GANNONGATE...CONNECTION TO WHITE HOUSE!!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

I just heard about this on the Randi Rhodes Show!!!!

http://www.liberalpatriots.blogspot.com/

Hiding in Plain Sight: Jeff Gannon's Connection to the Inner Sanctum of the Oval Office
Over the weekend, we in the blogosphere learned the sordid details of a man called Jeff. A reporter with fake credentials, fake name and a past and present life that are less than acceptable for someone who is allowed to stand within 10 feet of the President of the United States. I will not repeat all the details in this article because they are readily available. What I do want to write about in this article is how deep within the inner circle of the Oval office does this go.

I've been researching James Guckert DBA Jeff Gannon for a few days. Some facts are emerging slowly that connect Gannon to the inner sanctum of the Oval Office. The question remains why? That I feel certain will reveal itself, in the Rovian style of bait and switch, within the next few days.

So here are the facts. James Guckert was hired by the Talon News Agency in early 2004 to be their White House Correspondant. Talon News, a totally Internet based news agency, was solely owned by GOPUSA, a so-called "volunteer" group supporting the ideology of the Bush Administration and the RNC.

Further researching the board of directors of GOPUSA, records within the public domain for any public or private corporation reveals the name of one Richard Powell, as a member of it's board.
See Richard Powells Bio from GOPUSA.com: (These links have since been removed from all GOPUSA sites, this is the cached Google page)



Richard Powell, is none other than the husband of Dina Powell, Assistant to the President as the White House Chief of Personnel.

Links about Dina Powell:

Bartcop Info


Washington Post Info



According to the official org charts of the White House, http://www.americanpresident.org, Dina Powell, only 31 years old, works directly for only three people. President Bush, Andrew Card (all paths and positions lead to Andrew Card) and none other than Karl Rove, the newly appointed White House Assistant Chief of Staff, and well known Senior Advisor to President Bush.

So, recapping, we have a fake reporter, for a fake news agency that was allowed daily access to the Whitehouse. We have a board member of the fake news agency tied to Austin, Tx whose wife is a high level staff member in the Oval Office, a staff position that carries with it the absolute final word on who gains access to the White House.

Let me make a few points clear, we at Liberal Patriots do NOT care about Jeff Gannon's homosexuality. We do care however, that someone, still conspiring to commit the felony act of prostitution in Washington, DC, using a fake name and fake credentials was allowed into the White House Press corp, within steps of the President of the United States. This is a breach of Homeland Security Policy that stinks to the highest levels of the White House.

This is a developing story. More information as it becomes available.

[Dissent Is Patriotic]

1. Great Work!!!!!!!!!!

[madhat]

2. Yes good!

There's another blog -- intelligencesquad.com -- that has more info.

[hector459]

82. What a great job!!! How many e-mail should we fire off. This is proof

that they are all lying at the WH and that the MSM is covering for them. We, the MjSM must get this word out and let them know we intend to pursue this until someone crie "uncle!" If nothing comes of this, it has already planted the seeds of disappointment, shock, and in some cases, embarrassment, among the Freeper crowd whether they want to admit it or not. And there may be some members of the MSM who might feel this entire incident is a betrayal. Little, by little, they will come around. It's really difficult for liars who get caught in a lie to admit that they were wrong or guilty. It's even more difficult for the brain-dead, right wing, hate-mongers, to admit that they have been USED. But they do remember and they are unforgiving about everything. They will never forgive us for exposing how their right wing smear artists have been using them BUT they will never forgive them for being stupid enough to put themselves in a position to be exposed.

[Mojambo]

3. That's a fairly heavy connection.

This thing is getting more solid each day.

It does seem odd that Rove (who has been so good at this stuff) would have this big a fuck up.

[machiado]

57. Rove's obsession

"It does seem odd that Rove (who has been so good at this stuff) would have this big a f*** up."

Maybe he was blinded by lust.

[verdalaven]

87. Maybe Rove thinks they are untouchable

If so, they are more vulnerable now than ever.

[KoKo]

99. Because, it's big enough it leads to Dems involved, too...that's why Rove

is "comfortable." He thinks that it will "stop" when we "Liberal Bloggers" find out that all of them are in the same "stew pot." So pulling out a piece of meat will mean that we take the veggies down with it...for the "full meal." :-( It's like a game of "chicken" with them...who will give up the search first...and it will be the Dems who are in this in small ways but have much more to lose than the Rove/Gingrich Power Boys who OWN IT ALL..and can "Crack that Whip." :shrug:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Are there links missing? the cache?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. You can go directly to the original link. They're all there. n/t

[blue neen]

6. The story will continue to develop, too.

Where there's smoke, there's fire!

The MSM can try to ignore Gannongate, but the story is not going to go away.

[FreedomAngel82]

36. Wow

Big news. Getting closer it seems like. Major props to everybody out there working on this story. :toast:

[calimary]

74. Make sure this gets to Keith Olbermann.

AND maybe Rolling Stone magazine? Seymour Hersh? They always seem to have to react and respond to him.

[Resin]

37. Gannongate?

I personally find Mangate much better!

[calimary]

108. Welcome to DU!

We need you - glad you're here!

[Sanity Claws]

7. Interesting but

I don't get the tie-in to the bait and switch Rovian remark.

[Just Me]

18. There will be greater focus on 527s working AGAINST government-

generated propaganda.

