I-Team Uncovers MD4Bush E-Mail Addresses

The WBAL Channel ^ | 12/14/05 | WBAL-TV

[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.

[Lancey Howard]

Not surprisingly, the Democrat controlled committees were not interested in following leads on Democrat corruption.

How about when Republican controlled committees are apparently not interested in exposing Democrat corruption? Nothing has me more irritated right now than the suppression of the report that was paid for with my federal tax dollars. It is an abominable disgrace:

"As things stand now, the expurgated (Independent Counsel David Barrett) report will appear and the public will be none the wiser as to how the IRS and Justice Department can be used to obstruct justice and harass private citizens."

[Lancey Howard]

We have lots of dark and mysterious political operatives

Freep throat?

[Private_Sector_Does_It_Better]

http://www.mddems.org/index.php?display=ShowPage&id=32446


Maryland Democratic Party 188 Main Street, Suite 1 Annapolis, MD 21401

If you have any additional questions please contact Ryan O
'Doherty at 410-269-8818 or rodoherty@mddems.org. Thank you.

[Deetes]

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[Congressman Billybob]

Thank you for this post. It is the clearest and most detailed account I've seen anywhere, on how FR was used to perpetrate a fraud by both a Democrat operative, and the Post reporter. I thoroughly agree with your judgment that the abuse of FR conditions on accounts justify your making this information available in order to get to the bottom of the matter.

I had hoped that you would reach that judgment. But I also understood that since this is your forum, that decision had to be yours, and yours alone.

Cordially,

John

[commonguymd]

Would love to see someone like Drudge pick this post up about the Washington Post working with democratic operatives to bring down a sitting governor. Darn Rat!

[Glenn]

then the story might as well break right here on Free Republic where MD4Bush and the Washington Post perpetrated the crime

So, break it!

I cannot understand your reluctance.

[adam_az]

"I imagine it's going to come as quite a surprise to Kristinn that he's actually a woman."

Laz - Your wife Kristinn is apparently really a man!

Sheesh. :)

[Alia]

And so, no I'm not concerned that it's going public. As I said above, the fact that The Washington Post is working in concert with the Democrat Party in an attempt to bring down a sitting Republican Governor should be breaking news. And if the Democrat controlled committee is not interested and the MSM is not interested, then the story might as well break right here on Free Republic where MD4Bush and the Washington Post perpetrated the crime. The truth shall set you free.

mark. And, true.

[Gabz]

My, my, my...............

I'm leaving shortly to spend much of the day in Maryland, it shall be interesting to see what, if anything, the various local talk stations may be saying about this........as well as some of the locals themselves. Not that long ago it came up in a wateringhole I know - and I wasn't the one that brought it up :)

[Albion Wilde]

BUMP

[Katya]

The last email used: brianwaverly@yahoo.com is throwing me off....Ryan doherty actually lives either next to or just inside the Waverly section of Baltimore. Without the letter 'B' the email could easily be read as rian waverly...I don't know...perhaps I'm over examining this.

[Quilla]

I've been patiently waiting for more news of MD4Bush. Thanks for posting this article and your concise recap.

FWIW, a Brian Birgen, Waverly, Iowa professor, once served on presidential candidate Dean's Advisory Committee on Education.

[maica]

A very important ping to #70!! Thanks.

[Lazamataz]

Laz - Your wife Kristinn is apparently really a man! Sheesh. :)

Well, at least he's the 'wife'.

I sure woulda hated the reverse. =:^o

;^)

[maggief]

Bump!



* Video: E-Mail Contains Identity: Ryan O'Doherty

http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/5538206/detail.html

[tiredoflaundry]

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[GoBucks2002]

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

If they know your screen name.

[hummingbird]

Free Republic spokeswoman Kristinn Taylor said

Austin Powers: "He's a man, baby!"

Kristinn "Danger" Taylor. Smashing, baby!

[TheForceOfOne]

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