Breaking:Gannon in White House Briefing Room Before Talon News Existed

[cthrumatrix]

Gannon in White House Briefing Room Before Talon News Existed
by Rob in Baltimore - 2/16/2005 07:57:00 PM

Kudos to Intelligence Squad for finding this and Kossacks for getting the screen grab up so quickly, as well as nailing down all the verifiable points. The screen grab is from the C-SPAN Web site White House Daily Briefing from February 28, 2003 here (RealVideo clip). Fast forward to 32:05 and there he is.

Well well well. Look at that, it's "Jeff"!

So then, what an interesting question we have, huh? "Jeff Gannon" is sitting in the White House briefing room with absolutely no media organization affiliation. (But some live and active escort sites!) Just how does that happen?

Not by accident, that's how.

On the Intelligence Squad post, "Gannon" posts with a link to GOPUSA. Is that a "news" outlet? Not by my definition it's not.

So Scott McClellan, answer me this -- what was "Jeff Gannon" doing in the White House briefing room before he worked for Talon? Why was he given access in the first place? And of course, how did he get the Valerie Plame information?

Lots of questions that should be asked at tomorrow's daily briefing. Any members of the traditional media feel like asking these questions yet or shall the blogs continue to do your job?

-- Rob in Baltimore

http://americablog.blogspot.com/

Now the plot really thickens.....

[Occulus]

1. So now there's an obvious prior connection.

I want this man's Rolodex.

[cthrumatrix]

3. How do you cover the president with NO press credentials?

[merwin]

4. Apparently, you do it with handcuffs and a whip.

[Mr_Spock]

8. That's very funny I must say...

Good one :D

[Occulus]

6. You blow someone with authority to grant access.

Or somebody who has the authority to order it done.

Sorry to put it so crudely, but that's why I want that man's Rolodex. Or PDA. Or whatever.

And by PDA, I do not mean 'public display of affection'. ;)

[MissB]

12. welllll... if you're a creation of the White House

then I guess it all fits.

[Just Me]

31. Do we have evidence that he was paid taxpayer money,...

,...for his services, yet? Was he a paid propaganda HO? I wonder if he was paid more than Armstrong.

This story is getting quite juicy.

[DemoTex]

2. So maybe with Gannon embedded, Talon sprung up to cover his "six".

Or "sex". Your choice. Weirdest story EVER! Who is he blowin' and where is this story goin'?

On edit: The CIA, FBI, and Pentagram were spouting "terra" on the hill today. LOOK! OVER THERE! LOOK AWAY FROM HERE!

[Ken065]

5. Where's his pass?

And he doesn't appear to be wearing a lanyard with a press pass either.

[Shopaholic]

29. And he seems to have a really good seat in the press room too-

right up near the front. Do they do assigned seating and if they do--who gave him that plum "position" in the press briefing room?

[raggedcompany]

7. this is delicious

I love the line:

Lots of questions that should be asked at tomorrow's daily briefing. Any members of the traditional media feel like asking these questions yet or shall the blogs continue to do your job?

head.nail.hit

[cthrumatrix]

10. Ouch...corporate media is losing by the day...the more they ignore

the more they cover.... the more they look like whores for corporations that screw the people in this country

[johncoby2]

9. And the question he asked!!!!

"What does he think about school children in Maine being harrassed because of the teachers anti-war stance?

What the hell is he talking about?

[zulchzulu]

11. Keep the knives sharp. Let's get ready for the Kill

This could be the beginning of the Great Unraveling of The Chimp.

Unless Gannon or what ever his name is kills himself, we have a live one. I can see this turncoat chirping like a little pussy coward if the soup gets too hot.

Turn up the heat and sharpen the knives.

[calimary]

14. Yes, we have to keep it alive. Obviously the "professionals"

remain asleep at the wheel.

Catherine Crier at Court TV appears NOT to be one of them, however.

Check this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1600445

[mikelgb]

13. BUSTED

this has to be the straw...

[cthrumatrix]

15. welcome to DU.... I hope they can be busted. Each day seems to bring

more incredible BS that the corporate owned media refuses to cover.

[FreedomAngel82]

22. Are people at

Americablog and DailyKos still working on this?

[tavalon]

37. No, they got tired of it.............

Of course they are still working on it! It's their baby.

[chefgirl]

16. This is what Ive been waiting for

This may just be the one piece of evidence they cannot successfully spin.

Just why in the hell would this creepy asshole be in the WH press room BEFORE Talon existed?

Cant wait to hear the bullshit answer.

-chef-

[HaloKitty]

19. Le Sigh...

Ah, but the irony is, there will be no answer, bullshit or otherwise. This administration is in the enviable position of not having to explain anything. And they have a cowardly media that will let it slip away.It's amazing, you look at this whole story, and it's a scandle like no other...and it will most likely go nowhere until at least 2009.

And, not to be needlessly cruel, but am I the only one who thinks Jeff Gannon's head look like an overripe zit?

[babsbunny]

17. Why do you

suppose Ari Fleischer Really stepped down? I really liked him.