[notadmblnd]

8. did you by any chance save that sceenshot?

cause the org chart is gone now.

on edit: we were talking about this very thing the other day, I'm glad to see someone ran with it.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. I am sure you can ask the person who did the research at her

blog. :)

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

15. Here we go in Richard Powell. Yahoo has it cached.

http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=gopusa+richard+powell&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&u=www.gopusa.com/bios/richardpowell.shtml&w=gopusa+richard+powell&d=C94759931F&icp=1&.intl=us

[notadmblnd]

35. I was talking about the organization chart for the white house

everything about Dina Powell has been scrubbed form the link in your first post. I want to verify if she has access to Rove, Card and the little chimp herself.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

69. Office of Presidential Personnel

http://ap.beta.polardesign.com/history/bushgeorgew/bushIIstaffadvisers/administrationofthegovernment/officeofpresidentialpersonnel/h_index.shtml

Office of Presidential Personnel (EOP, The White House Office)


A President can make or control over 6,400 appointments to the executive and judicial branches. Much of his own reputation will ride on the quality of these men and women, 1,800 of whom will be subject to scrutiny and confirmation by the Senate. The President will, in addition, want his White House staff to oversee closely the choice of some or all of the 2,148 full-time, non-career jobholders appointed by his cabinet and agency heads. By vetting the candidates, balancing the pluses and minuses, the Office of Presidential Personnel helps prepare the chief for his decisions.




Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel and Deputy to the Chief of Staff
Clay Johnson III (2001-2003)
Dina Powell (2003- )

[KyndCulture]

63. Yes this is the same page I saw. nt

[liberalla]

38. Need to take the comma off ...

If you are talking about the second link in the original post,

"According to the official org charts of the White House, http://www.americanpresident.org, Dina Powell, only 31 years old, works directly for only three people...."

The reason it doesn't work is because there's a comma on the end of the link, "http://www.americanpresident.org,"

Remove the comma and the link will work.
"http://www.americanpresident.org"

Yes, Interesting story!

[notadmblnd]

43. org chart says she reports to clay Johnson

nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

85. That's an old one. She replaced him in 2003. n/t

[notadmblnd]

46. I checked the site, there is a short bio for Clay Johnson

he looks like he is her equal when I click on Dina Powells name, her page is blank. I was trying to read up the org chart to see who has contact to the chimp. But the Office of Personnel org chart just switches to her and Johnson.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

70. Thank you for the tip! :)

[caledesi]

9. The Internet is what is going to bring this thugs down. nt

[CoffeeCat]

22. I hope you're right, but...

...how do we move stories out of the blogosphere and into the MSM?

You can't force the corrupt MSM to cover a story.

Furthermore, I've been more than disappointed at CNN's coverage of Gannongate. As we all witnessed, Wolf and Howie positioned the bloggers as the bad guys and focused on non-issue.

Sorry to be such a pessimist, but I've lost all faith in the MSM. They don't cover the truth and when they do, they're constantly covering up the truth and jockeying for position--by putting BushCo into a protective scandal-free PR bubble.

[EFerrari]

10. Well done, Ommm. So much for the faux war on terra. n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

20. Thanks, but all I did was listen to the radio show and picked this

up at Randi's message board! The blogger deserves the credit! :)

[bluedipper]

12. update on my store

Hey everyone, I just made a brand new "One Nation under a President who thinks he is god" bumper sticker. Check it out at
www.cafepress.com/bluedipper
What better way to celebrate president's day than to buy anti W products! PEACE! -B

[Mr_Spock]

44. spamalamadingdong!

HEHE!

[flyarm]

13. no wonder jeff got a..

very rare interview with rove.. hardly anyone gets that interview and yet bloggerman jeff gannon did...hey real reporters you ought to be spitting nasty stuff ..and yet you are silent!!

and i suppose fosx will tell you rove knew nothing about this right??
hey you freeper lurking..rove did know...got it yet??

the prostitute was hired by your pimp boy!!

and i suppose freepers would tell you that rove had no idea how talon news was created right before gannon came to sit a few feet from the president!!

well i will tell you thats crap!!


someone close to me just signed on for a sports job with new radio network and this stuff takes alot( like over a year!) of time to get going and get the proper identification for!!

and thats for sports teams!!

so anyone telling you that this guy got into the white house within days of a new company ..i will tell you freepers lurking..bull feathers!!

fly

[Vinca]

14. I knew there must be a Rovian connection!

Good report, but whoever is responsible for getting him "in" either didn't realize he was "out" (if you get my drift) or was, maybe, partaking of the advertised "escort" services and, therefore, became acquainted with the Bulldog in ways we don't want to discuss here. Why else would he have been cleared to be in the White House? He must have had a personal recommendation.

[Botany]

16. Nice Catch

You get yourself some ROSES

[Just Me]

23. What a great snapshot of a GREAT LADY receiving what she deserved!

That truly warms my troubled heart!!!

[ebayfool]

116. Awww, I love that picture - she looks so happy!

Thanks, Botany ... I needed a good thought today!

[nytemare]

17. Is this how the memo about Plame got out?

Gee. :shrug:

[Laura PourMeADrink]

19. OSO -- Have you read all Do You Ever Wonder threads??

on this subject. DYEW has done a lot of excellent research. Also, the last thread is info on how to write Frank Lautenberg. Frank was investigating this whole thing hot and heavy. Congress is backing away!!!! And it is important to keep the pressure on them.


Here are all the threads:

Bush Propaganda Threads (including Gannon/GOPUSA/Talon, etc.)


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1595086#1595086

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1584853#1584853

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1589943#1589943

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1596666#1596666

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1589662#1589662

WRITE FRANK LAUTENBERG
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1590141#1590141

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

21. Thank you, will read them now! n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

26. Did someone really confirm that Richard M. Powell is Dina's husband?

If that is true then we do have a direct connection to the WH.

However, I did find out this morning, that Richard M. Powell of GOPUSA is not the same Richard Powell has the one that works for Quinn Gillespie.

BTW: Thanks for the acknowledgement, even if I was just half right.

