attack on Chief of Police Weaver

["bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>]

On Saturday, Feb 19, a post was sent from a "Timothy Egan" to the Moscow 
Vision 2020 list attacking Moscow Police Chief Dan Weaver under the guise of 
asking for supporting information for various claims of illegal activities 
on Weaver's part.

"Timothy Egan" claimed to be a writer researching a new book.

Adding credence to the claims in the post was the fact that a well-known 
writer named Timothy Egan (he is a New York Times correspondent stationed in 
Seattle) has written several books, including one about small-town police 
corruption in this region.

So, I contacted the Timothy Egan who works for the NY Times.  I asked if he 
sent the post.

The answer is NO.  He was disgusted that someone was using his name for such 
purposes, and thought the entire situation was aptly described by a series 
of angry barnyard words not printable here.

What I am assuming happened is that the Vision2020 list has been misused by 
someone to pursue a vendetta against Moscow's chief of police.  Hiding 
behind a plausible identity, someone used this list to  attack Weaver's 
integrity.

Who is the "Timothy Egan" who got a Yahoo account in that name, then 
subscribed to the Vision2020 list to post that message?  Are they too 
cowardly to identify themselves?
BL
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