Gannonorama

I have not been really plugged in to this Jeff Gannon/JD Guckert "Talon News" story until today. But it's fucking insane. AmericaBlog has the best summary of it if you're looking to understand it better. Suffice to say this:

A man is credentialed as a White House press reporter, gets to sit in on White House press briefings, and ask questions of the Press Secretary and the President. (which are always softballs that might as well have been written by the RNC) Here's the thing; he's using a fake name (the WH Press pass has a pseudonym on it), he is the alleged owner of gay military prostitution websites, and he has reported on secret internal White House memos to which no other press organization has access.

Confused? Go to AmericaBlog. This is an out of control story that's already hit cable news tonight, and I suspect it will filter into the mainstream shortly. In an age of "the global war on terror," tell me, why is a man with a fake name allowed into White House press briefings? Why is he allowed to talk to the President? Why is the owner of "militaryescortsm4m.com" pretending to be a reporter, and asking softball questions to Scott McClellan? Why does Talon News appear to be nothing more than a construct of GOP USA, a Republican think tank?

This is poised to become the story of the year.