[cosmicdot]

52. just read about 3 Richard Powells; see daily kos link below

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/13/22235/3796

Update <2005-2-14 3:52:11 by Marie>: First - Two lessons 1) When it looks too good, take a closer look. 2) Take care when relying upon the research of others. First the GOPUSA Powell is Richard M. Powell. His bio at Talon bears no resemblance to that of Richard Powell at Quinn/Gillespie. These are not the same person. Second - Dina Habib Powell appears to be married to a Richard Cruze Powell. Three different Richard Powells. So, we are back to no DC-TX physical link for GOPUSA/Talon.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

55. It states in Dina's bio that her husband Richard is a public affairs

advisor. That is exactly what Richard Powell of GOPUSA did in Texas. It appears that he worked closely with the Governor, and this is from a conference that he was involved with.

http://www.coe.tamu.edu/~alliance/conference/program.htm

Governor’s Math Initiative and Online Math Diagnostic Assessment System (Power Point presentation available)

Melanie Pritchett & Bobby Ott, Texas Education Agency

Richard Powell, JPX Interactive Technologies, Inc.

[KyndCulture]

60. I am searching for a marraige cert. or property ownership. nt

[DoYouEverWonder]

68. Thank you

I don't know how to do that sort of thing. It would be a big help.

Googling all the possible names comes up with very little of any of these folks.

You would think if Dina's husband was a public affairs executive, that he would come up on a search?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

78. I found a Richard C. Powell, Jr. here

http://www.acypl.org/

He is listed as a trustee. Nothing else on this person.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

80. Have you seen this? Picture of Powell?

http://www.first-draft.com/

Scan down, first picture after Rumsfeld.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

83. He looks like he could be more than just an advisor to Gov. Perry....

[kitkat65]

79. Check at the state or county level.

Assume Texas?

http://www.state.tx.us/

Texas Marriage indexes can be downloaded at

http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/marridx/marridx.htm

Edited to add more info as I keep finding more

[global1]

24. Why Is It That So Many Scandals, Political Scams, etc. Emanate Out of.....

Texas? This one has ties to Austin, Tx. Didn't the Swift Boat Vets come out of Texas. JFK(the original) was shot in Dallas. * was the governor of Texas. And I'm sure that this DU group can come up with a bunch more. Didn't the whole redistricting fiasco happen in Texas. Oil Money - maybe? Something else?

[EVDebs]

27. Harry Truman said Houston was the kook capital of the US

in his "Plain Speaking" book (until Ford assassination attempt in Northern CA, when media wanted a newer hipper locale).

[tavalon]

75. Then, that would make Texas

the kook capital of the world! And, as a twenty year resident of that "whole other county" as the tourist board likes to tout it, I can tell ya, that ain't far from the truth.

[Trish1168]

34. Texas oil money pulls the strings of government

I'm more and more convinced of this. Texas oil money (the powerful people) had many connections with the military industrial complex. I believe that an Armstrong, of the famous King Ranch, was on the board of Kellogg Brown and Root, now Halliburton, during Vietnam....and LBJ had many connections with this family...he clerked for a congressman in this family. In any case....KBR stood to make a lot of money in Vietnam (as does Halliburton today). And if you ask me, these people were behind JFK's asassination.

I also believe, this same crew, through Cheney, allowed 9/11 to happen (I'm not ready to say they made it happen....but I think they allowed it to happen).

[Eloriel]

76. An online book you'll appreciate

I thought it was breathtaking -- and very, very sad (to me). I could only read it a little at a time:

Farewell America by James Hepburn
http://www.jfk-online.com/farewell00.html

[yorkiemommie1]

81. another book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man

by John Perkins

reads like a Grisham novel but sadly is non-fiction.

all about the corporatocracy and the interlocking power elite. it's been mindblowing to me... about how these 'hit men' go to underdeveloped countries, inflate what their future gdps can be, get them heavily indebted to the US and set up governments that are friendly to our interests.

a highly readable must-read for all sentient folk.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

114. I heard the author, John Perkins on Coast To Coast last night, and it was

wonderful to know that he was sharing what he knows with the largest overnight audience in the country.

[FreedomAngel82]

41. It is strange

I think every person now in Bush's administration has some type of tie to Texas. :shrug: Probably back to Poppy as well.

[Old and In the Way]

59. I think you have it figured out.

Bush Republicanism and Big Oil = The End of Democracy.

[EVDebs]

25. Either Operation Mockingbird, military PsyOps, or in-house Rove

tactics. Take your pick, investigate all, and the best thing that bloggers do KEEP ASKING "WHY" ? MSM doesn't do that.

[KyndCulture]

28. Hey DU, this is my blog entry today....

I had no idea that this would stir the pot, but I have more. I only posted half of what I have on my blog because our trolls are so bad.


I will post the rest of this tonight.

Thank you for all the love and good wishes. I'm obessing, but it is paying off.


Lisa

KyndCulture
(RRMB Admin)

[Mr_Spock]

48. Nice Work!

Good to see :D

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

71. You are REMARKABLE!!!! Thank you so very much for the work

that you're doing!!! :)

[Trish1168]

29. Good digging....all that's left is to find the real smoking gun

Was he the first one told of Valerie Plame? I have read that Rove likes to give himself 'plausible deniability' so he has these low level hacks do his dirty work (ie. leaks) for him. Bush I fired Rove for one of his dirty tricks leaks. Bush I also said that leaking the identity of a CIA operative is the worst form of treason (how ironic).

This makes perfect sense (that Rove used Gannon for leaks). It seems to me that he'd have Gannon get the word out, and then reporters would call the Whitehouse to get confirmation (and they would confirm, but they would have done nothing wrong since the press heard it from Gannon).

To prove this, Gannon would have to confess, and this would be possible if he were being threatened with obstruction of justice. Unfortunately, this Fitzgerald guy is best buddies with someone high up at the department of justice. So the 'independent' prosecutor is not at all independent, which explains why Novack is not being threatened with jail time but the other reporters are.

We are in such a hole. They control the vote, the press, the courts, the system and most of the media.

Thank God for the internet and AirAmerica. Surely, they'll go after those eventually. How do we take our government back?

[Warren Stupidity]

30. I have a question that I haven't seen answered

Talon is currently advertising for a replacement volunteer reporter for their 'washington bureau' (what a joke that is.) Does this mean that man-whore was a volunteer? If so, exactly how was he supporting himself? Where was the money coming from?


