About this "White House Insider"...What do we know?

reply to post by Hefficide


Christian Faith Financial? I would think they should be giving interest-free loans, but they don't. Not very Christ-like.

reply to post by InvisibleAlbatross


No, in fact they are a obscenely high interest rate, "payday loan scam" that the good folks at Anti-Fraud International are aware of too!

People on ATS love rabbit holes.... and this one is deep!

~Heff

Originally posted by Hefficide
And regarding Newsflavor.com

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The phone number resolves to this:

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15111 N. Hayden Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85260

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And using this information I came across this interesting page about the business located at that address, involving a complaint of credit card fraud...

Info about fraud

Which then led me to a plethora of such complaints...

Here
Yeah, definitely the folks an "insider" would go to as a means of releasing information.
~Heff

edit on 11/2/10 by Hefficide because: fixed bad tag

Any one with their domain registered with GoDaddy with private registration is going to show the exact same info as you posted.

You can see the difference between private & public registration here: www.domainsbyproxy.com...

This is an interesting and lengthy article on Hilllbuzz (die-hard Clinton supporters) about the Washington Insider's leaks. This group will never forget how Obama humiliated and degraded the Clinton's during the 2008 campaign. Sweet revenge is their top priority.



hillbuzz.org...

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Yes, but the info there leads to info that leads elsewhere... Currently I am digging through the trail - researching a company in Allen, Texas...

In fact I think I have the culprits pretty well ferreted out now and am just crossing my Ts and dotting my Is...

~Heff

ETA: In fact here is the rabbit hole, for all to see: Very, very complex and twisted too...

Here is the man behind Newsflavor.com

~Heff

Originally posted by Hefficide
reply to post by OneisOne

 

Yes, but the info there leads to info that leads elsewhere... Currently I am digging through the trail - researching a company in Allen, Texas...

In fact I think I have the culprits pretty well ferreted out now and am just crossing my Ts and dotting my Is...

~Heff

ETA: In fact here is the rabbit hole, for all to see: Very, very complex and twisted too...

Here is the man behind Newsflavor.com

~Heff

edit on 11/2/10 by Hefficide because: (no reason given)

ReaLLY?

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Agreed...let's look at the names:

* Chris Lu—Executive Director - Still working in Obama's Administration
en.wikipedia.org...

* Dan Pfeiffer—Communications Director - Still working in Obama's Administration
en.wikipedia.org...

* Stephanie Cutter—Chief Spokesperson - Not officiallly in Obama's Administartion, but is working on communication plan for the Health Care Bill
en.wikipedia.org...


* Cassandra Butts—General Counsel - Former Deputy White House Counsel in Obama's Administration. No news of her being an advisor to another campaign.
en.wikipedia.org...

* Jim Messina—Personnel Director - Current White House Deputy Chief of Staff
en.wikipedia.org...(politician)

* Patrick Gaspard—Associate Personnel Director - Current Director of the Office of Political Affairs
en.wikipedia.org...

* Christine Varney--Personnel Counsel - Current Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice. She was never part of Obama's administration, and there is no news of her being on a current campaign
en.wikipedia.org...

* Melody Barnes—Co-Director of Agency Review - Current Director of the Domestic Policy Council
en.wikipedia.org...

* Lisa Brown—Co-Director of Agency Review - Current Staff Secretary.
en.wikipedia.org...(lawyer)

* Phil Schiliro—Director of Congressional Relations - Current Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
en.wikipedia.org...

* Michael Strautmanis—Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs - Current Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement
en.wikipedia.org...

* Katy Kale—Director of Operations - Can't find too much information about Katy Kale. Looks like she was a designee for a council in the Office of Management and Administration...but that is about all I could find.
www.whitehouse.gov...

* Brad Kiley—Director of Operations - Current Director, White House Office of Management and Administration. hard to find information on this guy too...but from the same link above, and other sources show him as holding this position since 2009.


