'Gannon' Signs Off: Guckert Says He'll No Longer Talk to Press

[tuvor]

NEW YORK James D. Guckert, the former White House reporter who's been accused of everything from asking partisan questions to being a male prostitute, is no longer speaking to the press, claiming it does not help his cause, he told E&P this morning.

"I talked to attorneys, and I am no longer talking to anyone anymore," said Guckert, who has used the alias Jeff Gannon. "It doesn’t seem to clarify anything any longer. Everything I say, people start a new conspiracy theory. I am not going to answer any more questions. It seems to distract from what is really going on."

That approach is a shift from Guckert's activities in the past week, when he has appeared on CNN and National Public Radio and allowed several other news organizations, including E&P, to interview him.

Guckert, who says he is 47, said he was not planning any specific legal action related to recent events but had contacted an attorney just in case. "It's always good to have an attorney hanging around," he told E&P. "I'm not expecting anything, I am just listening to good advice."

More of "Gannon" not denying any of it to be found at...

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800287

[RobertSeattle]

1. I wonder if he'll "talk" for $200?

:evilgrin:

[MissB]

2. Bwahahaha

good one.

[arcane1]

6. he's praised on his site for being very vocal

:silly:

his silence says it all

[Richardo]

3. Frivolous lawsuit, ahoy!!

"It's always good to have an attorney hanging around"

[Thtwudbeme]

4. No, he won't talk to them, but betcha for 200 bucks

he'll give 'em a blowjob.

Whatever, Gannon/Guckert---

[deutsey]

14. Wasn't his going rate $1200?

Come on. Don't slander him by implying he was a cheap prostitute. He was a very expensive one. :evilgrin:

[NV Whino]

18. $1200 was for the entire weekend n/t

[deutsey]

23. My mistake. Maybe he really was just a cheap hustler.

[KansDem]

47. Do we assume he's paid taxes on this money?

??
:(

[No Exit]

5. I wonder if he's still

talking on Freerepublic? Where he was a member? Someone posted that on here yesterday, and I went and read his posts. Very self-aggrandizing.

[Occulus]

12. yep he was a Freeper

Dunno if he still posts.

edited to add: even the Freepers were catching on to him in some threads from last year. It's an indication of how off the deep end this guy really is.

[No Exit]

20. Since his name wasn't really

"Jeff Gannon", I guess he felt that it was okay to talk about his job with the press corps. Looking at his posts, it appears he was quite into tooting his own horn. (Um... poor choice of words... sorry.)

[Debi]

25. He could do that?

Worth much more than $200.00 then! He has skills!

[No Exit]

44. LOL! Wait'll I tell my dog...

[Ellen Forradalom]

17. Link please?

interesting.

[No Exit]

19. Here.

Read the posts--his ego is almost as big as his mouth!

http://www.freerepublic.com/~jeffgannon/

[KC21304]

53. Washington Bureau Chief ? LOL

Just how many reporters did Talon News have in Washington, and just were was the Washington Bureau located ? As opposed to the New York Bureau and the LA Bureau. This is hilarious.

[No Exit]

59. Yes, Jeff's a (lowering voice, setting tone to "serious") BIG IMPORTANT

NEWS MAN!

[Coventina]

7. ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!! He knows his goose is cooked!

Couldn't happen to a "nicer" guy.

:puke:

Hey! Why's he so afraid, anyway?
He's a journalist. Is he afraid of his fellow journalists? Why?

[Beetwasher]

8. It Would Be Interesting To Find Out Who His Attorney Is

Hmmmmm....

[snippy]

16. Probably Alberto Gonzales. n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

37. Not to mention, whose paying

his attorney's fees.

I still want to know who signs Gannon's pay checks.

[LiberallyInclined]

9. the Gannon story is dead anyway...

the MSM doesn't want to touch it.