Gay Sex For Hire Scandal Rocks Bush Administration!
=== Details on Faux News Tonight ====

[Eloriel]

77. ROTFL -- I can't believe you have to ask!! n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

86. hehehehehehehehehe

[liberalla]

118. Poor volunteer (unpaid) reporter...

That's why he had to keep his night job! hehe

[Canuckistanian]

31. Dina Powell - Keep saying that name

Dina Powell Dina Powell Dina Powell Dina Powell.

The final link in the chain! Now, if we could only get someone to investigate this and bring it out into the open, sort of like an investigative reporter who works in the media ... oh, never mind.

[benddem]

32. Someone has just uncovered

either a clip or transcript of Guckert asking a question of Ari Fleischer...long before Talon became an entity. He bragged about it on the Freeper website...or on his. I wish the SCLM would get it straight...we aren't concerned that the guy is gay...its that he's a whore. The freepers are all joyful that the Liberal Media isn't covering this story. They are so obtuse...it is amazing.

[janx]

73. I asked this question earlier --

was he asking propaganda questions of Ari also?

Do you have a link to any of the Ari activity?

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[DoYouEverWonder]

39. Hold the show folks

I just read the links and they are basing this connection from what I posted here on Sunday.

As of today, I have NOT been able to CONFIRM that this is the same Richard Powell.

Now I still think it is likely that it is. Dina went to UT. Powell went to Texas A&M.

Both were very connected to the TX GOP. Dina worked for Dick Armey and Powell worked for Gov. Perry.


However, I don't know how reliable this info is but someone new posted this on my thread this morning:

"These may be two different Richard Powells. Richard M. Powell's bio at GOPUSA says he is founder and president of JPX Interactive Technologies, Inc. A yellow pages listing shows a JPX INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES at an address in Austin, Tx. Travis County voter registration shows a RICHARD M POWELL at this same address with a birthdate in April 1965. The Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics shows a marriage between a POWELL, RICHARD C JR, age 31, and a HABIB, DINA O, age 25, in January 1998 in Travis County. (Habib is Dina's maiden name mentioned in the Washington Post article.) GOPUSA's Richard M. Powell would have been 32 years old at the time of the wedding. So there a difference in age, middle initial, and generational suffix. This all assumes the public records are correct."


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1589943

So far I am still digging around and if anyone can come up with a confirmation yea or nay, it would be greatly appreciated.

[caligirl]

50. keep digging, I can help if you can point me in the right direction.

[Botany]

40. Add Creative Response Concepts to the mix

Look @ their web site and the related web site ......

They might have been in on both the swift boats and Rather


HANNITY: Now, Jeff Gannon, who is a terrific Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for Talon News, actually shot me an e-mail today, and he's about to break a story in an exclusive about these CBS documents.
Gee, Sean it sucks when they have you on tape.


:tinfoilhat:

http://www.crc4pr.com /
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/10/forgery/in...

[KansDem]

42. Correction...

...someone who is allowed to stand within 10 feet of the President of the United States.

If you look at the now-famous photo of Bush patting/rubbing/touching the bald head of JJ, not only was JJ standing within 10 feet of the POTUS, he was making physical contact, or, at least, Bush was touching him...

Forget this "standing within 10 feet" bullshit; JJ was close enough to stick a shiv in Bush's ribs!

[KyndCulture]

49. ok YIKES... that was more than I thought.....

Can anyone help me find a marriage certificate or photo of the 2 of them together?

I've got seperate photos of them, but nothing together. We need to connect these 2 together.


They are both the right age, they are both of the same build as described, I have pictures of each of them, but not together. We are close on this people. Really we are.

[KansDem]

61. Photo...

http://juliusblog.blogspot.com/2004_04_01_juliusblog_archive.html#108300556134138351

[MadisonProgressive]

45. This is the crux to me

Further researching the board of directors of GOPUSA, records within the public domain for any public or private corporation reveals the name of one Richard Powell, as a member of it's board.
See Richard Powells Bio from GOPUSA.com: (These links have since been removed from all GOPUSA sites, this is the cached Google page)

Richard Powell, is none other than the husband of Dina Powell, Assistant to the President as the White House Chief of Personnel.

According to the official org charts of the White House, http://www.americanpresident.org, Dina Powell, only 31 years old, works directly for only three people. President Bush, Andrew Card (all paths and positions lead to Andrew Card) and none other than Karl Rove, the newly appointed White House Assistant Chief of Staff, and well known Senior Advisor to President Bush.

So, recapping, we have a fake reporter, for a fake news agency that was allowed daily access to the Whitehouse. We have a board member of the fake news agency tied to Austin, Tx whose wife is a high level staff member in the Oval Office, a staff position that carries with it the absolute final word on who gains access to the White House.

[caligirl]

47. Not so fast, this was discussed on another thread, someone

posted info that contradicts this theory possibly.

Do you mean Richard Powell?

This may not be a connection. Check this out:

http://www.madison.com/post/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6208#...

"These may be two different Richard Powells. Richard M. Powell's bio at GOPUSA says he is founder and president of JPX Interactive Technologies, Inc. A yellow pages listing shows a JPX INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGIES at an address in Austin, TX. Travis County voter registration shows a RICHARD M POWELL at this same address with a birthdate in April 1965. The Texas Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics shows a marriage between a POWELL, RICHARD C JR, age 31, and a HABIB, DINA O, age 25, in January 1998 in Travis County. (Habib is Dina's maiden name mentioned in the Washington Post article.) GOPUSA's Richard M. Powell would have been 32 years old at the time of the wedding. So there a difference in age, middle initial, and generational suffix. This all assumes the public records are correct."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3121629

[KyndCulture]

56. I doubt it. We are researching property records and marriage certs n/t

[notadmblnd]

65. a snip from Kos

http://r-lucian.dailykos.com/story/2005/2/13/22235/3796

Lots of rocks that dKossians might want to start trying to turn over to see what wiggles out from under them. Update <2005-2-14 3:52:11 by Marie>: First - Two lessons 1) When it looks too good, take a closer look. 2) Take care when relying upon the research of others. First the GOPUSA Powell is Richard M. Powell. His bio at Talon bears no resemblance to that of Richard Powell at Quinn/Gillespie. These are not the same person. Second - Dina Habib Powell appears to be married to a Richard Cruze Powell. Three different Richard Powells. So, we are back to no DC-TX physical link for GOPUSA/Talon.