So none of these people fit the description. But I'm sure there are more involved with the transition team we can check out. I'm looking into it now.

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Nice digging Heff.

I hope you find something interesting you can share with us.

reply to post by Stormdancer777


Everything points there. Phone numbers, IP traces, and a LOT of other peoples previous work due to the credit card scams.

I'm still tracing everything to be sure, but it looks like that one company is the source.

~Heff

Originally posted by Erica1631
This is an interesting and lengthy article on Hilllbuzz (die-hard Clinton supporters) about the Washington Insider's leaks. This group will never forget how Obama humiliated and degraded the Clinton's during the 2008 campaign. Sweet revenge is their top priority.



hillbuzz.org...

Oh that's good one, and so much of this was know before the election, it's a shame.

Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by Stormdancer777

 

Agreed...let's look at the names:

* Chris Lu—Executive Director - Still working in Obama's Administration
en.wikipedia.org...

* Dan Pfeiffer—Communications Director - Still working in Obama's Administration
en.wikipedia.org...

* Stephanie Cutter—Chief Spokesperson - Not officiallly in Obama's Administartion, but is working on communication plan for the Health Care Bill
en.wikipedia.org...


* Cassandra Butts—General Counsel - Former Deputy White House Counsel in Obama's Administration. No news of her being an advisor to another campaign.
en.wikipedia.org...

* Jim Messina—Personnel Director - Current White House Deputy Chief of Staff
en.wikipedia.org...(politician)

* Patrick Gaspard—Associate Personnel Director - Current Director of the Office of Political Affairs
en.wikipedia.org...

* Christine Varney--Personnel Counsel - Current Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust at the United States Department of Justice. She was never part of Obama's administration, and there is no news of her being on a current campaign
en.wikipedia.org...

* Melody Barnes—Co-Director of Agency Review - Current Director of the Domestic Policy Council
en.wikipedia.org...

* Lisa Brown—Co-Director of Agency Review - Current Staff Secretary.
en.wikipedia.org...(lawyer)

* Phil Schiliro—Director of Congressional Relations - Current Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
en.wikipedia.org...

* Michael Strautmanis—Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs - Current Chief of Staff to the Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement
en.wikipedia.org...

* Katy Kale—Director of Operations - Can't find too much information about Katy Kale. Looks like she was a designee for a council in the Office of Management and Administration...but that is about all I could find.
www.whitehouse.gov...

* Brad Kiley—Director of Operations - Current Director, White House Office of Management and Administration. hard to find information on this guy too...but from the same link above, and other sources show him as holding this position since 2009.


So none of these people fit the description. But I'm sure there are more involved with the transition team we can check out. I'm looking into it now.

Thanks OK, that makes it easier.

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OK, I'm confused.

You are saying that Domains By Proxy, the company that shows when a website had private registration with GoDaddy, are the people behind Newsflavor.com?

I have over 20 domains registered with Domains by Proxy, all would show Whois info you posted.

Just because Domains By Proxy holds the private registration info does not mean they are the ones doing the fraud.

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I've spent quite a bit of time on this Insider stuff from the beginning before it became an issue here at ATS. I just finished downloading and reformatting the articles. It's a real mess (physically, I mean) to get this straightened out and in order well enough to make sense of it. I'm trying to study these articles with two things in mind.

First, who is the Insider? That is, is he a real person or did Ulsterman make him up? Second, what is the veracity of the Insider? Can anything he says be verified? Are his predictions accurate? Does his story make any sort of internal and cohesive sense at all?

I agree completely with the OP that Ulsterman is a blogger of little consequence. That's the beauty of the Internet, isn't it? Even the OP or myself can start a thread and discuss an issue. So to use Ulserman's inconsequence as a point against him is, in fact, a mistake. Indeed, at one point the Insider makes clear that he has approached Ulsterman on purpose just because he is little known. On October 25th he said this:

(Laughs) Your readers! You are really getting into this thing now aren’t you!? Your readers…uh-huh. Don’t forget who gave you this information. Don’t forget who can take it away, ok? And I will. You’re playing your part in this – and I am writing the script. Don’t you -expletive- forget that.

