Gannon/Guckert timeline
by silence
Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 08:54:12 PM PST
I have been creating a timeline as a means of keeping track of events during the Jeff Gannon/James Guckert saga. Here's the current timeline:
- silence's diary :: ::
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Unless otherwise stated, video is from a White House press briefing, as aired on CSPAN.
TKE meeting minutes have been intermittently offline during the past day. I have archived copies if this continues to be a problem.
Here's what we've got at this point:
May 5, 1957: "Jeff Gannon" born James Dale Guckert (SusanG)
~1975-~1980: James D. Guckert attends West Chester College (now West Chester University) and joins TKE fraternity.
August 1, 1980: Guckert awarded Instruction I teaching certficate in social studies by PA (PA Teacher Certification System)
????-????: Possibly in the marines (reserves?) (military.com)
October 18, 1996: Tax judgment filed for failure to pay Delaware state income tax over a multi-year period (court document, via billmon)
April 10, 1997: Bedrock corporation incorporated in Delaware (Delware Secretary of State)
December, 1998: Gannon/Guckert attends Christmas orgy. (Washington Blade, Feb. 18, 2004)
August 31, 1999: First invoice for porn site design. Name used is "Jeff" (Warning: link not work safe AmericaBlog)
September 27, 1999: GOPUSA.com registered (whois)
Record created on 27-Sep-1999.
February 23, 2000: underwear photo uploaded to AOL (timestamp reported by FTP)
Index of ftp://members.aol.com/jdg17/myhomepage Up to higher level directory File: core 648 KB 2/9/2005 6:11:00 PM File: index.html 6 KB 12/19/2002 12:00:00 AM File: index.qp 8 KB 2/23/2000 12:00:00 AM File: inevitable.jpg 47 KB 6/17/2002 12:00:00 AM File: personal.html 6 KB 12/19/2002 12:00:00 AM File: personal.qp 8 KB 6/17/2002 12:00:00 AM File: usmc-07.jpg 132 KB 2/23/2000 12:00:00 AM
March 30, 2000: Last of invoices for porn site design (Warning: link not work-safe AmericaBlog)
May 11, 2000: militaryescortsm4m.com domain registered (whois)
Creation Date: 11-may-2000
November 6, 2000: Timestamp on oldest archived version of prostitute/porn star listing. (archi ve.org copy of http://www.peterspasses.dk/guy.txt. Note that while this link is work-safe, other pages on the site host pornography)
jeff:ffej
jeff:jeff1
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gannon:nonnag
gannon:gannon1
Timestamp obtained from HTTP headers, as reported to Firefox:
jeff:jeff1
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gannon:nonnag
gannon:gannon1
Modified: Monday, November 06, 2000 6:12:16 PM
August 25, 2001: Date on customer review with nude photo (Warning: Link not work-safe Male4MaleEscorts.com )
October 31, 2001: usmcpt.com first recorded as live. One photo is named "jeff.jpg" (Warning: link not work safe AmericaBlog)
January 25, 2002: theconservativeguy.com domain registered (whois)
Creation Date: 25-jan-2002
April 1, 2002: poem about homosexuality first posted to conservativeguy.com (conservativeguy.com)
Date determined by modification time, as reported in HTTP headers to Firefox:
Modified: Monday, April 01, 2002 6:49:56 PM
May 11, 2002: studfiles.com profile last modified (studfiles.com)
Date determined by HTTP headers as reported to Firefox
Modified: Saturday, May 11, 2002 6:49:40 PM
May 11, 2002: workingboys.net profile last modified (WARNING: link not work-safe
workingboys.net)Date determined by HTTP headers as reported to Firefox
Modified: Saturday, May 11, 2002 7:05:57 PM
June 17, 2002: jeffgannon.com domain registered (whois)
Creation Date: 17-jun-2002
July 17, 2002: probush.com domain registered (whois)
Creation Date: 17-jul-2002
October 28, 2002: Earliest archived copy of the Ari Fleischer Fan Club page on
probush.com (archive.org
)
The timestamp (as reported by HTTP headers to Firefox) on the photo of Ari
indicates that it was last modified on Friday, August 02, 2002 11:28:40 AM, suggesting
that the fan club may have been established then.
November 12, 2002: Customer testimonial posted describing $200/hour rate and penis size. (Male4MaleEscorts.com)
November 12, 2002: Opinion piece by "Jeff Gannon" published in the Conservative monitor. (The Conservative Monitor)
THE 2002 ELECTION MANDATE
Jeff Gannon / -- The mainstream media is full of talking heads claiming the recent elections, although swept by the Republicans, is no mandate. I disagree. Every election is a mandate. Americans express their will by casting their votes and in many cases, withholding them.
