capture of Bin Laden. If that happens, we are completely sunk."

LOL! You're smooth.
22 posted on 12/14/2005 5:54:52 PM PST by TeenagedConservative
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To: Gondring
spokeswoman Kristinn Taylor

I read the excerpt and shrugged. "Damn," I thought to myself, "I thought Kristinn was a man."

Then my mind recalls actually SEEING pics of Kristinn and damn, they were pics of a MAN. I shrug again. "Maybe I was looking at the wrong person," I think. "Maybe there was a woman in the picture."

Will I ever learn not to trust these "journalists" with the facts?

23 posted on 12/14/2005 5:56:02 PM PST by Fishtalk (Pop Culture and Political Pundit-http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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To: TeenagedConservative
LOL! You're smooth.

Sometimes, too smooth for my own good.

Do you know what it's like to be known by friends and family as a die-hard conservative and to have your post reported on national news as coming from a liberal?!

24 posted on 12/14/2005 5:57:46 PM PST by Erik Latranyi (9-11 is your Peace Dividend)
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To: Gondring
I'm sure the IP addresses on all MD4Bush activities are logged. What is different here is the disclosure of the additional email addresses.

"..According to a source familiar with the MD4Bush postings, the e-mail address used in October 2004 to open the MD4Bush account is: ryanrock2004@yahoo.com..."

In order to activate a password a valid email is necessary, but the IP of the computer would remain the same. What MD4Bush did to conceal himself would only work in a case where the administrator of a site was not sufficiently interested in tracking him down.

The FR feature that allows changeing e-mail registration address at any time is for the convenience of the users and won't help conceal the identity of the computer the posts were made from.

25 posted on 12/14/2005 5:58:20 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Bahbah
Free Republic spokeswoman Kristinn Taylor

This embarrassing mistake could have been avoided if the reporter had just opted for the gender-neutral, politically correct title "spokesperson."
26 posted on 12/14/2005 5:59:27 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: Eaker; Flyer; TheMom; stevie_d_64
This is not just coincidence," Free Republic spokeswoman Kristinn Taylor said.

What she say?

Giving orders to folks who don't work for you seems to make one a wimmin.

I kind of figured.

27 posted on 12/14/2005 6:01:27 PM PST by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: conservative in nyc

Excellent post.

To all, be sure to view the video story (maybe a couple of times to catch the complex links to the all the players).

For his good work in getting Steffen fired, Ryan O'Doherty has been rewarded with a no-compete appointment to a newly created position with the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, which is associated with Baltimore city hall.


28 posted on 12/14/2005 6:01:28 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: conservative in nyc
Does this get us any closer to the identity of MD4Bush?

If so, how?

29 posted on 12/14/2005 6:02:47 PM PST by evad
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To: conservative in nyc
Sources said that e-mail address was later changed to rodoherty@mddems.org, then changed for a third time to brianwaverly@yahoo.com. That third e-mail address remains as the address registered on the Free Republic account, which remains open.

When was the 3rd email changed ... after the article???

30 posted on 12/14/2005 6:06:06 PM PST by Mo1 (Message to Democrats .... We do not surrender and run from a fight !!)
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To: evad
My reply above and the WBAL story itself (especially his no-comment responses to reporters) point to O'Doherty as a player in this. But we (FR readers) don't know his part, or (if someone used his email without his knowledge) even if he is directly implicated.
31 posted on 12/14/2005 6:10:28 PM PST by CedarDave
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To: Fishtalk; kristinn
Then my mind recalls actually SEEING pics of Kristinn and damn, they were pics of a MAN. I shrug again. "Maybe I was looking at the wrong person," I think. "Maybe there was a woman in the picture."

No offense, Kristinn, but you're the ugliest woman I've ever seen! ;-D

32 posted on 12/14/2005 6:11:27 PM PST by mwyounce
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To: Anti-Bubba182
I'm sure the IP addresses on all MD4Bush activities are logged. What is different here is the disclosure of the additional email addresses.

That was my point.

The other information would be what IP addresses were associated with those logins....possibly from the Dems' cave? That would show it wasn't just someone using RyDo's e-mail address, but ...

In order to activate a password a valid email is necessary, but the IP of the computer would remain the same. What MD4Bush did to conceal himself would only work in a case where the administrator of a site was not sufficiently interested in tracking him down.

Exactly.

33 posted on 12/14/2005 6:13:47 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: conservative in nyc

bump


34 posted on 12/14/2005 6:14:31 PM PST by tutstar (Baptist Ping List Freepmail me if you want on or off this ping list.)
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To: Mo1

That's what I kept waiting to hear in the video...but they didn't explicitly say.


35 posted on 12/14/2005 6:14:33 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: conservative in nyc; DocRock; kristinn
Someone needs to tell WBAL-TV that Kristinn's not a woman...
Courtesy of DocRock:



Click to Watch 2 mb Video

DC Chapter Warlord, Mr. Kristinn Taylor

36 posted on 12/14/2005 6:15:02 PM PST by RonDog
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To: conservative in nyc

I am fortunate to have met Kristinn in 2000 and he's no woman, but a good guy!


37 posted on 12/14/2005 6:16:43 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Again, the video is very good...and in the video, it says "spokesperson."

But more than that, I encourage all FReepers to check out the video for the "plot thickens" elements. :-)


38 posted on 12/14/2005 6:17:04 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: conservative in nyc
There is a lesson in this intriguing tale.

Everything published on FreeRepublic, whether public or private, is preserved and is ultimately part of the public record.

Your utterances will be available to your friends, your enemies, your children and their children.

39 posted on 12/14/2005 6:17:09 PM PST by Amerigomag
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To: RonDog

That is one ugly woman!


40 posted on 12/14/2005 6:17:26 PM PST by kristinn
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