[KoKo]

101. BEWARE THIS CAUTION...there are THREE POWELL's.. they don't lead

to Texas. And, I won't mention the most "infamous Powells" because for this "incident" they aren't relevant.

But the caution of this poster deserves another look...just so we don't come off as "Gleeful, Left Wing Conspiracy Theorists....:D

[notadmblnd]

103. I think it's the wrong path myself

however, I think it's the one they want us to go down. Although I think everything should be looked at, I think I'm going to go with my first instinct and keep looking in that direction.

BTW does anyone know if there was a Blackwell on the WH staff that recently resigned? I need to go back and look at that link again but I can't remember it. Remember the first name of the Blackwell that runs the "journalism school" that jimmy/jeff attended? Was it Morton?

[KoKo]

105. Yes...if one has the time..."every path" should be looked at...one never

knows which path will lead to the best info. I was just cautioning because there are so many working on this...didn't want folks to go off over the path "well trodden." :D...

[Zan_of_Texas]

111. Morton Blackwell.

"What Mr. Guckert seems to have been is not a journalist but a Republican dirty trickster. He was schooled at the Leadership Institute--an outfit run by veteran right-wing operative and Republican National Committee member Morton Blackwell. (It was Mr. Blackwell who distributed those cute "purple heart" Band-aids mocking Mr. Kerry’s war wounds at the Republican convention last summer.) His former employers at Talon News include leading Republican fund-raisers and former officials of the Texas Republican Party who have been active in partisan affairs for the past two decades."
-- Joe Conason, 2/21/2005 edition of The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/pages/conason.asp

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

119. According to this, yes.

"Jeff Gannon" and Karl Rove -- one degree of separation

Who is the conservative pseudo-journalist who calls himself "Jeff Gannon" and has a hard-to-get White House press pass, so he can toss softball questions at President Bush and rewrite press releases for a right-wing outlet called Talon News?

We wish we knew. We're on the trail, though. Here's a few more interesting things about Gannon, whose unlikely West Wing access is shedding new light on the unseemly White House propaganda machine.

One thing is that there's an excellent chance he's a native Pennsylvanian (wouldn't you just know it?). His "bio" on the Talon News site states "Jeff is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University System and holds a Bachelor of Science in Education." The vast majority of students who attend Penn State, either at State College or its many satellite campuses, tend to be in-state residents.

More interesting is that he and Karl Rove seem to share a mentor -- a largely under-the-radar wingnut named Morton Blackwell. It seems that "Jeff" also is a graduate of the the Leadership Institute Broadcast School of Journalism -- a conservative propagandist training school that was founded and is run by Blackwell and that operates on an $8 million annual budget which comes from God knows where.

http://www.pnionline.com/dnblog/extra/archives/001437.html

[kohodog]

51. Ok, lets see if this ties in to Rathergate

Somewhat speculative, I admit, But If I'm not mistaken (and this is mentioned on a trhread on GD), Hannity gave Jeff/Talon credit for the story. And we know Gannon frerquented FR. So while I habe no proof, it looks more and more like Gannon was being fed info by Rove or Card.

The pattern of the dots is shaping up, but I don't have time or knowhow to dig back into Hannity's quotes or the FR cache pages.

[Carni]

67. Wait a minute...I thought "buckhead" broke "Rathergate"

The freeper SN "buckhead"

Am I confusing my sleezy freerepublic scams?

[kohodog]

72. May have been, but if Hannity gave credit to Gannon

It would almost prove a link between Rove/Gannon.

[Carni]

98. Yes, I read Hannity's preserved blatherings earlier

Apparently buckhead spiked the news to Gannon so he could take the credit within his little repuke closet cabal.

No offense to gay men...but I would bet big money that Hannity isn't what he appears to be and I would love to be able to do some digging on him.

[starroute]

93. There are a couple of connections of Gannon to Rathergate

1) "Buckhead" (Harry W. MacDougald) is on the advisory board of the Southeastern Legal Federation. Bruce Eberle did work for Southeastern Legal during the anti-Clinton jihad and considered them one of his pet causes.

2) Mike Krempasky who set up the rathergate site was an instructor at the Leadership Institute (where Gannon took his journalism seminar) from 1999 to 2002. Krempasky is also the political director of American Target Advertising, owned by Richard Viguerie, for whom Bruce Eberle worked before he set up on his own in 1974. Morton Blackwell, founder of the Leadership Institute, also worked for Viguerie through much of the 70's.

So there definitely seems to be a kind of Viguerie/Blackwell/Eberle thing going here. In addition, Blackwell has been the GOP's premier teacher of political dirty tricks for over thirty years, while Viguerie and Eberle both have a long history of direct-mail fundraising scams.

[Carni]

97. Ah! Thanks I didn't know this info

In addition I wonder if several of these clowns were all client's of Gannon?

[BigBearJohn]

53. Gives new meaning to the word "PACK-o-derm" (see attached)

THANKS FOR THIS POST. YOU MADE MY WEEK!

[paineinthearse]

54. .

a staff position that carries with it the absolute final word on who gains access to the White House.

The smoking gun.

Good work, Liberal Patriots!

[jhain]

58. WP on Dina P

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html

"It's the largest fire hydrant to drink out of in all of Washington," says G. Calvin Mackenzie, a presidential historian at Colby College who specializes in the personnel office. "It's the center of a political maelstrom all the time. There are more than 4,000 jobs" to be filled with each new presidency, "and each one is a little drama of its very own. You have to have a thick skin, to work very hard, and more importantly than anything, you have to have the ear of the president."