[flyarm]

39. ahhhhhh but Fitspatric may want to talk to him!!

read my lips..valerie plame!!
the reporters today were told by courts they must testify !!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=615&u=/nm/20050215/pl_nm/bush_leak_dc&printer=1

SNIP:

Court: Reporters Must Testify in CIA Leak Case

2 hours, 34 minutes ago


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday that two journalists must testify before a federal grand jury about their confidential sources in an investigation into a leak that exposed the identity of a covert CIA (news - web sites) operative.



The three-judge panel ruled that New York Times reporter Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine must comply with a subpoena from a grand jury investigating whether the Bush administration illegally leaked the officer's name to the news media.


The decision upheld a ruling by a federal judge that Miller and Cooper were in contempt of court and should be jailed for refusing to testify about their confidential sources. Miller and Cooper each face as much as 18 months in prison.

[stevedeshazer]

10. Attorneys told him to shut up

He couldn't figure it out on his own. Even here he says he's not talking to anyone anymore, while talking to someone. :silly:

He still couldn't resist the "conspiracy theory" crack.

Hey Guckert, it's not a theory when it's proven to be true.

[diamond14]

11. LOL....what an idiot...typical reTHUGlican with NO BRAINS....

'gannon' BLABBERED on talk shows, TV, radio and in the press for almost a WEEK, before he hired an attorney who told him EXACTLY what he should have known: SHUT UP...you're BLABBERING is making it worse....


stupid fool....I was hoping that 'gannon' would keep on BLABBERING....it was fairly amusing really, typical brainless reTHUGlican....


'gannon' will SING like a bird on the Plame case.....rove is finally realizing that, and got the message to 'gannon': SHUT UP...Actually, at this point, IMO, 'gannon' should TALK TALK TALK, spill the beans to SAVE HIS OWN LIFE......cut a deal with Fitzgerald and TALK....

[Pirate Smile]

13. Good parts -

"In addition, evidence emerged on the site Americablog yesterday suggesting that Guckert not only set up but sex sites but also offered his services as male prostitute. When asked by E&P today about such accusations, Gannon declined to confirm or deny. "I am not going to talk about that," he said.

He also would not comment on McClellan's statements to E&P in an interview yesterday, in which the White House spokesman claimed he did not know that Guckert used an alias until recently, never talked to Guckert outside the briefing room, and knew very little about Talon News."

[BR_Parkway]

15. "Always good to have an attorney around" yup, esp when the court just

said that the news media will have to give up the sources of the Plame leak!!

Besides, Daddy KKKarl probably told you to shut your big mouth. In just the past week:

1. You said to look into your past, nothing to hide - We did, you did!
   
2. You told DU you wanted to make #1 idiot - Congrats, you did!
   
3. You posted on your site that you were going to be silent, then you go on interviews and LIE - and we found out about it!
   

Seems like there may be at least a few in the Administration who would love to see you shut up...

(by the way, hope your attorney tells you that immunity from prosecution is a guarantee, while the promise of a pardon from an administration that might not be in power later is not)

[DulceDecorum]

35. What we know so far

GannonGuckert saw the Plame memo.
Bob Novak saw the Plame memo.
GannonGuckert likes to be on top of things.
Bob Novak managed to break a hip.

[Lilith Velkor]

56. Bwahahaha!

Funniest post of the day :thumbsup:

[rocktivity]

21. Good idea, Guckie--save it for the Slaughter/Lautenberg grand jury

Of course, it's your fault you're such a liar and a bigmouth. Don't let the door hit on the ass on your way out--you'd probably enjoy it.

:headbang:
rocknation

[Spazito]

22. Looks like he finally got the 'memo' from the White House

to quote O'Lielly "Shut up, shut up, just shut up!"

[Melynn]

61. Exactly, his handlers told him to shut it down

but I don't feel sorry for "Jeff Gannon". He can always go back to former profession.

