Someone PLEASE check out possible Gannon/"Buckhead" connection

[GarySeven]

I don't have the capability of doing this, but some of you sneaky bastards do.

If Gannon is the source of the TANG documents, which were an obvious White House plant, then there MUST be some connection between Gannon and "Buckhead" the Freeper blogger who raised questions about the typefont used in the documents.

Remember, "Buckhead" has been identified as Harry MacDougald, an Atlanta attorney (Buckhead is a suburb of Atlanta). He is a member of the Federalist Society and is on the Legal Advisory Board of the Southeastern Legal Foundation, which advocates "limited government, individual economic freedom, and the free enterprise system."

It should be noted here that the former CEO of the Southeastern Legal Foundation was charged with public indency after fondling himself and a (MALE) police officer in the Chattahoochie National River Park, just east of Atlanta.

There are many other facts here. Come on, folks, let's connect the dots!!

[Carolab]

1. Here's something.

http://www.mahablog.com/2005.01.02_arch.html

The Return of Memogate

Corey Pein provides an account of the Killian memo fiasco for Columbia Journalism Review that I endorse with enthusiasm. My only quibble is his statement that the CBS Sixty Minute Bush National Guard report was "anchored" on the Killian memos. As I remember it, the program was anchored on an interview with former Lt. Gov. of Texas, Ben Barnes, who talked about how he accepted a bribe to get Bush Jr. into the National Guard.

Pein also skips over the technical arguments for and against forgery, which was probably wise.

This paragraph interested me:
The very first post attacking the memos — nineteen minutes into the 60 Minutes II program — was on the right-wing Web site FreeRepublic.com by an active Air Force officer, Paul Boley of Montgomery, Alabama, who went by the handle “TankerKC.” Nearly four hours later it was followed by postings from “Buckhead,” whom the Los Angeles Times later identified as Harry MacDougald, a Republican lawyer in Atlanta. (MacDougald refused to tell the Times how he was able to mount a case against the documents so quickly.) Other blogs quickly picked up the charges. One of the story’s top blogs, Rathergate.com, is registered to a firm run by Richard Viguerie, the legendary conservative fund-raiser. Some were fed by the conservative Media Research Center and by Creative Response Concepts, the same p.r. firm that promoted the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. CRC’s executives bragged to PR Week that they helped legitimize the documents-are-fake story by supplying quotes from document experts as early as the day after the report, September 9. The goal, said president Greg Mueller, was to create a buzz online while at the same time showing journalists “it isn’t just Rush Limbaugh and Matt Drudge who are raising questions.”

To which I say, ah-HAH. A lot of us (including me and Keith Olbermann) smelled a rat at the time. And there it is.

On edit: Remember Richard Viguerie and Morton Blackwell are connected through the Leadership Institute, and that's where Gannon/Guckert got his "training".

I'd like to find some connections to the Young College Republicans and Gannon/Guckert, myself.

[Carolab]

2. I'd like to know the connection between MacDougald and PowerLine.

Since PowerLine (which is a website hosted by a couple of conservative lawyers here in Minneapolis-St. Paul) was among the first to jump on the Rathergate story, along with FreakRepublic.

http://www.qbtpl.com/story/2004/9/18/14248/8332

http://www.jrlago.com/?event=news&id=4034

And, FOR THIS, PowerLine gets named a "Blog of The Year" by TIME magazine?


http://time-proxy.yaga.com/time/subscriber/personoftheyear/2004/poyblogger.html

What do these lawyers have in common?

[GarySeven]

3. How about the GOP thugs who rioted in Miami...

...and shut down the Dade County recount in 2000? James Baker hired a whole raft of lawyers to cook up dirty tricks like these.

[snippy]

10. They were sent by Tom DeLay as I recall.

I doubt that DeLay was consulted about Bush's decision to hire a gay prostitute to masquerade as a White House reporter. However, DeLay's name can never be excluded with any certainty when considering the possible actors in any given republican scheme of deceit and corruption.

[Carolab]

4. Both Johnson and Hinderaker of PowerLine belong to Claremont Institute.

http://claremont.org/about/board.html

Look who's on the board, Howard Ahmanson, among others.