About this, Powell will say only that she meets with the president "regularly." In this disciplined White House, there are usually only four people, outside the legal vetters, who know which people have gotten the nod -- Bush, Vice President Cheney, political adviser Karl Rove and Powell. Asked if Powell simply prepares the paperwork or actually makes recommendations on hiring, Office of Management and Budget director Josh Bolten says, "Both."

"It's not at all a case that she collects a few things," says Bolten. "She is the quarterback of the whole process." Margaret Spellings, the domestic policy adviser tapped to become education secretary, who sits beside Powell every morning at the senior staff meeting, dismisses any suggestion that all appointments are masterminded by Rove. "Oh, my gosh, even if you believed that," says Spellings, "there's just too much work. If Karl Rove had to do everything that is attributed to him, we would have to change our policy on cloning."

[Donailin]

64. kickin it

christ, I need to eat dinner, but this story is developing by the minute!

[OneTwentyoNine]

62. I'm showing about 8 different address for him......

I have a 30 day subscription to People Finders,its showing eight different addresses for Guckert including a PO box in Newark,DE and he also used to live in Cincinnati,OH. The 5721 Kennett Pike address is a match,its the right guy.

Gee,wonder what a background check would bring up??

[WLKjr]

66. Snap! an OhIo? address??

damn this stuff just hits way too close to home!


I almost bet there was some gay sex (no offense anyone but I know it pisses off the trolls!)going on in the WH.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

84. Dina Powell WP Article - 1/11/5

http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/images/I64553-2005Jan10L

Dina Powell, the West Wing's Hire Power

By Ann Gerhart
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 11, 2005; Page C01

In Dina Powell's nicely appointed West Wing office there are two boxes.

One is silver, intricately crafted, and sits atop a table. She will let you admire it and readily talk about how she bought it on a return visit to Cairo, where she was born to middle-class Egyptians who came to Dallas for a better life.

The other, sturdy and squat, sits on the floor. She won't say much about it, except to laugh and allow "it can come in handy." It is a safe, for locking up files.

Powell is the president's headhunter, charged with filling hundreds of jobs in the next several weeks -- ambassadors, Cabinet heads, undersecretaries, commissioners. She is the soul of discretion. What's in the safe? Forget it.

Those new people tramping the corridors of federal power will have left some part of themselves with Powell, who at 31 is the youngest person ever to direct the presidential personnel office and its roughly 35 employees.

Full Article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html

[ProgressivePatriot]

88. I just posted the marriage license of Powell/Habib

www.liberalpatriots.com


Certificate Number: 127375
Date of Application: 01/15/1998 12:00:00 AM
Groom: POWELL, RICHARD JR
Bride: HABIB, DINA ONSY
Maiden Surname:
Date of Marriage: 01/10/1998
Volume: 308
Page: 2197
Image:

And this document can be fount at:
http://deed.co.travis.tx.us/ click on marriage and enter one of their last names.

[ProgressivePatriot]

89. There seems to be confusion as to Powell Jr.'s middle name.

From www.fundrace.org I found these 3 political contributions.

MRS. DINA H POWELL
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
US GOVERNMENT
George W. Bush
$2,000 3525 N DINWIDDIE St (map)
ARLINGTON, VA 22207

and then these two:

MR. RICHARD CRUZE POWELL, JR.
CONSULTANT
QUINN GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES
George W. Bush
$1,000 3525 N DINWIDDIE St (map)
ARLINGTON, VA 22207

MR. RICHARD C POWELL, JR.
PROFESSIONAL
QUINN GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES
George W. Bush
$1,000 3525 N DINWIDDIE ST (map)
ARLINGTON, VA 22207

Therefore, it is my belief that Dina is married to Richard Cruze and/or Richard C. Powell Jr. based on the address information from FundRace.
Richard M. Powell is another person or does not exist.

[Generator]

92. Wait a darn minute

Quinn Gillespie is associated with BOTH POWELLS?

http://www.quinngillespie.com/about/powell.phtml

[DoYouEverWonder]

95. No, but Quinn Gillespie had people inside both campaigns

It is starting to look like Dina is actually married to Richard Powell or Richard C Powell who is the managing director of Quinn Gillespie.

Quinn Gillespie is probably not connected to Gannon, but their connection to both campaigns is another kettle of fish entirely.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

112. Would working for Quinn Gillepsie be considered a Public Affairs

Executive?

[Generator]

90. Richard Cruze Powell Jr.

Not Richard M Powell.

Damn!

House sold:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34973-2004Jan21?language=printer

27TH ST. N., 5054-Dina Habib and Richard Cruze Powell Jr. to Mark Edward Lees and Jennifer Anne Goedke, $510,000.

[justiceischeap]

106. Richard Powell of Quinn Gillespie IS Dina Powell's Husband

So I went to Yahoo on a lark and typed in Dina Powell in the address finder. This is what I got:

5054 27th St N
Arlington, VA

http://phone.people.yahoo.com/py/psPhoneSearch.py?srch=bas&D=1&FirstName=Dina&LastName=Powell&City=Arlington&State=&Phone=&Search=Phone+and+Address+Search

So then I went to FEC.gov and typed in Richard Powell:

It's the first listing. Look at the address, then look at the employer:

[sundancekid]

128. and the fec.gov list is a gift that keeps on giving ... look at the other

contributions down the list by richard c powell jr in arlington, va:
mel martinez
shelby
bush-cheney
elizabeth dole

[ProgressivePatriot]

129. Here is what I have compiled from public records.

Common data for Richard C. (Cruze) and Dina Onsy Habib-Powell

Name: DINA HABIB POWELL DOB:06/18/1973
SSN: 450-45-xxxx issued in Texas between 01/01/1978 and 12/31/1979
Age: 31
or?
DINA L HABIB DOB:06/23/1973 Age: 31
450-45-xxxx issued in Texas between 01/01/1978 and 12/31/1979 This is important in criminal records. Birthdate matches Dina Habib Powell.