This election was a clearly a referendum on George W. Bush. The President took the issues
of homeland security, Iraq, social security, prescription drugs and the economy directly
to the people when he asked them to elect Congressmen and Senators who would support his
initiatives in these matters.
...
December 18, 2002: Article published under moniker "The Conservative Guy" (IntellectualConservative. com)
Advice to GOP: Stop Talking!
The Conservative Guy
18 December 2002
The Conservative Guy
18 December 2002
Republicans need to quit responding to the Democrats' witch hunt. Let the Democrats overreach as they try to actually prove that Lott is a rabid racist and segregationist and it will eventually backfire on them.
December 18, 2002: Gannon/Guckert first posts to Boot To the Skull as "Jeff Gannon" but uses "theconservativeguy" as a file name. (archive.org, note that this link will give you a page from the wrong date ½ the time)
December 19, 2002: last recorded edit of home page referring to underwear photo and job at "WePaintTrucks.com" (time stamps reported by FTP)
File: index.html 6 KB 12/19/2002 12:00:00 AM
Jan 15, 2003: Byline "Jeff Gannon" first appears on gopusa.com web site:
U.S. to Oppose Libya as U.N. Rights Chair
By Jeff Gannon
GOPUSA News
January 15, 2003
By Jeff Gannon
GOPUSA News
January 15, 2003
WASHINGTON (GOPUSA News) -- In a briefing to the press, State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said that the United States would oppose Libya's candidacy to become head of the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Boucher cited U. N. sanctions against the African nation and its poor human rights record as reasons that its chairmanship would be "not appropriate."
January 18, 2003: Guckert attends pro-war rally (theconservativeguy.com HTTP date stamp on page is Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:29:45 AM)
On the occasion of the January 18 anti-war rally in Washington, DC, I hosted members of
Free Republic.com and MOVE-OUT (Marines and Other Veterans Engaging Outrageous
Un-American Traitors) in my home on Capitol Hill. A reporter from the Washington Post
assigned to cover their Patriots' Rally earlier in the day and their
counter-demonstration at the Marine barracks at 8th & I arrived with them. In the
course of my conversation with the reporter, I began my usual rant about the liberal
media. I cited the New York Times as an example of a completely slanted publication. She
was quick to remind me that the conservative William Safire writes for the Times. That's
the point! Safire is so obviously a token at the Times that everyone can name him as a
knee-jerk response to charges of bias but no one can mention another staff member who is
a conservative.
Feb. 11, 2003: Jeff Gannon biography listed on "Directors and Officers" page at
gopusa.com (
archive.org)
Date is based on timestamp for photograph reported in HTTP headers by archive.org to
Firefox. HTML was not recorded by archive.org until April 2, 2003. No link from main
directors and officers page.
Feb. 13, 2003: Poem about homosexuality reposted. (theconservativeguy.com)
Date determined by HTTP headers, as reported to Firefox:
Modified: Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:23:44 AM
Actual poem reads:
gay
This poem was also posted to http://www.conservativeguy.com/gay.htm (instead of
http://www.theconservativeguy.com/gay.htm) on April 1, 2002.
WE'RE HERE, WE'RE QUEER
Don't ask, don't tell
Boy scouts
Girl scouts, lesbo camp
Civil unions, gay marriage
Feb. 18, 2003: Guckert defines journalism (theconservativeguy .com)
No balance is found in this article at all. VendeHei’s “story” does little more than
express the Democratic opposition to tort reform, probably in the manner in which it was
told to him. That’s not reporting, that’s parroting. So it’s business as usual at the
Washington Post as it serves a house organ for the Democratic Party.
Date determined by HTTP header as reported to Firefox
Modified Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:41:41 PM
Feb. 19, 2003: (unconfirmed Guckert video evidence, haven't checked for question - 35:49 on CSPAN video
archive )
Feb. 24, 2003: (unconfirmed Guckert video evidence, haven't checked for
question - 38:24 on
CSPAN video archive )
Feb. 25, 2003: (Guckert video evidence, no question - 30:11 on
CSPAN RealVideo
archive)
Feb. 28, 2003 (clear Guckert video/audio evidence - 31:53 on
CSPAN RealVideo
archive)
Q There have been reports out of Maine that the children of deployed service
personnel are being harassed as a result of their elementary school
teacher's expression of anti-war views in the classroom. Could you comment
on that?