Both Powerline lawyers have been extensively published by the American Enterprise Institute and the Weekly Standard as well.

And look who has been bankrolled extensively by Ahmanson: Marvin Olasky, whore for the "Washington Times"--author of "compassionate conservatism" whose ideas inspired the creation of the new White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives.

Ahmanson, in addition to his ES&S connections, is running the biggest "anti-gay" mission in history. Olafsky is also a senior fellow on the Council for National Policy along with Ahmanson.

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/01/06/ahmanson/

[kk897]

8. AHHHH! Please look at this!

Carolab, this is definitely in your ballpark:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3137074

Stone, CRC, LexisNexis, Novak, everything, man, everything.

[frylock]

5. Gannon scoop shows White House Forged TANG/CBS memos?!?!

by RegenerationMan
Fri Feb 18th, 2005 at 09:20:51 PST

It now appears that Jeff Gannon could be the thread that unravels the real story behind the TANG/CBS forgeries. I have put together a case here that if looked at carefully by the blogosphere would show that the TANG forgeries were made by the White House, probably Dan Bartlett, and then given to Bill Burkett by a former associate of Karl Rove, Roger Stone. Stone's wife, Nydia, who is Cuban, was most likely the Hispanic lady on the phone who convinced Burkett the documents were real and that he should burn them after copying them to protect her honor.

The hot rumor in New York political circles has Roger Stone, the longtime GOP activist, as the source for Dan Rather's dubious Texas Air National Guard "memos."
...
Reached at his Florida home, Stone had no comment. (NY Post)

Gannon was apparently used by the White House to ID Mapes as the CBS producer and to try and conflate the Abu Ghraib photos she revealed as sourceless as the TANG docs.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/18/122051/247

[justiceischeap]

6. What I've found so far

Drafted petition to disbar William Jefferson Clinton filed by L. Lynn Hogue.

Graduated from Episcopol High School, Washington DC 1976
Graduated Brown University 1980
Graduated University of Georgia School of Law 1985

Here is the High School Alumni search, maybe folks who are more familiar with names may want to do a search for the years around his graduation.
http://64.242.2.20/episcopalhighschool/alumni/searchALUM.html

[Carolab]

7. Here's a good background piece on Buckhead aka MacDougald.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-buckhead18sep18,1,1674359.story?coll=la-home-headlines&ctrack=3&cset=true

[Al-CIAda]

9. kick

[DulceDecorum]

11. GOPUSA connect the dots

is this:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=gopusa+%22Southeastern+Legal+Foundation%22+

and going through some of these links is dredging up a lot of dirt.

National Defense is read by:
Members and key staff of the House and Senate
General/Flag officers in military services
Government & military acquisition/procurement workforce
Department of Defense personnel
Corporate executives
Industry prime contractors & subcontractors
Military and industry project managers
Personnel in the research and development community
Professional consulting and service firms
And more...
http://nationaldefense.ndia.org/advertising/readership.htm

Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., writes for National Defense.

March 2003
Base Closures a Top Concern For Incoming GOP Lawmakers
by Elizabeth Book
.....Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., succeeded former committee chairman Bob Stump. Franks said he plans to support the F-16 program at Luke Air Force Base, in his district. As the FOUNDING DIRECTOR of the organization AMERICANS FOR MILITARY READINESS, Franks said, “we must recognize that our modern enemy is different, and there’s no question the United States must modernize to further commensurate with the new challenges of this enemy.”
http://nationaldefense.ndia.org/issues/2003/Mar/Base_Closures.htmL

Rick Erickson has been DIRECTOR of Americans for Military Readiness SINCE ITS INCOPORATION IN 1998. Rick is currently a Captain in the Marine Reserve and an attorney in Phoenix, Arizona. On active duty, Rick deployed with his infantry unit to Mogadishu, Somalia in 1994. Rick also serves on U.S. Senator Jon Kyl's Military Academy Review Board.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:IIeAD0A2N5cJ:www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2001/re_112601.shtml+++%22Americans+for+Military+Readiness%22+GOPUSA++EAGLE+&hl=en

Therefore,
Trent Franks and Rick Erickson have been in cahoots since at least 1998.

