Some here may recall that the late Tony Snow was a long time FReeper. His ID was "tony snow" Indeed, there was a daily thread for his radio show, and those who listened, and posted to it regularly called themselves "snowflakes." Snow would often reply to comments posted while he was on-air.
The morning I heard the announcement that he'd been appointed as W's press secretary, I was ecstatic that we'd finally be getting a good guy speaking for the administration, and one who wouldn't let the press shape the agenda. About 5 seconds later, I thought "OH S**T!!"..thinking of all the stuff that had been on the threads, and FR in general, and figuring that every WH presser would begin with questions about what had been posted on FR.
Yet in one of the greatest intelligence operations ever,t he day before the announcement, every mention, post, link to/from Tony Snow had been scrubbed. It vanished..like he was never here. I don't think the MSM ever mentioned it, or asked him about it.