Name: RICHARD CRUZE POWELL JR DOB:07/03/1967
SSN: 411-19-xxxx issued in Tennessee between 01/01/1974 and 12/31/1975
Age: 37
or?
R C POWELL JR DOB:08/1944 Age: 60
411-19-xxxx issued in Tennessee between 01/01/1974 and 12/31/1975 Social Security 30 years after birth??

DINA H POWELL - 3525 N DINWIDDIE ST, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2843, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Oct 2003 - Feb 2004)
3525 N DINWIDDIE ST, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2843, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Oct 2003 - Feb 2004)
5054 27TH ST N, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2760, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Feb 2001 - Sep 2002)
260 W 72ND ST APT 7C, NEW YORK NY 10023-2822, NEW YORK COUNTY (May 2000 - May 2001)
3530 S WAKEFIELD ST, ARLINGTON VA 22206-1708, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Aug 1998 - Oct 2000)
503 W 27TH ST, AUSTIN TX 78705-4006, TRAVIS COUNTY (Apr 1996 - Oct 2000)

Name Owner 1 - POWELL RICHARD JR
Name Owner 2 - DINA HABIB
Address - 3525 N DINWIDDIE ST, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2843, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Owner's Address - 3525 N DINWIDDIE ST, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2843, ARLINGTON COUNTY

DINA HABIB POWELL - 5054 27TH ST N, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2760, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Feb 2001 - Sep 2002)
Name of Seller - POWELL RICHARD C JR & DINA H
Address - 5054 27TH ST N, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2760, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Name Owner 1 - POWELL RICHARD CRUZE JR
Name Owner 2 - DINA HABIB
Address - 5054 27TH ST N, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2760, ARLINGTON COUNTY
Owner's Address - 5054 27TH ST N, ARLINGTON VA 22207-2760, ARLINGTON COUNTY

Dina Habib Powell.. 260 W 72ND ST APT 7C, NEW YORK NY 10023-2822, NEW YORK COUNTY (May 2000 - May 2001)
Richard C. Powell Jr- 260 W 72ND ST APT 7C, NEW YORK NY 10023-2822, NEW YORK COUNTY (Jun 2000 - Oct 2000)

Dina Habib Powell - 3530 S WAKEFIELD ST, ARLINGTON VA 22206-1708, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Aug 1998 - Oct 2000)
Richard C. Powell Jr - 3530 S WAKEFIELD ST, ARLINGTON VA 22206-1708, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Dec 1998 - Dec 1999)

Dina Habib - 3246 S STAFFORD ST, ARLINGTON VA 22206-2013, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Oct 1997 - Sep 1998)
Richard C. Powell Jr - 3246 S STAFFORD ST, ARLINGTON VA 22206-2013, ARLINGTON COUNTY (Dec 1997 - Jan 1999)


Dina H Powell Criminal Records

Virginia Court:
Name: DINA H POWELL
SSN: 450-45-xxxx
State of Origin: Virginia
DOB: 06/23/1973
Race: WHITE CAUCASIAN (NON-HISPANIC)
Sex: Female

Offenses:
Offense #1
Case Number: 013GT0101017800
Offense Date: 02/18/2001
Arrest Level/Degree: INFRACTION
Court Case Number: 013GT0101017800
Court Offense: VIO OF HWY SIGN
Court Disposition: PREPAID
Court Disposition Date: 04/04/2001
Court Level/Degree: INFRACTION

Virginia Court:
Name: DINA H POWELL
SSN: 450-45-xxxx
State of Origin: Virginia
DOB: 06/23/1973
Race: WHITE CAUCASIAN (NON-HISPANIC)
Sex: Female

Offenses:
Offense #1
Case Number: 013GT0105185900
Offense Date: 08/28/2001
Arrest Level/Degree: INFRACTION
Court Case Number: 013GT0105185900
Court Offense: SPEEDING 47/30
Court Disposition: PREPAID
Court Disposition Date: 10/17/2001
Court Level/Degree: INFRACTION

Virginia Court:
Name: DINA H POWELL
SSN: 450-45-xxxx
State of Origin: Virginia
DOB: 06/23/1973
Race: WHITE CAUCASIAN (NON-HISPANIC)
Sex: Female

Offenses:
Offense #1
Case Number: 013GT0201337200
Offense Date: 03/07/2002
Arrest Level/Degree: INFRACTION
Court Case Number: 013GT0201337200
Court Offense: SPEEDING 46/30
Court Disposition: GUILTY IN ABSENTIA
Court Disposition Date: 04/12/2002
Court Level/Degree: INFRACTION

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

113. It's weird. Richard M. Powell ran for Precinct Chairman in Travis County.

He lost BTW!

http://216.109.117.135/search/cache?p=%22richard+m.+powell%22+texas&toggle=1&ei=UTF-8&xargs=0&pstart=1&b=11&u=www.co.travis.tx.us/county_clerk/election/20020312/Enight_Results.pdf&w=%22richard+m+powell%22+texas&d=9E9B61D04B&icp=1&.intl=us

[deutsey]

121. DINA POWELL: Want White House Work? Call Her

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,1007059,00.html

Part personnel geek and part administration cheerleader, Dina Powell, Bush’s chief headhunter, is plugged into the business world.
By Cora Daniels

Dina Powell has thousands of "babies" in the Bush administration. That is what she calls her hires, "my babies," as she exclaims with pride in her office in the West Wing. Powell heads the Office of Presidential Personnel, meaning she is, in effect, the President's personal headhunter. Powell's office fills the more than 4,000 presidential appointments, including several hundred that need Senate confirmation.

*****
You need to be a subscriber to read the rest (I'm not a subscriber...I just found this through Google).

[susu369]

127. Take notice of writer: Ann Gerhart

She also wrote book on Laura Bush - The Perfect Wife.

I'd say Ann Gerhart is a huge bu$h fan.

[riverwalker]

91. dupe sorry n/t

[HR_Pufnstuf]

94. Dear Howard Kurtz.

When we are doing your job, do not complain about our tactics.