[Plato_Archanes]

36. I think you hit the nail on the head.

The bald head

:silly:

[pacalo]

18. Also check out John Aravosis' guest appearance on Catherine Crier's

"Crooks & Liars"! She is outraged about the "Gannon" story!

And she mentioned that Keith Olbermann deserves credit for reporting this story. :)

At the end of the video, notice how the conservative guest tries to shift the focus of this issue on the "world of the blogger; bloggers can do great things & awful things; too many bloggers are partisan hacks", but Crier dismisses that quickly by jumping in to reiterate her outrage about how this creep got into the daily press conferences.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2005/02/16.html#a1607

[Chipper Chat]

20. Wow, Catherine! You rock!

Someone should send this video to the milquetoast-babes like Paula Zahn, etc: Maybe it would wake those fluffies up.

[FreedomAngel82]

23. The conservative

didn't mention the sex and how we're against gays? lol. :eyes:

[lyonn]

38. Who owns Court TV?

[FreedomAngel82]

21. Interesting

Malloy is talking about "Gannon" now. It is interesting. And like Malloy said if this was going on in the Clinton administration or any other democratic president it'd be all over the media and the president would be impeached so fast. It's so disgusting and I know I'm pissed. :grr: How much more can these people get away with?!

[jen4clark]

35. couldn't agree more

I was thinking of composing a letter to the editor to send out far and wide with the subject being just that - "What If" any of the many scandals this regime has been involved in happened during the Clinton (or any Dem for that matter) administration? We'd never hear the end of it on the corporate cable news shows and it would be making the headlines in the newspapers. If these stories get reported at all, they die a quiet death as the Michael Jackson trial or some other majorly important entertainment news event comes along to distract us.

As I googled around, I found an article addressing exactly the subject I was pondering. I'll post a link to it below Joe Conason's take on the Gannon story and our "liberal" media:

‘Liberal’ Media Silent About Guckert Saga
by Joe Conason
February 17, 2005
http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp

Proof that "the liberal media" is but a figment of right-wing mythology has now arrived in the person of one James Guckert, formerly known as Jeff Gannon. Were the American media truly liberal—or merely unafraid to be called liberal—the saga of Mr. Guckert’s short, strange, quasi-journalistic career would be resounding across the airwaves. (Cont.)

***************

If Clinton had Committed Bush's Crimes...
Jan 24, 2005
http://www.retrovsmetro.org/blog/id/359

A recent Salon article ("The Scandal Sheet," by Peter Dizikes) listed 34 scandals from the Bush administration's first four years that have yet to be investigated, scandals that leave me with the same frantic feeling that consumes me when I'm in the chokehold of a silent scream dream. No matter how loud I howl, no sound comes out as I ask: What about Valerie Plame? What about Abu Graib? What about Cheney's secret energy policy task force? Is anyone paying attention? (Cont.)

[pacalo]

39. Did you read Dana Milbank's article about Rumsfeld's arrogant

appearance before the House Armed Services Committee yesterday? As I read it, I thought how it will be the arrogance of this administration that will alienate their own party's congresspeople, which will hopefully lead to their willing to investigate this corrupt administration. Rumsfeld insulted both Democrats & Republicans during the committee hearing.

Here's the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30800-20...

[Straight Shooter]

24. Gannon's philosophy: "It ain't what you know, it's who you blow."

Old saying, and it's definitely true in this instance.

How much you want to bet Gannon had the goods on somebody, they did him a "favor" by letting him in, covered their tracks in typical incompetent fashion, and now it's all coming back to bite them in the butt.

Hey, Scotty, are you going to tell us that george bush "will get to the bottom of the Gannon case"?

[Learning2Fly]

26. Or it begs the question

whose payroll was Gannon really on?

[merh]

25. Gannon was reporting for GOPUSA News in February 2003

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3127394#3127516

[UL_Approved]

27. The video site has exceeded its bandwidth!!!!

This is just hilarious.

The power of an infinite number of pissed off computer users...

More stuff to get out with.

I seriously want a copy for my archives. If anybody can get it, I would much appreciate it.

[ClintonTyree]

28. Wow, what a rigorous vetting procedure they must have.......

you can get cleared BEFORE you exist! I imagine it's all part of "operation; day before yesterday", the double secret program devised by the Pentagon to place people in history exactly where and when they want.

Yeah, that has to be it. :eyes:

[Shopaholic]

30. But read Mo Dowd's column today in the NY Times--

it seems that they revoked her press pass, even though she'd been covering the White House since the 80's, then ignored her calls when she tried to get reinstated, and finally, told her they'd get her a new pass, but only AFTER she passed a lengthy background security check!

[Vinnie From Indy]

32. Gannon in the briefing room prior to Talon being formed?

I guess it is just a case of the "early bird getting the worm"!!!

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[El Fuego]

40. Salon article: "Gannon's Incredible Access"

"Jeff Gannon's" Incredible Access
http://salon.com/news/feature/2005/02/17/gannon/index.html

To which I say, huh huh huh, I bet he had ACCESS to the white house! Huh huh huh. Looks like we got us a SEX SCANDAL!

[dhinojosa]

41. He's blowing someone for a piece of pass.

Oh man, I got it going on....

[WeThePeople1911]

42. ok

ok