There are several other comments by the Insider that suggest he deems himself in charge and that he is doing it this way for a reason. Now maybe that's just Ulsterman with a pre-emptive strike, but in reading Ulsterman's other stuff it strikes me that he isn't positioned well enough to make this stuff up on his own. He's not that good of a writer. Now that begs the question of whether he is being played. That could very well be true, but I don't think it's fiction. At least Ulsterman does not think it is fiction.

In terms of the Insider's identity, we don't know much and these could be intentional crumbs. But here it is, which is not much. He quit the White House in July or early August. He is a "contract" person, not an employee. He has been at the White House in this and other administrations. He worked on Obama's campaign. He has decades of experience with the Democratic party. He describes himself as 'working the ground game.' He is now working on a campaign that has received national attention. After reading through every word of these articles that's just about all we know. Someone more familiar with the players and closer to them might be able to glean more clues, but that's all I could pull out of it.

So now we turn to what the Insider has said. Did he in fact 'get it right?' And, just as important, even if he DID get it right, are his predictions so obvious that anyone even remotely aware of the issues could have easily made the same predictions? I think we have to be very careful to get the context right here. It may be obvious to us all now on Election Day what is going down, but were we on September 7th when the first article appeared?

Here's what the Insider said on September 18th and 21st:

And the ones who did voice concerns…they are, or will be, among the first to go. And it’s coming sooner rather than later....All kinds of news is going to be coming surrounding the Obama White House and the Democrat leadership. Watch for Pelosi in particular. That will be the key when you know the door is getting kicked open and the truth of just how chaotic things have become gets out into the open (Sep 18)....WH divided as there are a number of them from the Clinton adm[inistration]. Suspicions at all time high. -Name withheld- on way out. Should be announced soon. (Sep 21)

A few hours after this was published senior White House economic advisor Larry Summers, a former member of the Clinton White House, (and ex President of Harvard, an economist) announced his intention to leave the Obama White House. This was the head economics guy at the White House. Then on October 1st Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, resigned. On October 8th General James Jones, National Secuity Advisor, resigned. I think you have to admit that these resignations show the Insider was right on the money.

On September 21st the Insider reported that Nancy Pelosi was "DC Toast." Now today that doesn't seem so far fetched, but in September, unless you frequent places like Hannity and Beck, the MSM was not saying that Pelosi herself was in trouble. If she actually does "retire" after today, we'd have to give the Insider a point. If she "takes down the White House," we'd have to give him two. Who knows what that means, of course. Interestingly, the Insider is not the only one reporting on this: Wayne Madsen who claims to be an insider himself, confirms Obama's depression, his smoking, and the general level of turmoil in the White House described by Ulsterman. Confirmation by independent sources is part of the journalistic toolbox. And here we have it from an independent source.

Of course, the biggest thing is the so-called emerging scandal centering around Chicago. The Insider's prediction is that after the election this will start to unravel. We'll have to wait and see, of course.

As you can readily see from the information above, the "Insider" has been correct in his predictions insofar as they have come to fruition. I don't think calling Ulsterman a nobody, which is essentially an ad hominem attack, does anything at all to prove or disprove this information. If the Chicago thing actually happens, I think that is all the confirmation you will need. If Hillary challenges Obama for the primary, she'll have to resign pretty quickly here to pull it off. I'm guessing January. Those are the things to look for. And if they happen, all the "This is bunk!" statements in the world are not going to make a darned bit of difference. They sound like whistling past the graveyard to me, but only time will tell.

reply to post by Hefficide


you are forgetting ip spoofing and internet sites and trails can be bounced all over the world if need be

to the op .

i am sure that there is dirt on obama he has made way to enemies and deservingly so

the information is coming from somewhere hell maybe even obama himself.

disinformation is the art of the government

Originally posted by Erica1631
This is an interesting and lengthy article on Hilllbuzz (die-hard Clinton supporters) about the Washington Insider's leaks. This group will never forget how Obama humiliated and degraded the Clinton's during the 2008 campaign. Sweet revenge is their top priority.



hillbuzz.org...

