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I became curious in much the same way as you, trying to find the source of that Martha's Vineyard photo. Given what's been quickly assembled here since the SC ruling I'm starting to see the 2005 NYT piece on Roberts in a new light. That choice of photo and its implication seems unusual to me now. That Don (Donald S.) Scherer volunteered to release that particular photo also struck me as odd, almost as if he wanted to blow Roberts cover.

And this photo of Robert Lazarus shows that he clearly has ties to the Obama machine.

With the evidence of both Roberts and Lazarus at the Malta teaching venue, it may well be the indirect back channel leak to the White House.

Another item, might be significant or not, the lack of any indication that Roberts was accompanied by his wife and children to Malta. To me that's an ideal family vacation abroad. Daddy's travel and hotel expenses aren't greatly increased by the addition of the family and the Malta island site filled with history makes for an excellent vacation. But it seems that's not the sort of down time Roberts had in mind.

BTW hat tip to Ezekiel for igniting my curiosity about the Vineyard trio photo file name.

And this photo of Robert Lazarus shows that he clearly has ties to the Obama machine.

"at the Request of the President"

I keep looking at that photo and thinking that this guy named Lazarus is barely awake, as if he were suddenly roused from a dirt nap. Or else he's got one foot on a banana peel and the other in the grave.

And this was the photo UCI chose for their promo? He looks drugged!

Wonder what else he does "at the Request of the President."

I do know Malta is a summer beach party hot spot. I knew an Italian guy who went there. When I met him he was travelling around Europe meeting up with the women he met in Malta.

I had never heard the University of Malta was a beacon of academia attracting Harvard professors and USSC justices.

Here is a piece on the lack of academic rigor at the University of Malta:

"The QS World University Rankings is a ranking of the world’s top 500 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds using a methodology that has been published annually since 2004. According to the last research (2010-2011), our University does not feature in a list of 600+ universities."

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20110504/opinion/Malta-needs-a-better-University.363489