March 3, 2003 (Guckert video evidence, photo pass - 35:10 on
CSPAN video archiveMR. FLEISCHER: I'm not familiar with any specific report, but I can assure you that the President, in all instances, believes that it's important for all to honor and respect the first amendment.
)
March 4, 2003 (clear
Guckert audio evidence - 34:59 on CSPAN RealVideo archive, Guckert video evidence, 0:00
in CSPAN RealVideo archive)
Q This is about Iraq. On Saturday, I interviewed Aziz al-Taee, Chairman of
the Iraqi-American Council. He detailed a compelling body of evidence about
the holocaust being waged against the Iraqi people. Why hasn't the
administration focused on this aspect of Saddam's regime to justify
intervention without U.N. approval? After all, it was the Clinton
administration that used ethnic cleansing as a pretext to bomb and send
troops into Kosovo.
March 5, 2003 (Guckert video/audio evidence video 0:00, audio of
question at 35:26 in CSPAN video archiveMR. FLEISCHER: Well, the administration has frequently pointed that out. And Secretary Powell, in his presentation up in New York, described at some length the crimes committed by Saddam Hussein against his own people. And this is something the President remarks about from time to time. What about the cries on the basis of human rights for the people of Iraq who are suffering under the hand of Saddam Hussein? That is an important issue for the world to face, as well, as the consequences of allowing Saddam to have weapons of mass destruction.
)
Q This is about Iraq. On Monday, the UK Telegraph reported the murder of General
Muhammad Sa'id al-Darraj, a senior missile engineer in charge of Iraq's mobile Scud
missile program, shortly after meeting with Saddam's officials. Would you comment on
that?
MR. FLEISCHER: That's the first I've heard about it. But one thing is for certain with
Saddam Hussein, he is brutal. When you talk about human rights and killing Iraqis, you
can look first to Saddam Hussein as the world's worst human rights violator, one of the
world's worst human rights violators, who has killed his own people.
March 7, 2003 (Guckert video/audio evidence - 27:49 in
CSPAN RealVideo archive)
Q This is on the economy. Yesterday, Republican Congressman Jeff Flake
announced that he would introduce a recision bill to eliminate the pork from
the recent omnibus spending bill so that funds could be used for war, if
necessary, for homeland security. So far, $20 billion of pork has been
targeted. Would the President support that kind of legislation?
March 10, 2003 (Guckert video/audio evidence - 36:35 in
CSPAN RealVideo archiveMR. FLEISCHER: Well, the President, as you know, spoke out about the earmarks that were in the congressional legislation. I think the President is very -- well, I can tell you the President is hopeful that this year the appropriations process will lead to a different way of spending the money for the priorities. The President would wish luck to anybody who can fight pork; he hopes they get a lot of co-sponsors and a lot of support. And that's not a statement specific about that one bill, because I haven't examined his precise bill; but as a general approach, that's the President's.
)
Q You've repeatedly affirmed the President's commitment to the First
Amendment. But when Trent Lott made offensive remarks, he denounced them.
Why has he not commented on the equally offensive remarks of Democratic
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, who likened Osama bin Laden to our founding
fathers?
MR. FLEISCHER: I think those remarks were reprehensible and I know of no basis for anybody to have said that or to believe in it.
March 11, 2003: (Guckert audio evidence - 30:21 in CSPAN RealVideo
archive)
Q This is a follow-up to Connie's question. Would you comment on the Democratic
leadership silence about the statements of Jim Moran and Nancy Kaptur?
MR. FLEISCHER: One, I have not heard if they've said anything. I would be very surprised if they were silent. I think if they were silent on an issue like this, they would be missing an opportunity to speak out for something that deserves to be spoken out on. I cannot imagine they are silent, in actuality.
Q No statements have been issued by the Democratic leadership.
MR. FLEISCHER: I think that would be a real surprise if the Democrat leaders stay silent on something fundamental like this.
March 12, 2003: (Guckert video/audio evidence - 35:33 in
CSPAN RealVideo archive)
Q If France and other nations sit on the sidelines during the disarmament of
Iraq, will they also be shut out of the process for rebuilding Iraq?
March 13, 2003: (Guckert video/audio evidence - video at 0:00, audio at
38:28 in
CSPAN RealVideo archiveMR. FLEISCHER: I think that's a topic for the Iraqi people to focus on. I think it's impossible to make any judgments with precision about everything that will happen in a future Iraq. But this is why I said, from a moral point of view, that there's no question that Iraqi people who live under a brutal dictatorship now, and once they're liberated, if it comes to the use of force, they will know who to say thank you for their freedom and for their liberation.