Another WOW! I just read this. It starts out as sort of a condemnation of the "insider", and then proceeds to list in uncanny detail what all the possible upcoming scandals might be.

I urge everyone on this thread to also read through this.

reply to post by schuyler


I appreciate the effort...I feel like you have already made up your mind tho by reviewing your replies in other threads about this source, you seem to already believe he is legit.

I agree completely with the OP that Ulsterman is a blogger of little consequence. That's the beauty of the Internet, isn't it? Even the OP or myself can start a thread and discuss an issue. So to use Ulserman's inconsequence as a point against him is, in fact, a mistake. Indeed, at one point the Insider makes clear that he has approached Ulsterman on purpose just because he is little known.

(Laughs) Your readers! You are really getting into this thing now aren’t you!? Your readers…uh-huh. Don’t forget who gave you this information. Don’t forget who can take it away, ok? And I will. You’re playing your part in this – and I am writing the script. Don’t you -expletive- forget that.

There is a difference between me and you starting a thread and having a discussion on an issue and someone claiming they have "inside information". I don't see it as a mistake that the blogger is unknown...and not only that but also ANONYMOUS. What does Ulsterman have to hide his identity? He isn't the one with "inside" information...he is just reporting it (allegedly). Unless of course he is making this all up...and then I could see why he wants to remain anonymous.

And that quote you provided does not prove that he picked him because he was unknown...it sounds more like a hollywood threat of "I made you, I can break you". Ulsterman has 688 friends on his facebook page...outside of a few internet blogs and ATS...he is not known at all.

Ulsterman's other stuff it strikes me that he isn't positioned well enough to make this stuff up on his own. He's not that good of a writer. Now that begs the question of whether he is being played. That could very well be true, but I don't think it's fiction. At least Ulsterman does not think it is fiction.

I reviewed some of his older articles before this "insider" showed up and it isn't all that different than the back and forth from his "insider".

A few hours after this was published senior White House economic advisor Larry Summers, a former member of the Clinton White House, (and ex President of Harvard, an economist) announced his intention to leave the Obama White House. This was the head economics guy at the White House. Then on October 1st Rahm Emanuel, Obama's Chief of Staff, resigned. On October 8th General James Jones, National Secuity Advisor, resigned. I think you have to admit that these resignations show the Insider was right on the money.

This really isn't true. We have no idea WHEN that was posted...it was posted on Sept. 21st...THE SAME DAY LARRY SUMMERS ANNOUNCED. The FIRST comment on the article is at 8pm at night. Ulsterman UPDATED the article to say he received the email 72 hours ago and posted this article in the morning hours before the announcement...there is no proof to that. The only TIME stamp we have is the first comment being at 8:02 pm. At 8:02pm...it was already known that Larry Summers was resigning...enough time for a blogger to type up a fake email and post it claiming it was emailed to him 72 hours ago.

This would be easy to prove...provide the email. Actually, the other "interviews" that he did...there is too much text and quotes for him to have taken that detailed of notes...so he is either misquoting...or he should have it recorded on audio. He has whole paragraphs as quotes by this "insider"...I don't know of any reporter that does that unless they are transcribing from an audio recording.

On September 21st the Insider reported that Nancy Pelosi was "DC Toast." Now today that doesn't seem so far fetched, but in September, unless you frequent places like Hannity and Beck, the MSM was not saying that Pelosi herself was in trouble.

Are you kidding me? People have been saying Pelosi is in trouble since the health care debates. It didn't seem so far fetched back in May...do you really think this is a surprise that she is in trouble?

