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White House: No Kerry Supporters at IATC Meeting

An anonymous reader writes "Time Magazine is reporting that the Bush Administration is removing U.S. delegates from the Inter-American Telephone Commission because they gave money to John Kerry in last year's election. A Bush spokesman admits it's true: 'We wanted people who would represent the Administration positively, and--call us nutty--it seemed like those who wanted to kick this Administration out of town last November would have some difficulty doing that,' says White House spokesman Trent Duffy. Employees of Qualcomm and Nokia are among those who have been removed from the commission."

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  1. Re:+5 flamebait by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    "Jeff Gannon" is the Bush White House Lewinsky

    GannonGuckert accessed the White House approximately 200 times over a twenty-two month period, simply using a day pass. That's twice a week for a two year period. This is fishy as hell. And ON A DAY PASS. If that's isn't regular access, what is?

    The real question is WHY was he so freely there and WHO was behind this??



    Secret Service Gave "Jeff Gannon" Unparalled Access to White House.

    No two ways around it: "Jeff Gannon" is someone's (or multiple persons') Lewinsky.

    Nothing else makes sense. The Secret Service cannot be that lax. He was being let in on days when there were no press briefings held and allowed to leave through multiple exits and without signing out (many long, sweaty romps, no doubt).

    I'm cranking up the e-Rolodex and will fire this one off to hundreds of thousands, including every newspaper columnist and radio wag extant.

    I bet this sick @!#$ is/was stretching Queen George, Rove, Scott McClellan and Ken Mehlman (and mebbe Andrew Card, who reportedly swings that way). No other story is hotter and more damaging to the Bush Admin than "Jeff Gannon."

    From Americablog:

    Oh, it gets better.

    Many times he didn't sign in or out. Perhaps more notable than the frequency of his attendance, however, is several distinct anomalies about his visits.

    Guckert made more than three dozen excursions to the White House when there were no scheduled briefings. On many of these days, the Press Office held press gaggles aboard Air Force One - which raises questions about what Guckert was doing at the White House.

    On at least fourteen occasions, Secret Service records show either the entry or exit time missing. Generally, the existing entry or exit times correlate with press conferences; on most of these days, the records show that Guckert checked in but was never processed out.

    In March, 2003, Guckert left the White House twice on days he had never checked in with the Secret Service. Over the next 22 months, Guckert failed to check out with the Service on thirteen days. On several of these visits, Guckert either entered or exited by a different entry/exit point than his usual one. On one of these days, no briefing was held.

    "I'd be worried if I was the White House and I knew that a reporter with a day pass never left," one White House reporter told RAW STORY. "I'd wonder, where is he hiding? It seems like a security risk."


    All FOIA Docs Here

    Full analysis of Secret Service access logs.

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    "Flyin' in just a sweet place,
    Never been known to fail..."
  2. Re:Send in the Clones! by dcam · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Dislaimer: I'm not the AC who commented on your sig, although I have commented on it before.

    What point are you trying to make by your sig? I am curious to know exactly what/who your God is. Is this some clever reference (eg Thor), or are you making a serious point (eg Jesus was nailed to a tree by representatives of the human race, I worship them ie I am a humanist).

    I am curious to know.

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    meh