The Gate that won't shut

Gannon-gate continues...

It's one thing to have journalists embedded with the military in Iraq. It's quite another to have political hacks embedded among the journalists at home? Remember James Guckert:

Guckert made more than 200 appearances at the White House during his two-year tenure with the fledging conservative websites GOPUSA and Talon News, attending 155 of 196 White House press briefings. He had little to no previous journalism experience, previously worked as a male escort, and was refused a congressional press pass.

But it gets weirder. Apparently he made many other visits to the White House, though these were not for press briefings or were of a time duration that far exceeded that taken by most journalists for the same briefings. In addition, he often didn't sign in (or out) with the Secret Service, according to their files, a fact which many journalists find highly suspicious in this post 9/11 world in which security is the mot du jour. This little scandal just keeps on growing. For a President who came in riding on the wings of morality, he sure does have a lot of explaining to do.

Take a look at the Secret Service logs recently obtained by two democratic congressmembers.