Wayne Madsen who claims to be an insider himself, confirms Obama's depression, his smoking, and the general level of turmoil in the White House described by Ulsterman. Confirmation by independent sources is part of the journalistic toolbox. And here we have it from an independent source.

Again...that is a stretch...he confirms Obama is smoking and that confirms all of Ulsterman's outrageous claims???

As you can readily see from the information above, the "Insider" has been correct in his predictions insofar as they have come to fruition.

Not for me...I need a little more than the loose ties you made to some of his comments and real life happenings. Plus the fact that your biggest "prediction came true" article was most likely posted AFTER the news was already known.

I don't think calling Ulsterman a nobody, which is essentially an ad hominem attack, does anything at all to prove or disprove this information.

It's not an ad hom attack...it is the truth. Who is Ulsterman? He is nobody that anybody knows. He is an anoymous blogger that started writing blogs a year ago, and started this "insider" information a couple months ago.


I gotta head out...I'll continue on with this later.

I don't intend to indulge in one of threse quote quote quote quote & answer slugfests. It doesn't read well and doesn't prove much. I have indeed formed an opinion here--weeks ago before you even knew about Ulsterman. I don't disagree with what you've said about Ulsterman, but it is as inconsequential as he is. You said you spent a half hour on this stuff. Good for you. At least you spent some quality time on it. But all you've done so far is shoot the messenger. Even as you say I have my mind made up, so do you. You are on a crusade to discredit the Insider. I think yiu don't want his stuff to be true. So let's not pretend it's just me that has an agenda here.

Ulsterman is not a blogger in high standing. He's not a "journalist." Oh, dear. I'm not of the opinion that 'professional journalists' have been doing us any favors lately. Indeed, I don't think they've been doing their jobs. They are too busy marveling at the tingles running up their legs listening to Obama to actually scrutinize the issues. So the fact that Ulsterman is not a 'professional journalist' is not the least disturbing to me and that's the only thing you've really shown here.

The thing is, if you take the Insider/Ulsterman position at face value, that he is pushing this stuff out there at a more remote level than Woodstein as a trial balloon to see what happens, well, it worked. It's being discussed here in depth. Wayne Madsen, certainly a well-respected and REAL journalist, has picked up on this and has in some ways done a better job than Ulsterman/Insider discussing it. (He certainly writes better.) It's already gone beyond that obscure Ulsterman. And Ulsterman is no longer obscure as well. Whether the Insider is real or not is almost a moot point. Ulsterman must be delighted at this.

The point was to get this stuff out there and it is now out there. Mission accomplished. You can disparage this stuff a smuch as you want to, but it's still out there. You can suggest the Insider is not real, but it is still out there. If you will remember, Woodstein's Deep Throat underwent the exact same criticism. But it's still out there.

The next few months will prove interesting, I trust. Now let's just see what happens.

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Except that this is a blogger, not Deep Throat.

I doubt a WH insider would give this information to a lowly blogger.

Originally posted by The Sword
reply to post by centurion1211

 

Except that this is a blogger, not Deep Throat.

I doubt a WH insider would give this information to a lowly blogger.

This is the kind of thing that makes discussing this a waste of time. I spent all morning on my first post here. I spent a couple of hours getting the material in order and a couple of hours writing the post. Whether you approve or disapprove, I still spent that amount of time on this. Indeed, the OP also put in some serious time on this as well.

How much time did it take you to dismiss the whole thing? 30 seconds? Have you even read the material? Your opinion is worth the amount of time you used to express it.

Now, let's just sit back and see what happens.

reply to post by schuyler


Amen, brother, Mad props.


I think what you are trying to describe, as studied in cognitive psychology, is what's known as a cognitive bias, or much more specifically a confirmation bias.... whereby hardcore supporters have already made up their minds and only consider evidence that furthers their own opinions.