)
Q Today's Senate vote to ban partial-birth abortions was welcome news to the
majority of Americans who oppose unrestricted abortion. In his statement of
support, the President called the Senate's action an important step toward
building a culture of life in America. Is he looking for additional pro-life
legislation?
MR. FLEISCHER: The President is very pleased with the action that has been passed today. And the President will continue to work with the Congress on steps that can be taken to welcome a culture of life, including increasing support for adoption and a number of items.
March 18, 2003: (Guckert video evidence, have not checked for questions, 43:33 in
CSPAN RealVideo archive)
March 19, 2003: Guckert alleged to have obtained knowledge of Iraq bombing campaign 4
hours before it was public knowledge. (
AmericaBlog)
According to Editor & Publisher, Guckert frequently knew things in advance.
March 20, 2003: (clear Guckert audio evidence - White House
video archive)
MR. FLEISCHER: Jeff
Q Ari, has the President had any private meetings or any meetings with any religious or spiritual advisors in the last 24 or 48 hours about this?
MR. FLEISCHER: I don't know, and it's not my practice to ask the President about his personal faith or how he would practice it.
March 21, 2003: No video or audio of Guckert in White House briefing room (CSPAN RealVideo
archive)
March 24, 2003: No audio of Guckert in White House briefing room; WH camera never points
at reporters . CSPAN offline for this date. (White House
video archive)
March 25, 2003: No audio of Guckert in White House briefing room. Possible, but very
blurry video at 43:14 (CSPAN RealVideo
archive)
March 26, 2003: George Bush and Ari Fleischer travel to Florida, no video or audio available (whitehouse.gov )
March 28, 2003: (Guckert video evidence, have not checked for questions, 36:51 in
CSPAN RealVideo archive)
March 29, 2003: According to whois records, TalonNews.com domain registered
Record created on 29-Mar-2003.
April 10, 2003 (unconfirmed video evidence, have not checked for question - 41:27
in CSPAN RealVideo archive)
April 15, 2003 (clear audio evidence - 31:06 in CSPAN RealVideo
archive)
MR. FLEISCHER: Jeff
April 17, 2003 (unconfirmed rear of head video evidence - 0:03 in CSPAN RealVideo
archive of Boucher State Dept. briefing Q Last week, the watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste released its annual Pig Book that details over $20 billion of pork in the 2003 budget. When might the President speak out against Congressional leaders like Nancy Pelosi, who bitterly complains about the cost of the war, Tom Daschle, who says we can't afford to give Americans a tax cut, yet will waste billions of tax dollars for projects like the Cowgirl Hall of Fame, the National --
MR. FLEISCHER: Okay, I think I get it. There must be a trend here in the room today.
This President has worked very hard, and Mitch Daniels has worked probably harder than anybody, to fight the earmarks in the Congressional budgeting process. Earmarks are increasingly a problem from both parties. And it is a point of difference between the White House and the Congress. We will continue to work to eliminate and reduce the earmarks wherever possible. This is a prerogative that the Congress obviously holds precious.
)
April 25, 2003 (clear video/audio evidence - 35:40 on
CSPAN RealVideo archive)
Q Two questions today, if I might. Scott Peterson has been arrested in
connection with the death of his pregnant wife, Laci. He's been charged with
two murders, one of his wife and the other of his unborn son, Connor. Do you
think that's appropriate?
MR. FLEISCHER: This is a tragic case. And it's a very interesting one in the question that you raise specifically. The President does believe that when an unborn child is injured or killed during the commission of a crime of violence, the law should recognize what most people immediately recognize, and that is that such a crime has two victims. In the case specifically, I'm not going to make any comment; that is legal matter pending before a state. But if you recall, the House of Representatives passed the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and it passed overwhelmingly, with large bipartisan support. We hope that the Congress again this year -- the President calls on the House and calls on the Senate to again pass the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, so that the law can recognize what every mother and father know in their heart when an unborn child is taken through an act of violence, in the commission of a crime, just as we've seen in this case here.
Q Thank you. My next question, you've declined to comment on Santorum's statements that the Senator says were misconstrued. Some have suggested that the real story here is that the Associated Press reporter conducting the interview is the wife of John Kerry's campaign manager. How would you respond to that?
MR. FLEISCHER: I'm not going to respond to that. I'm aware of those reports and I don't know how to evaluate them.