Maybe we should start calling "Jeff Gannon", "Midnight Cowboy" after the movie about gay prostitutes. :crazy:

[rocktivity]

24. Clarify THIS, Jeff!

From Americablog.com:

JEFF GANNON: Well, several years ago, before I came to Washington, I had registered various domain names for a private client. I was doing Web site development. Those sites were never hosted. There's -- nothing ever went up on them. And the client went on to do something else. - CNN, 2/10/05

...In 1999, Paul Leddy, a Web designer and photographer, says he received an email from a man named Jeff from Wilmington, Delaware. Jeff wanted Paul to build him a new Web site for his business. Paul accepted the job, provided Jeff mailed him a check with half the money up front (Jeff had not provided a last name, and Paul wanted to make sure he was for real). Jeff sent the check, it cleared, and Paul built the site and launched it online for Jeff.

Paul didn’t think about Jeff much until last week when he heard about a breaking scandal involving a man named Jeff who owned several military escort service Web addresses. “I saw the name Jeff Gannon, knew our Jeff, saw the militarystud.com Web address, and thought ‘hmmm, everything was military, that sounds like Jeff who we did the site for.’”

He brings a whole new dimension to the meaning of the term "Liar, liar, pants on fire," doesn't he?

:headbang:
rocknation

[McCamy Taylor]

26. This is only true if Jeffie has Multiple Personality Disorder

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

27. Not to worry...

I have a feeling he's going to be talking with several prosecutors in the near future.

[mod mom]

28. It's always good to have an attorney hanging around," he told E&P. What

will the neo-cons have to say to this line. Hypocrits! Pls keep the digging alive! Would love to hear more on Scott McCellan ties to this and reported links to Texas gay scene. The Christian right hate mongers deserve to know.

[w13rd0]

29. What a tool...

...everytime he opened his mouth, he LIED and dug a deeper HOLE and climbed on in. He claimed, "I don't just ask softballs." And his example of a "fastball" was another GOP talking point. WOW! Hard hitting journalism.

[LynnTheDem]

30. Unless you got $1200; then you can have gannon the gay prossie for a wkend

Heh! :D

[MidwestTransplant]

31. I bet he will be talking to the Plame grand jury soon enough.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

32. He's going to stop talking NOW

If the man had on ounce of sense he'd have consulted the attorney when all of this came to a head. Then went into hiding and only released statements via his counsel.

This is sure to be a relief to the Administration I could almost feel them cringe every time he opened his mouth.

[chookie]

36. A microcosm for His Chimperial Majesty, perhaps?

I think the two have a lot in common -- like rigidly compartmentalized brains, hyper-"manliness" and love of "tough guy" stuff", extreme riskiness, utter arrogance, feeling fooled into thinking you can do anything because the law hasn't caught up with you yet, utter inability to comprehend one's own hypocrisy, and constant deception.

How this guy thought he was going to get away with living a double life, and always hide the sleaze he was involved in -- it really is amazing.

Funny -- "conspiracy theory" is what his pal Scotty always says when confronted with an unpleasant reality.

He's a smirky loyalist to the end -- having been exposed for what he was and having given up his job, he says he's not worried, because there are lots of opportunities out there. Sure, JD, in the shadowy half-criminal world you extremists have fostered in our nation.

[MO_Dem]

41. Yes!

Does this guy sound like he's "divorced from reality"? Now we might get to see how the administration works with right-wingers that are divorced from reality!

[rodeodance]

43. shucks!!

[kk897]

33. "distract from what is really going on."

Oooookay, this begs the question:

What IS really going on?

[KissMeKate]

34. I wonder how much he charged per hour

to his clients and the bush administration- I wonder if he made more money being an honest whore?

[MADem]

50. $200 an hour; $1200 for the weekend

...was his going rate for his website-based work. He must have done fairly well--he didn't seem to work regularly. For a man his age you would think he would have some sort of work history, but his resume consists of rather unrelated jobs.

As for what he charged the administration, who knows? We know that cretin Eberle paid "half" his salary, so the question remains: who paid the OTHER half?

[MadisonProgressive]

55. Probably his tricks

[mahatmakanejeeves]

38. "not rule out a future job in journalism"

From the article:

>>
Guckert also would not rule out a future job in journalism, saying "it's way too early." He added, "I couldn't say. There are always lots of opportunities out there."
<<

Paging Faux.... Please pick up the white courtesy phone.