Trent Franks Deserving of Freshman Congressman of The Year
Rick Erickson is President of Americans for Military Readiness, a non-profit organization devoted to troop morale and combat preparedness. Formerly an infantryman on active duty, Rick practices law in Arizona and, as a Major and Judge Advocate, will be a reservist student at the Marine Corps Command & Staff College until 2005. Rick is not on military duty and does not represent the government. Send comments to
http://www.azconservative.org/Erickson3.htm

Rick Erickson has written under the byline GOPUSA Eagle,
before said Eagle was reduced to a mere Talon.

PROTESTORS DISGUISE SOCIALISM TO SUBVERT MILITARY
Rick Erickson
From The GOPUSA Eagle
April 12, 2004
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:tO-knKdVsCwJ:www.freedomwriter.com/issue30/headlinen.htm+gopusa+%22Southeastern+Legal+Foundation%22+&hl=en

As you can see
this crowd is very eager to feed the military machine and to wage war.

How Do We Know That Our Troops Are Truly Ready for War?
By Rick Erickson
March 17, 2003
As Director of Americans for Military Readiness, I am frequently asked to define "military readiness" and to otherwise reference a checklist from which we can all be sure that, before they go, our troops are truly prepared to fight the wars we wage. As of late, there is a media frenzy about how our servicepeople can possibly be ready to protect the Homeland from terrorists, conduct a full-scale invasion of Iraq and defend allies like South Korea all at the same time.
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/rerickson/2003/re_0317.shtml

RightMarch.com is led by long-time conservative activists William Greene and Phil Sheldon; they've combined their years of expertise in online and offline political activism and fundraising to birth the most dynamic conservative grassroots movement ever seen online.
http://www.rightmarch.com/about.htm

GOPUSA and RightMarch.com are proud to announce the
2nd annual Issues and Action Conference!

RightMarch.com is an Official Sponsor of this conference -- Mark your calendars and don't miss out!

GOPUSA Issues and Action Conference
September 16-18, 2004
JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC
GOPUSA Issues and Action Conference

The GOPUSA Issues and Action Conference will be a unique combination of grassroots training/activism and policy education/discussion. You will hear from great speakers, receive hands-on training, and have fun in the process!

Confirmed speakers include:
Robert Alt, Legal and International Affairs Fellow, The John M. Ashbrook Center
L. Brent Bozell, President, Media Research Center
Victoria Cobb, Director of Legislative Affairs, The Family Foundation of Virginia
Horace Cooper, Senior Fellow, Centre for New Black Leadership
Kay R. Daly, President, Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Raul Damas, Hispanic Outreach Coordinator, Republican National Committee
Patrick Davis, Political Director, National Republican Senatorial Committee
Scott Douglas, Deputy Executive Director, National Republican Congressional Committee
Ronald W. Dworkin, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Rick Erickson, Executive Director, Americans for Military Readiness
The Honorable Tom Feeney, U.S. Congress, FL-24
Jeff Gannon, White House Correspondent, Talon News
Martin Gillespie, Coordinator, RNC GOP Catholic Outreach
Tim Goeglein, Deputy Director, White House Office of Public Liaison
Kerri Houston, Vice President of Policy, Frontiers of Freedom
Cheri Jacobus, President, Capitol Strategies
The Honorable Alan Keyes, Candidate for U.S. Senate (IL)
Thomas P. Kilgannon, President, Freedom Alliance
The Honorable Steve King, U.S. Congress, IA-5
Andrea Lafferty, Executive Director, Traditional Values Coalition
G. Gordon Liddy, Radio Talk Show Host and Former Presidential Advisor
Kevin Martin, Government and Political Affairs Director, African-American Republican Leadership Council
Mark Montini, President and CEO, CampaignSecrets.com
Chuck Muth, President, Citizen Outreach
Paul Rodriguez, Managing Editor, Insight Magazine
Peter Roff, National Political Analyst, UPI
Mark W. Smith, Author, "The Official Handbook of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy"
Dianne Thompson, President, National Federation of Republican Women
Genevieve Wood, Vice President of Communications, Family Research Council
More speakers will be added in the upcoming weeks.
sCRUBBED FROM GOPUSA LINK.