April 26, 2003: Guckert reports that he is too busy to continue in his long time role as fraternity webmaster. (TKE μα chapter Almuni Board meeting minutes)
Webmaster, J.D. Guckert: J.D. has mentioned he can't commit the needed time to the
project. We'll
May 7, 2003: FreeSpeechFoundation.org registered, initially to J. Daniels like jeffgannon.com (whois)
Domain Name:FREESPEECHFOUNDATION.ORG
Created On:07-May-2003 02:10:33 UTC
Created On:07-May-2003 02:10:33 UTC
May 8, 2003: Last recorded date at which usmcpt.com was active. (Warning: link not work safe AmericaBlog)
May 8, 2003: Last recorded date at which usmcpt.com was active. (Warning: link not work safe AmericaBlog)
May 19, 2003: Ari Fleischer talks about his resignation.
May 21, 2003: The Hill reports that "Jeff Gannon" calls the police on a local homeless encampment (The Hill)
Worst excuse yet: when local activist Jeff Gannon wanted cops to rout vagrants who were
using the Freeway overpass at 7th and I as a camp ground/latrine, police told him they
could do nothing unless there was a "no trespassing" sign there. Not true, say ANC 6B
experts; the cops are dogging it.
May 27, 2003: Former South Dakota Senator James Abourezk sues owners of probush.com over being listed as a "traitor". (The Progressive)
June 23, 2003: "Jeff Gannon" account created at FreeRepublic.com (Google cache)
Jeff Gannon
Since Jun 23, 2003
Note that everything in the above profile except the creation date was
added some time between December 25, 2003 and Feb. 5, 2004.
(archive.org)
Since Jun 23, 2003
Jeff Gannon is the Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent for Talon News. www.talonnews.com
He also hosts "Jeff Gannon's Washington" on Rightalk.
June 24, 2003: archived version of probush.com lists media.relations@freespeechfoundation.org as "Media Contact" (archive.org)
July 3, 2003: TheOtherRadioNetwork.com registered (whois)
July 14, 2003: Guckert attends Ari Fleischer's farewell party after the press briefing. (Google cache of probush.com)
July 17, 2003: Guckert reportedly misses a meeting becuase he was "entertaining" Tony Blair (TKE μα chapter Almuni Board meeting minutes)
Jody Yozviak was absent but sent a report and JD Guckert was busy entertaining the Prime
Minister of Great Britain (not a joke).
July 18, 2003: RadioFreeRepublic.com registered (whois)
July 18, 2003: Guckert publishes a rapturous article about Blair (Google cache of Talon News)
Blair Speaks to Congress, Briefs With Bush
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
July 18, 2003
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
July 18, 2003
WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair came to Washington on Thursday to address a joint session of Congress. In a speech interrupted by 17 standing ovations, the British leader spoke about Iraq and the overall war on terrorism.
September 27, 2003: RighTalk.com registered. (whois)
Created on: 27-Sep-03
October 17, 2003: Wall Street Journal writes about Plame memo (WSJ via cryptome.org)
An internal government memo addresses some of the mysteries at the center of the White
House leak investigation and could help investigators in the search for who disclosed the
identity of a Central Intelligence Agency operative, according to two people familiar
with the memo.
October, 2003: Guckert interviews Ambassador Wilson, and mentions Plame memo (SusanG's interview with Ambassador Wilson)
SusanG: When did the interview with Gannon actually take place? It was published
October,28, 2003, but we're trying to nail down the precise date you talked to him.
Ambassador Wilson: I don't recall but it couldn't have been more than a week earlier.
October 28, 2003: Guckert publishes first of three parts of interview with Ambassador Wilson (GOPUSA.com via archive.org)
Wilson Talks about Niger Mission; Blasts Bush
Foreign Policy
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
October 28, 2003
Foreign Policy
By Jeff Gannon
Talon News
October 28, 2003
WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Ambassador Joe Wilson, the man at the heart of the White House/CIA leak controversy, recently sat down with Talon News for an exclusive interview to discuss his mission to Africa to investigate Iraq's desire to purchase uranium for weapons, the leak of his wife's position within the CIA, the foreign policy of President Bush and his administration, and a host of other issues.
November 1, 2003: Program archive at TheOtherRadioNetwork.com shows Jeff Gannon and Kay Daly sharing a prerecorded program at several time slots. (archive.org)
Wilson Talks about Niger Mission; Blasts Bush
[R] Kay Daly /
Jeff Gannon
Date determined by timestamp reported in HTTP to firefox:
[R] Kay Daly /
Jeff Gannon
Modified: Saturday, November 01, 2003 9:25:37 AM
December, 2003: Guckert claims to have attended White House Christmas party (Editor & Publisher)
January 23, 2004: Archived copy of RighTalk.com lists "JeffGannon" (archive.org )
Thursday
Jeff Gannon's Washington
Radio Free Republic
Jeff Gannon's Washington
Radio Free Republic
Feb. 10, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 24:20 in White
House video archive)
Q Since there have been so many questions about what the President was doing over 30
years ago, what is it that he did after his honorable discharge from the National Guard?
