CNN: PAGE LAWYER DOES NOT RULE 'IN OR OUT' PRANK CLAIM

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[PhiKapMom]

I agree with you. I think this kid would sell his own mother if he thought it would advance him.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... obviously I've got a lot more reading to do on this one. The Indian Casinos "scandal" only remained one and was only kept alive in the media, so long as it was only mudslinging at Pubbies. This thing will drop dead very soon now. Of course, the next October Surprise is due by Monday morning...

[Mike Darancette]

That leads to believe that this was a "prank" unless I am missing something

IMHO: The congressman was goaded. I Imagine that what we are now seeing as the IM has been doctored to exclude the goading of the page and maybe even spiced up a little. If the original is found and is different that what was released someone along the chain of possession is getting a can of whupass opened on them. That is not a prank, that is a felony.

[catholicfreeper]

That is true. I forgot about how somethings have appeared doctored. That would cross the line if that happened

[penelopesire]

OK..I saw that part at Macsmind....just not the part about her husband being a computer whizz(that's what I was looking for and maybe where he worked). I'll go back and check it out again.Thanks

[Raebie]

Well I find this to be interesting. The woman who contacted Matthew Lorditch about wanting to do a tv show on pages was Laura Greenwald. She seems to have ties to Jesse Jackson Jr. Gonna see what else might be out there.

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[piasa]

Book and movie deals involving congressional pages - this would be a tactic called an "appeal to vanity."

It's the same line of BS artists get when someone knocks on the door and tells you "I have this book of Missouri artists coming out and I'd like to offer you a chance to get a listing in it. It is going to be distributed to art galleries and frameries all over the country. Oh, by the way, have you seen our other publications such as this one on the artists of New England? ..." The hope is the artist's vanity or even his jealousy of other artists' will motivate him to fork over a check or cash in exchange for a promise to get a listing in a book which will most likely never see the inside of "galleries nationwide."

In this case Katsaros seems to have been fishing for any information- and in addition to juicy dirt she could use immediately she will also gain little bits of info on each page which will googled periodically for details and will be stored away in dossiers for future use. In the event any of these young folks remain in politics, if any gain the stature of a Rove or Carville, this data will be used to stab them or their candidates in the back or for blackmail; rest assured anyone who provided any personal data to Katsaros may live to regret it.

[Suzy Quzy]

Mr. Katsaros is a Internet Security Expert...the info is there.

[penelopesire]

ok..thanks..

[piasa]

Wonder if these folks may be helping with the lawyer's fees:

The memo notes that whistleblowers have little legal protection and often end up losing their jobs. Ellsberg said a new support network for whistleblowers is being established. The network includes pro bono legal counsel from the American Civil Liberties Union and advice from the Project on Government Oversight. The network also includes Ellsberg's Truth Telling Project and McGovern's group, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. ----- "Whistleblowers urge workers to disclose classified information," By Chris Strohm, cstrohm@govexec.com , govexec.com, daily briefing, september 9, 2004

[Suzy Quzy]

The info on Mr. Katsaros is in the Foley Setup? thread.

[piasa]

Is Laura Greenwald related to Robert Greenwald, the guy who directed the Moorelike film/propaganda peice "Uncovered : The War on Iraq" ? From a review:

Anybody who tries to deconstruct the new American empire erected by the Bush regime's schnooks and crooks winds up babbling to himself and others, "You can't make this shit up." But then you have to get your hands dirty and mold it into something that's interesting to look at. That's something Michael Moore did in Fahrenheit 9/11, but which Robert Greenwald doesn't do in Uncovered: The War on Iraq. Moore created a movie; Greenwald gives us a cinematized blog.

His vast made-for-TV experience (The Burning Bed, with Farrah Fawcett) didn't serve Greenwald well when he put his strong social conscience to work on this documentary. Yes, he was pressed for time, because he's been scrambling to get this thing done and out, according to published reports. But he must have misplaced the formula: The result is that he shot interviews with a horde of credible counterterrorism experts and basically posted the results.

Greenwald hunted the elephant with a crudely fashioned atomic pea-shooter—you can fire a hell of a lot of spitwads with one of those, but they're not necessarily going to penetrate. Moore, on the other hand, used an elephant gun. And while the creature was still breathing, Moore cut through its hide like a doctor on CSI: Bush, pulled out some ugly material, and closely examined it. Fahrenheit 9/11 was an autopsy on a living thing. No wonder the elephant yelped.

There are some fascinating nuggets to be fished out of the flash flood of quotes in Uncovered. The most intriguing spills out at the end, when former CIA analyst Ray McGovern says, "When the emperor has no clothes, you have to have the presence of mind and the courage to stand up and say, 'The emperor has no clothes.' " OK, there's some sort of narrative thread there. Back to the cutting room, Bob.

----- "Uncovered: The War on Iraq," Directed by Robert Greenwald, Cinema Libre, opens August 20 , 2004

The above movie featured a bunch of Dems, Joe Wilson and so on, maybe Conyers and I think was funded by MOVEON.org; Greenwald also supposedly received or will receive ACLU funding for another Docu-hitpiece movie- don't know if it's been made yet - called "Unconstitutional."

[jennyjenny]

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[piasa]

See my last post

[Raebie]

Well they're both in the same business...maybe sibs?

[Victoria Delsoul]

CNN REPORTER: He did say that, but important to note he says he is not ruling it in or out.

Translation: It's more likely in than out.

Based on his success in the McVeigh case, Jones is probably working pro bono in the Edmund's case. Why would anyone facing a FBI investigation want to hire him?

As a matter of fact, his advertisement posted at www.worldpages-ads.com has been deleted, and this is all I got from Google...

[Suzy Quzy]

Anyone KNOW if Laura and Robert Grennwald are related??? Obviously both HUGE LIBERALS!

[Suzy Quzy]

What's NOKEPS??

[Raebie]

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