[starroute]

96. Don't forget Tim Goeglein of the White House Office of Public Liaison

Goeglein was among the attendees at the 2003 and 2004 GOPUSA Conservative Conferences. He's as close a link to Rove as I've yet seen.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23206-2004Dec23.html

Pipeline to the President For GOP Conservatives
December 24, 2004

Officially, Goeglein, a 40-year-old who looks as if he would be carded trying to buy a beer, is deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison, one of four White House political departments run by uberstrategist Karl Rove. Yet Goeglein's role is much more central to how this president operates -- and wins elections -- than the job title suggests, according to several Republicans outside and inside the White House.

It is Goeglein's job to make sure conservatives are happy, in the loop and getting their best ideas before the president and turned into laws. With Goeglein's assistance, Christian conservatives, for instance, were successful in lobbying Bush to push for abstinence-first funding to combat AIDs and speak out against the persecution of Christians in Sudan, according to Charles W. Colson, an evangelical Christian who works closely with Bush and Goeglein.

<snip>

Most mornings at 8:30, Rove huddles with about eight White House aides from the four political offices to plot strategy. These offices are public liaison, intergovernmental affairs, political affairs and strategic initiatives.

This is where Rove, Goeglein and others share thoughts on synthesizing the president's ideas, enlisting outside assistance to sell them and heading off potential fights with or among supporters on the outside. When the meeting lets out, Goeglein operates as an ambassador of sorts for Bush and Rove.

[LibertyorDeath]

100. *

"A conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words." - John Lennon

:kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick::kick:

[mordarlar]

102. More on Richard Powell...

Apparently he is the Managing Director for Quinn Gillespie & Assoc. LLC.

DoYouEverWonder ran a great post on this company. Apparently they work BOTH sides of the fence.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1589943#1589951

[donco6]

104. Rove-Guckert. That's the connection.

Mark my words. Rove knows Guckert through a sexual connection (Rove being a flaming queer - my gaydar can't be that offbase). That's how G. got connected to the press pool prior to formation of Talon News.

[notadmblnd]

126. Regarding Rove guckert

I think the Rove Guckert connection is via Eberle not Powell. It is documented here somewherehere on DU that Eberle met with Rove.

[deeplydisturbed]

107. we really need to get to the bottom of this

If there is a deeper connection, I, like many other rational people, want to know what is going on! Everyday this story sickens me more b/c of the obvious hypocrisy. It is unbelievable that repugs consistently marginalize other peoples beliefs but then end up being exactly what they say they hate.
If this turns into a gay sex scandal within the whorehouse, oops, i mean whitehouse, i will laugh until the end of my days at the irony.

[Bozvotros]

109. Like father like son

Don't forget Daddy got a pass when his White House call boy scandal was suddenly vaporized off the front pages. We will have to stay on this. LTTE on this matter could be one way to keep it alive. And I don't think it would hurt to remind folks today of what happened back when Daddy was lord of the manor. Wasn't junior a regular at the White House back then? This matter could have the double benefit of making their gay bashing appear even more vindictive and hypocritical.

[Lorien]

115. I also think there's more to "PropaGannonGate" than meets

the eye. I think we're seeing just the tip of a very massive and ugly iceberg here. Grab some popcorn!

[merh]

110. Gannon Reported for GOPUSA News in February 2003

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3127394#3127516

[DoyBoy]

117. When will someone ask the question that was asked Clinton?

Did George W. Bush engage in sex with Gannon/Guckert? With all that is being unveiled, this question begs to be asked.

More on the possibility of Bush being homo/bisexual http://bushssecretlifein84.tripod.com/

[Benbow]

120. Sydney Blumenthal, Guardian newspaper, 17 Feb 2005

is a joy to read. :-)

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1416370,00.html>

'A hireling, a fraud and a prostitute
Bush's agent in the press corps has given spin a new level of meaning

... The Bush White House is the most opaque - allowing the least access for reporters - in living memory. Every news organisation has been intimidated, and reporters who have done stories the administration finds discomfiting have received threats about their careers. The administration has its own quasi-official state TV network in Fox News; hundreds of rightwing radio shows, conservative newspapers and journals and internet sites coordinate with the Republican apparatus.

Inserting an agent directly into the White House press corps was a daring operation. Until his exposure, he proved useful for the White House. But the longer-term implication is the Republican effort to sideline an independent press and undermine its legitimacy. "Spin" seems quaint. "In this day and age," said press secretary McClellan, waxing philosophical about the Gannon affair, "when you have a changing media, it's not an easy issue to decide or try to pick and choose who is a journalist." It is not that the White House press secretary cannot distinguish who is or is not a journalist; it is that there are no journalists, just the gaming of the system for the concentration of power.'

Sidney Blumenthal is former senior adviser to President Clinton and author of The Clinton Wars


I am too new to be allowed to start new threads, otherwise I would have made this a "seed" message.

[Rockholm]

122. They can run but they can not hide from.....

THE TRUTH.
They can manipulate the truth, whitewash, massage and circumvent the truth, but in the end, the TRUTH always comes out.
BushCo, you are through.

[Callboy]

123. word to the wise

beware of rovian politics. his political judo gets you every time.

[John_H]

125. Only because our leaders won't fight. So the next time you

roll off your first cousin long enough to think for a minute contemplate this: Karl Rove is like a football team made up of republican operatives--their opponents walk off the field and three plays later they score a touchdown.

Look on the bright side. If you had 99% of the major media on your side 24/7 even an idiot like you could be Karl Rove.

[John_H]

124. Here's what someone needs to do:

1) find out how Gannon and Powell "hooked up."

2) Find out how closely Powell directed the operations of Talon.

These connections are going to go nowhere until we can show a cause and effect relationship.

[rodeodance]

130. Maybe Maueen Dowd would be interested to doing some legwork -as

she wrote a scathing piece about the Gannon issue in today's NYTimes.