Did he make speeches alongside Jane Fonda, denouncing America's racist war in Vietnam?
Did he testify before Congress that American troops committed war crimes in Vietnam? And
did he throw somebody else's medals at the White House to protest a war America was still
fighting? What was he doing after he was honorably discharged?
MR. McCLELLAN: We've already commented on some of his views relating back to that period the other day. And, obviously, this was a time period also when he was going to get his MBA at Harvard. But the President was certainly proud to serve in the National Guard.
Feb. 18, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 22:11 in White
House video archive)
Q It's a different subject. The Welfare Reform Act comes up this year for renewal. Is
the President supporting efforts to insert meaningful work requirements into the bill,
where today there is none?
MR. McCLELLAN: We've been advocating passage of the Welfare Reauthorization bill for quite some time now. Congress needs to act to strengthen those work requirements even more and build upon the successes of the original legislation that was passed in the mid-90s.
Feb. 19, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 24:02 and 36:10
in White House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Jeff.
Q Thank you. Conservative groups have petitioned the public integrity section of the Department of Justice to take possession of a hard-drive now held by the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms. It contains memos that allegedly detail unethical and possibly criminal activity by Senate members and their staff. Since this conduct is focused on defeating the President's judicial nominees, will the White House support the confiscation of this evidence?
MR. McCLELLAN: You need to direct those questions to the Department of Justice.
...
MR. McCLELLAN: Jeff, did you have --
Q Can I follow up on the outsourcing?
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes.
Q How do we expect the President to convince the private sector not to outsource jobs when state governments are doing exactly the same thing? For example, Washington state outsources several government functions.
MR. McCLELLAN: I hear you, but jobs have been going overseas to some extent, and that's a concern. And the President has talked about that. That's why the President is acting on the policies I just described.
March, 2004: Article by "Jeff Gannon" published in The American Enterprise (taemag.com)
FINISH THE JOB
Ken Joseph opposed going to war against Saddam Hussein. He even went to Iraq to help do what he could to "stop the war" by serving as a "human shield." Then the soft-spoken minister got what he describes as a "stark dose of reality."
March 2, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 8:05 in White
House video archive)
Q Scott, on Haiti.
MR. McCLELLAN: Haiti? Go ahead.
Q Aristide's opponents say that one of the reasons for forcing him from power was that he amassed a great personal fortune during his time as President. Considering he's not the first leader to have parlayed the presidency into a personal fortune, are there any steps being taken to make sure that the assets, any assets that were accumulated remain in Haiti?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, certainly, ending corruption and promoting democracy and advancing economic progress is an important priority for this administration and the Western Hemisphere. That is something we talked about at great length at the Summit of the Americas, and we have talked about for quite some time. I think in terms of specifics about what is going on, on those issues, you can direct those questions to the State Department about where some of those matters stand.
March 6, 2004: Guckert discusses subpoena online under alias "Jeff Gannon" (FreeRepublic.com)
They may not like what I have to say.
...
And Hillary's quid pro quo for the Jewish vote and the Hispanic vote?
I may have to convene my own Grand Jury!
March 9, 2004: Guckert mentions having sent a wedding card to Scott McClellan(clear audio
evidence - 31:25 in White
House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Jeff.
Q Thank you. First of all, I hope the grand jury didn't force you to turn over the wedding card I sent to you and your wife. (Laughter.) Do you see any hypocrisy in the controversy about the President's mention of 9/11 in his ads, when Democratic icon Franklin Delano Roosevelt's campaign issued this button, that says, "Remember Pearl Harbor"? I have a visual aid for folks watching at home.
MR. McCLELLAN: You're pointing out some historical facts. Obviously, Pearl Harbor was a defining moment back in the period of World War II, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt was strongly committed to winning World War II and talked about it frequently.
Q So you think it certainly is valid that the President does talk about it and --
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, he addressed this this weekend, when he was first asked about it. September 11th was a defining moment for our nation. We all shared in that experience. And it's important that we look at how we lead in a post-September 11th world. And that's an important discussion to have with the American people, and to talk about the differences in approaches to winning the war on terrorism and preventing attacks from happening in the first place.
March 10, 2004: Bobby Eberle announces purcase of MillionsOfAmericans.com from Bruce Eberle (MillionsOfAmericans.com)
The good news is that www.millionsofamericans.com is now combining forces with
www.gopusa.com to bring you even better reports and news on hot conservative topics.
