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August 29, 2005
Cloak and Dagger at Camp Casey
Amy Branham, our Houston area member of Gold Star Families for Peace, has asked for help in finding out more about a right wing talk radio operative who has gone "undercover" to spy on conversations at Camp Casey in Crawford. The wannabe espionage artist seems to have come up with very little incriminating info on Cindy Sheehan and the peace movement, but he and Ankarlo at KLIF are trying mightily to emulate the distortion and hyperbole of their patron saint, Rush Limbaugh. Listen here, and look below the fold for more details.
Amy Branham has asked:
Does anyone know about this and what's being said, recorded, etc.? It wouldn't be surprising in the least because the pro-war people are getting so desperate. I don't have podcast capabilities, but I know someone out there does!
Hugs, Amy
Amy then offers this snippet from DailyKos, the original source of the warning about the spy:
KLIF has a 'spy' at Camp Casey, he's taping conversations and posting them on KLIF's podcast page:
"570 KLIF's Ankarlo Mornings' spy, Michael, reports from deep within the bowels of the Cindy Sheehan camp in Crawford, Texas. Michael has gone undercover. And man, does he have some stories."
I don't have podcast capabilities so I don't know what's on them, one of the posters over at Eschaton listened and doesn't think they have much of value on them. But I thought you might like to know this is happening.
by pixie on Sat Aug 27th, 2005 at 21:45:41 PDT
Having listened to Michael the Spy on the podcast page, I doubt that his falsified "revelations" will make the cover of Time or Newsweek: that Cindy only grieves for the TV cameras and that no high-profile Democrats have shown up at Camp Casey because they are clandestinely "pulling the strings behind the scenes" for election gains in 2006 and 2008. (Hey, fellas at KLIF, you might want to consult a professional about your tendencies to "project" your own motives onto others.)
Then, when Michael reports that a Camp Casey participant has admitted that Camp Casey is "bigger than Cindy," he and Ankarlo go to extreme lengths to paint this as meaning "bigger" in the sense of raising money and winning elections for Democrats. Of course, Cindy herself has repeatedly stated that the Camp Casey movement is bigger than Cindy, bigger in the sense of ending a war based on lies. Surely Michael and Ankarlo know this, but they cannot admit on air that there is any cause bigger than defending the indefensible Chickenhawk-in-Chief who landed us in this quagmire.
So, folks, listen to the podcast at the link given above, and if you recognize Michael's voice, or can offer other useful info, let us know. Unlike Valerie Plame, this laughable "agent" deserves to have his cover blown!
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A poster on DU thought it might be the guys that run this site http://www.protestwarrior.com/
See this post http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4475931
Posted by: Lyn Wall at August 29, 2005 09:03 PM
These folks are just grasping at nothingness... Like the others on the "dark side," they seem to project their own baggage and methods on this REAL grassroots peace movement that now has a "face with a name" (Cindy and Casey Sheehan) to rally around. True patriotism is with those that seek peace and is not with those that choose to undermine peaceful efforts.
Posted by: Phillip McNutt at August 30, 2005 02:27 AM