Please note that
Rick Erickson, Executive Director, Americans for Military Readiness
is a featured speaker.
So is
Jeff Gannon, White House Correspondent, Talon News.

So now we have a direct link
from GOPUSA to Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz via Rick Erickson.
One step.
More on Arizona/GOPUSA:
http://www.gopusa.com/arizona/

An effort is already underway to attempt to find a conservative to run for the House seat in District 8 that will open up after the current legislative session ends later this spring.
GOPUSA/Arizona is running a poll this week on the Congressional District 8 race in southern Arizona. Graf has formed an exploratory committee to determine whether or not to challenge the longtime incumbent Kolbe.
Graf, from Green Valley, is a conservative and a state representative in District 30. Kolbe is a Log Cabin Republican and liberal who supports abortion, homosexual rights, a guest worker program and who opposes the Federal Marriage Amendment.
http://www.azconservative.org/switches.htm

Arizona Republicans Unhappy with GOP's Platform Plank on Guest Worker Programs
Most Arizona Republicans think the new GOP platform does a good job in addressing social issues, but it falls far short in the area of illegal immigration, according to a GOPUSA/Arizona poll.
Seventy-one percent of respondents to the poll said the 2004 Republican platform is "good on social issues, but the amnesty plank is unacceptable." Just 2 percent expressed the sentiment that the platform is "fine." Another 25 percent said that "incrementally, the platform and the party are shifting left." And 1.9 percent said they had either not yet read it or were undecided. Exactly 700 persons participated in the recent week-long survey at www.gopusa.com/arizona.
http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:_5ScdfSHydgJ:www.azconservative.org/State%2520News%2520Briefs.htm++site:www.azconservative.org+++%22rick+erickson%22++gopusa+&hl=en

90 Percent Say AFRW's Greener Should Go
In a recent GOPUSA/Arizona survey, 90 percent of respondents said that Dot Greener should either resign or be removed as president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women.
As reported last week by The Arizona Conservative, Greener broke federation by-laws by working for the election of a Democrat. Greener collected nominating petition signatures for Patricia Gerrodette, a Democrat running for the city council in Sierra Vista.
The National Federation of Republican Women has not responded publicly to the Greener scandal.

GOPUSA is actually almost a national organisation.
Behold the reach of its tentacles.
http://www.gopusa.com/news/states.shtml

GOPUSA NATIONAL POLITICAL LINKS
America's Voices
American Conservative Union
American Enterprise Institute
George Bush Presidential Library and Museum
Cato Institute
Christian Coalition
Citizens for a Sound Economy
Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education
College Republican National Committee
Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
Empower America
The Federalist
Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum
Frontiers of Freedom
GOPAC
The Heritage Foundation
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum
The Leadership Institute
Local Victory
Media Research Center
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
National Federation of Republican Women
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Rifle Association
National Taxpayers Union
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Republican Governors Association
Republican Liberty Caucus
Republican Mayors and Local Officials
Republican National Committee
Republican Research Council
Republican State Parties
Republican Study Committee
Teenagers for Republican Victory
U.S. House Republican Conference
U. S. Senate Republican Conference
Vision America
WallBuilders
Young Politicians of America
Young Republican National Federation
POLITICAL WEBSITES
American Spectator
E.politics
Enter Stage Right
eVote.com
GOP Shoppe
LoudCitizen.com
National Review
Politics1
Political Information
Political Insider
Political USA
Politics Online
The Reagan Information Interchange
Real Clear Politics
Right Wing News
Terry's Take!
TikiTrash.Commentary
Townhall.com
The Weekly Standard
POLITICAL COMMENTARY
William F. Buckley, Jr.
Matt Drudge
Rich Galen
Sean Hannity
David Horowitz
Rush Limbaugh
Richard Lowry
Peggy Noonan
Robert Novak
Kate O'Beirne
Thomas Sowell
George Will
http://www.gopusa.com/resources/nat_political.shtml

That Google link posted at the top sure brings home the bacon.