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Originally posted by Gattigap
Fortunately, McClellan has new allies in the Briefing Room. The surprise is that the ally is a credentialed member of the press corps. Move over, FNC, there's a new sycophant in town!
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Sadly, the Wachowski brothers are right: all things with a beginning must have an end. McClellan's days became just a little darker this week with the announcement that newly minted WH Correspondent "Jeff Gannon"
resigned his post, seemingly before the ink on his credentials could dry.
- The Talon News correspondent at the center of a scandal over his White House press credentials quit last night amid a growing online investigation into his history, including allegations of involvement with several websites appearing to support gay pornography and promote male prostitution.
Jeff Gannon (a pseudonym) announced last night via his personal website that he had found it "no longer possible to effectively be a reporter for Talon News. In consideration of the welfare of me and my family I have decided to return to private life."
It's this "private life" that may have precipitated Gannon's departure. In the last week, Investigative bloggers at World O'Crap, Daily Kos and Eschaton have dug up evidence that implicates Gannon as the owner of web domains hotmilitarystud.com, militaryescorts.com, and militaryescortsm4m.com, which are registered under the same owner as Gannon's home page www.jeffgannon.com. Two of the three web addresses are no longer active. The third, hotmilitarystud.com, requires registration before viewing the content.
Pity. You'd think that after Kerik, the vetters would've learned to kick over a few rocks.
