It's pretty clear that one direction the Guckert investigation needs to take is exploring the network of right wing partisan news organizations: Talon, GOPUSA, Newsmax, UPI, Washington Times, ...
I noticed that last night GOPUSA scrubbed its site of information about the Board of Directors. On the grounds that if they are hiding it it must be good, let's save it for posterity in case nobody else has: The Google Cache.
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Board of Directors
Bobby Eberle -- Bobby Eberle received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1990. This was followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1993 and 1995, respectively. Bobby was a delegate to the 1996, 98, and 2000 Republican Party of Texas State Conventions and was a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. In 1998, Bobby was named to Outstanding Young Men of America.
Bill Fairbrother -- Bill Fairbrother earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science from Baylor University in 1988. This was followed by a Master of Arts degree in Mathematics from Indiana University in 1990. Bill currently serves as Chairman of the Williamson County, Texas Republican Party and has previously served as a Precinct Chairman and chairman of the county Technology Committee. Bill has been active in politics since 1984 when he joined the Baylor University College Republicans. Since then, he has served as a delegate to four Republican Party of Texas state conventions and an alternate delegate to one convention.
Steve Findley -- Steve Findley is the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Titan Dynamics Systems, Inc., a military technology corporation, located in Marshall, Texas. Steve currently serves as a member of the Rules Committee with the Texas State Republican Executive Committee, and was a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Steve has also served as a delegate to several Republican Party of Texas state conventions, as well as numerous county conventions.
Terri Hillhouse -- Terri has seven years experience working to build Internet communities, ranging from very large community sites to several conservative political sites. She has a long history as a volunteer and has held multiple offices within various public school organizations over the years. Having always been a conservative, Terri came late to serious political activism. She is very interested in restoring family values and preserving our American system for future generations. She believes that the Internet is the best way to spread the grassroots conservative message.
Kerri Houston -- Kerri Houston is a public policy analyst and expert in media, marketing and external relations for public policy institutes. Based in Dallas, she is director of American Conservative Network, a state outreach project of The American Conservative Union (ACU). Prior to joining with ACU to start the American Conservative Network project, Ms. Houston was executive director of State Policy Network, a member organization of free market state-based think tanks. In this capacity, she served as facilitator for the 37 state public institutes in assisting them to meet their communications, publications and governmental outreach needs.
Richard Powell -- Richard is the founder and president of JPX Interactive Technologies, Inc., a comprehensive technology integration firm offering consulting, deployment and integration services in the business, government and education market segments. He is a former policy advisor(sic.) to Texas Governor Rick Perry, and is active in national, state and local political and civic causes. Richard is a graduate of St. Edward's University.
Charlie Weldon -- Charlie is currently employed with UBS Warburg Energy in Houston as a natural gas commodities trader. In 1995, Charlie became a Board member of the Weldon-Stacey-Blake Corporation and currently serves as Vice President. Responsibilities include corporate portfolio management, shareholder relations, and corporate financing activities.
Corporate Officers
Bobby Eberle, President and CEO -- Bobby Eberle received his Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1990. This was followed by M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1993 and 1995, respectively. Bobby was a delegate to the 1996, 98, and 2000 Republican Party of Texas State Convention and was a delegate to the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. In 1998, Bobby was named to Outstanding Young Men of America.
Terri Hillhouse, Vice President, Operations -- Terri has seven years experience working to build Internet communities, ranging from very large community sites to several conservative political sites. She has a long history as a volunteer and has held multiple offices within various public school organizations over the years. Having always been a conservative, Terri came late to serious political activism. She is very interested in restoring family values and preserving our American system for future generations. She believes that the Internet is the best way to spread the grassroots conservative message.
Melissa Weldon, Secretary -- Melissa Weldon is the proud mother of two boys, Hunter (age 7) and Blake (age 2). She has been involved in church activities her entire life and has focused primarily in music activities such as choir singing and musical productions. Melissa has also spent extensive time assisting in children's ministries.
Kathleen Eberle, Treasurer -- In 1998, Kathleen received her Doctorate of Medicine degree and is now in her last year of residency in neurology in the Baylor College of Medicine system. Following her residency, Kathleen plans to enter into private practice. Kathleen now serves as the Treasurer of GOPUSA.com, Inc. (although she has put in considerable "volunteer" work for the company in an unofficial capacity since its inception as the wife of the President and CEO of the company, Bobby Eberle).
I also noticed that there is a lot of work being focused on Eberle, but another key player in the right wing noise machine seems to be Arnaud de Borchgrave. He used to the the editor in chief for the Washington Times, and a UPI editor. Now he is on the board of Newsmax.
You can find other Newsmax board members here.
Mr. de Borchgrave will join several existing members of the NewsMax.com board, including: Dana Allen, chairman and CEO of Sequoia Data Corp., a Silicon Valley software company; Christopher Ruddy, author and journalist; Michael Ruff, a Dallas businessman; James Dale Davidson, editor of the financial newsletter Strategic Investment and a principal of Agora, Inc, a $70 million-a-year publishing concern; and Admiral Thomas H. Moorer, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Do we have a database anywhere where we track these names?