Tea Party Website Invaded By “Anonymous” Internet Group

theregister.co.uk ~ A website run by the conservative Tea Party movement was overrun by the denizens of 4chan on Tuesday.

Website vulnerabilities on the official teaparty.org website allowed pranksters to divert surfers landing on the photo section of the site to smut and shock sites.

It's unclear what website security shortcomings were exploited in that attack and whether these are now closed. Boing Boing is hosting some screenshots [click on thumbs on right].[more]

mediaite.com ~ All through last night, the media section of TeaParty.org, an official Tea Party website, was bombarded with new users who filled the photo section with shocking and offensive pictures (Example: a very, very NSFW photoshop of Sarah Palin). The pictures were so shocking that the site almost began to look like the outlaw imageboard 4chan. Now, I wonder who could have done it. I wonder… [list of more screenshots listed @ reddit].

It was almost definitely 4chan. For those of you that don’t know, 4chan (namely Whoops.(1&2) Not supposed to talk about them. ) is an anonymous messageboard where people post ribald stories, jokes, and pictures and generally try to out gross each other. They also are highly organized and have used their internet powers for extreme good and also, occasionally, a little bit of evil lulz.[more]

HuffPo discovers the Rabbit Hole called Scientology

Sarah, Greta & Scientology Part II: Van Susteren Doth Protest Too Much

Anonymous has been pointing at the rabbit hole called Scientology for quite a while now, and has made numerous connections between the religion's 'clear the planet' stance and politics. And finally the media is starting to connect the dots.

First Gawker broke a story on John Coale, Scientology's PAC man relationship to Palin. Then the Huffington Post takes that info and makes connections between John Coale's wife, Fox corespondent Greta Van Susteren, the scientology document,How Scientologists Can Take Responsibility for and BE AT CAUSE OVER the Fourth Dynamic, tie ins to both Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, Scientology movie stars, the State Department. And it just keeps getting deeper and deeper. I guess that's why the call them rabbit holes. Who knows where this one will end up? David Miscavage's 24 carrot patch garden in Hemet, CA ?

Secret Scientology Palin Plot Exposed

John Coale, currently advising Sarah Palin on running for president in 2012, is a Scientologist.
And according to a memo obtained by Gawker, Coale once plotted to use friendly politicians to advance the power-hungry cult's agenda. Coale is a prominent Washington power broker and husband to Fox News' Greta Van Susteren.
According to the Washington Post, he is running Palin's political action committee behind the scenes and "guiding [her] political image in Washington."
...[continued at gawker.com]

The Newsweek cover (right) would really be more suited for the above article, and it's too bad Palintology.com is down as of this writing, but this isn't the first time Scientology has been caught with it's hands in the government's cookie jar.

You've probably seen it, but have you ever taken the time to research it? Of course we're talking about Operation 'Snow White'. In the 1970's, under this program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, and theft of documents in government offices, most notably those of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Eleven highly-placed Church executives, including Mary Sue Hubbard (wife of founder L. Ron Hubbard and second-in-command of the organisation), pled guilty or were convicted in federal court of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property.

Maybe we should stop chasing imaginary WMD's and start paying attention to fanatical para-military religious groups that are trying to hijack the presidency. Just a thought.