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February 18, 2005
Politics
Stu sent a link to an article in The Guardian about somebody calling himself Jeff Gannon. Apparently this guy works for the White House to parry tough questions from journalists, but he's done so by pretending to be a journalist himself.
The author of the article alleges Jeff Gannon's real name is James Dale Guckert. Before this came to the surface, Mr. Guckert, << had asserted that John Kerry "might some day be known as 'the first gay President'". >> The author then claims the following came up during investigation of Guckert's identity:
"Gannon" owned and advertised his services as a gay escort on more than half a dozen websites with names like Militarystud.com, MaleCorps.com, WorkingBoys.net and MeetLocalMen.com, which featured dozens of photographs of "Gannon" in dramatic naked poses. One of the sites was still active this week.
As you read down to the bottom of the article, you get to the byline:
Sidney Blumenthal is former senior adviser to President Clinton and author of The Clinton Wars
At least they didn't leave that part out. Sometimes I wonder if all this stuff is invented to keep people from thinking about what's really going on.
Posted by Mark at February 18, 2005 03:32 PM