[Cocoa]

49. Hannity admires his journalistic skills

http://mediamatters.org/items/200502100001

In addition to citing both Talon News and Gannon on ABC Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show, Hannity has referred to Gannon as "a terrific Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for Talon News," and according to a program summary on the website for San Francisco radio station KSFO, which carries Hannity's show, Gannon was a guest on the February 10, 2004, edition of the program. The program summary for that broadcast states: "Sean spends a moment with Jeff Gannon, Washington Bureau Chief for Talon News.com. Jeff talks about his daily meetings with White House Press Secretary Scott McCellan ."

[King Coal]

57. That pretty much says it all for Hannity, eh Cocoa?

[TroglodyteScholar]

60. But GanGuck and McClellan have never met outside of the briefing room! n/t

:eyes:

[CONN]

63. ?

deleted

[Politicub]

64. You know McClellan has had a slice of Gannon

I've had Queen Scotty pegged as queer from the day he stepped into the national spotlight. I bet Gannon was his type.

Why else would McClellan make it a point to say he has never met with Gannon outside the briefng room?

OMG - I've figured it out. It's a GOP half-truth, meaning that Scott has "met" (nugdge nudge, wink wink) Gannon *in* the briefing room. Dirty!!

[BlueManDude]

40. the aggrieved victim lol

[Swamp Rat]

42. James D. Guckert - Dead man walking. n/t

[CO Liberal]

45. "Guckert, who says he is 47..."

I guess they're assuming anything this asshole says is not the truth.

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

46. This guy wants to talk - someone else is telling him to STFU

This guy is a dumbass and is a blackmark on us happy liberal folks here in Wilmington DE (technically he lives in Greenville).

I can almost guarentee someone high up has told him to STFU because "Gannon" is an arrogant bastard who truly believes he has no skeletons hiding in his closets. I have a feeling that some sort of fundie christianity is involved and for some bizarre reason "Gannon" thinks he's been born-again and therefore forgiven of all past sins.

Anyhow....

I would almost guess that someone connected to the Bush White House has told this person to stop doing interview because everytime Gannon is interviewed, he shows such fricking argogance that it just wants to make folks find out more about who he is and what else is lurking in his closet. Gannon will never in a million years admit to his past even those its as clear as purified spring water!

[Bluebear]

48. Wow, his statement left no marks but left an impression!

:crazy:

[pacalo]

51. Which fat cat is funding the attorney for this out-of-work impostor?

The term "conspiracy theory" is not only over-used, to the point of triteness, by the radical right, it's being mis-used as well.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory,

Colloquially, a conspiracy theory is any unconventional theory about current or historical events, with the connotation that that theory is unfounded, outlandish, or irrational or in some way unworthy of serious consideration.

This "unconventional" story about "Gannon" is surrounded by hard facts that, "outlandish" and "irrational" as they may be, they are not "unfounded", and they most certainly are worthy of "serious consideration".

In fact, there needs to be a congressional investigation of "Gannon". He's going to need that lawyer.

[Maddy McCall]

52. That's ok, Jimmy. You're just a link in the chain....

We want the links that are further up the chain than you to start singing now.

Don't think that you are more important than you are. No one really cares whether or not you talk now. We know enough about you that your input is no longer required. The answers we await now are from the powers that be in the White House.

You're just a bit player in this huge tragedy. We are waiting on the protagonist to talk.

[CTyankee]

54. Maybe he meets with zee

unfortunate accident, no?

[bikeboy]

58. Maybe he meets with zee

I bet he goes fishin with old Mr.Casey...you know, and falls overboard by himself...

yah, that's the ticket!

OK move along, nothin to see here

[katty]

62. rover's whip on JG: you bet you won't be talkin' anymore,boy

gannon has to shut his trap so he can save his life

[lebkuchen]

65. He signs off just when there is so much to talk about

interesting

[Cocoa]

66. a picture is worth a thousand words

Gannon doesn't have to say anything more, his online photos will do all the talking. :-)

[Charles19]

67. Now everyone knows he is a gay prostitute so he can't get that job at Fox