April 1, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 25:24 in White
House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Jeff.
Q I'd like to comment on the angry mob that surrounded Karl Rove's house on Sunday. They chanted and pounded on the windows until the D.C. police and Secret Service were called in. The protest was organized by the National People's Action Coalition, whose members receive taxpayer funds, as well as financial support from groups including Theresa Heinz Kerry's Tides Foundation.
MR. McCLELLAN: I would just say that, one, we appreciate and understand concerns that people may have. I would certainly hope that people would respect the families of White House staff.
May 1, 2004: Guckert photographed outside White House Correspondents Association dinner wearing a tuxedo (Photo archive by FreeRepublic.com member)
May 1, 2004: Guckert reported as appearing on CSPAN by TKE μα alumni (TKE μα chapter Almuni Board meeting minutes)
JD Guckert: He is not in the CIA, NSA, or any other crazy super duper secret
government agency. He is a reporter, not sure for whom, but he has definitely
been in the White House briefing room on several occasions. I know this because
I am a dork and actually come home from work and watch White House press
briefings on C-span. (Note to alumni, this report has not been confirmed)
May 10, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 25:22 in White
House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead Jeff
Q In your denunciations of the Abu Ghraib photos, you've used
words like "sickening," "disgusting" and "reprehensible." Will you have any adjectives left to adequately describe the pictures from Saddam's rape rooms and torture chambers? And will Americans ever see those images?
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm glad you brought that up, Jeff, because the President talks about that often. We did remove a brutal regime from power that was responsible for mass graves and torture chambers and rape rooms. And this was a regime that encouraged and tolerated that kind of activity. It stands in stark contrast to the way we're addressing this issue of prisoner abuse. When something like this comes to light, the United States acts quickly and swiftly to bring people to justice and to take steps to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Q This is a matter of degree. Those prisoners will survive being photographed naked, but many of Saddam's victims will never be seen again, and did not survive the torture chambers. Will Americans ever see the photographic evidence of that? I think if you contrast the two, you're going to get a much different perspective on this.
MR. McCLELLAN: We should never forget the atrocities carried out by the former regime. You are having the head of that regime come to trial before long, and he will be held accountable for those atrocities.
Q Will the pictures emerge at that time?
MR. McCLELLAN: He will be accountable for those atrocities.
May 12, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 21:48 in White
House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Jeff
Q Despite warnings that the release of the Abu Ghraib pictures might put Americans in danger, CBS went ahead and did it anyway. The feeding frenzy over these photos has been briefly interrupted by the video of Nick Berg being brutally beheaded. But they won't show that on the air. Do you find any inconsistency with regard to the media treatment for releasing these photographs they knew would inflame the Arab street, but not airing something that they also know would inflame the American street, or at least the center and the right part of it would see the President --
MR. McCLELLAN: What's important --- Jeff, I'm sorry to speed this up, but the helicopter is landing and we have to leave for another event. But what's important is that America shows the world how we act when these kind of issues come to light, when prisoners are mistreated. And we act by holding people responsible who committed these acts, and taking steps to make sure something like this doesn't happen again. It stands in stark contrast to a regime like Saddam Hussein's who tolerated and encouraged these kind of activities.
June 15, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 22:37 in White
House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Jeff. You had one.
Q Thanks. Why hasn't the administration made more of the U.N. inspectors' report that says Saddam Hussein was dismantling his missile and WMD sites before and during the war? And doesn't that, combined with the now proven al Qaeda link between Iraq -- between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist organization -- unequivocally make the case for going to war in Iraq?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think in terms of Iraq and ties to terrorism, Secretary Powell outlined the former regime's support for and ties to terrorists when he went before the United Nations. Director Tenet has testified in open session before Congress about what we know about those ties. You heard the President talk about some of those ties earlier today in the Rose Garden when he was asked a question. So I think those ties are well known, and we have talked about them previously.
Certainly, when you look at someone like al Zarqawi, he was an individual who was in Iraq prior to the decision to go to war, and he is someone who remains in Iraq. And he is a senior al Qaeda associate.
July 15, 2004: Reported to be Gannon/Guckert by Dan Froomkin of the Washington Post
Q Last Friday, the Senate Intelligence Committee released a report that shows that
Ambassador Joe Wilson lied when he said his wife didn't put him up for the mission to
Niger. The British inquiry into their own prewar intelligence yesterday concluded that
the President's 16 words were "well-founded." Doesn't Joe Wilson owe the President and
America an apology for his deception and his own intelligence failure?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, one, let me point out that I think those reports speak for themselves on that issue. And I think if you have questions about that, you can direct that to Mr. Wilson.
July 17, 2004: (clear audio evidence, video does not work - 28:02 in White House audio archive)
Q On Tuesday, the American Enterprise Institute held a media event where a video of
Saddam's atrocities was shown. The tape showed fingers being cut off, tongues being cut
out, and beheadings. None of the networks showed the tape. And few media outlets even
mentioned it. Did anyone in this administration ask that these images not be showed to
the American people?
MR. McCLELLAN: No, Jeff. But it is important to remind people of the atrocities that Saddam Hussein's regime committed. Saddam Hussein was a brutal oppressive dictator who carried out atrocities over a period of years against his own people and against his neighbors. And it's important that the public --
Q Well, how do you explain a virtual media blackout on these horrendous acts, when every single day there are pictures about what American soldiers have done in Iraq when these things are far worse? How is there any explanation for that? Is there somebody in the administration that doesn't want the American people to see that?
MR. McCLELLAN: I think you're going to see the Iraqi people hold Saddam Hussein accountable for the atrocities that he committed. We will be turning him over to the Iraqi people to face a tribunal by the Iraqis for the atrocities that you mentioned. And I don't think the Iraqi people will ever let people forget those atrocities. It's important to remember that this was a regime that had mass graves, torture rooms, and rape rooms, and engaged in the kinds of atrocities that no one should stand for.
Q There is visual physical evidence out there. Why is not being put out there for Americans to see and make their own judgment against?
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, I think I've expressed it from our standpoint. If you're talking about it from the media standpoint, I'll leave it to the media to address those issues?
August 9, 2004: Scott McClellan cuts off Guckert after he asks too many follow-up
questions (clear audio evidence - 3:35
in White House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Jeff.
Q Thank you. The imam that was arrested in New York last week was discovered because his name appeared in a Rolodex in a terrorist training camp in Iraq before the war. The book was found after, by U.S. troops, but he was in Iraq before the war. Is this another piece of evidence showing the direct terror ties between Iraq and al Qaeda?
MR. McCLELLAN: One, that's an ongoing investigation. I think the questions related to those particular individuals are best directed to the Department of Justice. And so that's -- I would refer any questions about that investigation to the Department of Justice.
We are continuing to wage the war on terrorism on many fronts, both abroad and at home. And I think you're seeing that through the actions that we are taking.
Q Let me follow up with a second question. How damaging was the revelation of the deepest mole that we've ever had in al Qaeda? The publication of that man's name by The New York Times -- how damaging is that to our war on terror?
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm sorry -- which specific instance are you referring to?
Q The New York Times published the name of Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, who was described by intelligence officials as the only deep mole we've ever had within al Qaeda.
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not sure where it was published, first. Obviously, it was published recently -- the capture of this individual. It is important that we recognize that sometimes there are ongoing operations underway. And as we move forward on capturing or bringing to justice al Qaeda members, we need to keep that in mind. And sometimes we aren't able to go into as much detail we would like to because of those ongoing operations. And I think everybody has a responsibility to keep that in mind.
Q Scott --
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Terry.
September 2, 2004: Guckert sighted in press box at Republican National Convention (eyewitness account by Joshua Marshall)
November, 2004: BulldogPhilly profile with nude photo of Gannon/Guckert "delisted" (Warning: Link not work safe (male4malescorts.com)
November 8, 2004: (clear audio evidence - 22:37 in White
House video archive)
MR. McCLELLAN: Jeff, go ahead.
Q Thank you. With all the reaching out that's going on around here, the President said Thursday in his press conference that he was reaching out to the press corps. What did he mean by that, and why would he feel the need to reach out to a group of supposedly non-partisan people?
MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think that was a tongue-in-cheek comment that the President made at the beginning of the press conference, and he was showing his outreach efforts by holding that press conference the day after the election was decided.
Q Has he decided to let bygones be bygones --
MR. McCLELLAN: Look, you heard from the President -- you heard from the President in the news conference. The media certainly has an important role to play in keeping the American people informed about the decisions that we make here in Washington, D.C.
Q And despite the role that they tried to play, the President won anyhow. Is there some kind of rapprochement that's going on here?
MR. McCLELLAN: There will be plenty of analysis of the media and critiquing of the media, I'm sure, going forward. And I'll leave that to others to get into. The President has great respect for the job that the press does.
December 2, 2004: Modification date on nude photo of Guckert (Warning: Link not work safe
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