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Triana

(22,666 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:09 PM Jul 2015

Exclusive: The Faces and Fake Names of People Behind Planned Parenthood Attack Videos

When operatives from the Center for Medical Progress sat down for lunch with Planned Parenthood officials last February at the a/k/a Bistro in Pasadena, a city just outside of downtown Los Angeles, their hidden cameras caught over an hour of conversation between themselves and Dr. Mary Gatter, the medical director at Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley.

Parts of that conversation have since become notorious. Gatter’s comments about how Planned Parenthood clinics are reimbursed for facilitating donations of various parts of fetal tissue have been edited to give the false impression that she was bartering over body parts. Her self-deprecating joke about a Lamborghini has been twisted to make it sound like she was serious about buying a luxury car. (In context, it appears she was making the opposite point—that there was no profit to be made in any of these transactions.)

Based on a careful review of the tape, as well as documents provided by sources with direct knowledge of the sham company used by the activists—BioMax Procurement Services—RH Reality Check has identified at least three names that appear to have been used as pseudonyms by these operatives. One of these names appears to belong to a childhood acquaintance of the group’s apparent ringleader, David Daleiden.

We can reveal that the full names used by three operatives were: Robert Daoud Sarkis, the alias used by Daleiden, according to multiple sources who met with him at events in California and other states; as well as Susan Tennenbaum and Brianna Allen, both of which appear to be aliases of as-yet unidentified operatives.



RH Reality Check called all phone numbers listed on the business cards. The office number for BioMax goes directly to voicemail. The cell number listed for Susan Tennenbaum is disconnected. A voicemail left on Sarkis’ cell phone was not returned by deadline. We also left messages for other people named Susan Tennenbaum throughout the United States, and all Brianna Allens in California, listed in databases of public records. Emails to the addresses provided on the business cards did not receive a reply. We were unable to locate a single listing for “Robert Daoud Sarkis” in databases of public records.

This new evidence obviously raises the question of whether any of this conduct is illegal.

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http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2015/07/28/exclusive-faces-fake-names-people-behind-planned-parenthood-attack-videos/

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Exclusive: The Faces and Fake Names of People Behind Planned Parenthood Attack Videos (Original Post) Triana Jul 2015 OP
Too bad that the US corporate media cannot also fact check and verify stories. guillaumeb Jul 2015 #1
I agree. Sad that they refuse to do their damn jobs Triana Jul 2015 #3
kick Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #2

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
1. Too bad that the US corporate media cannot also fact check and verify stories.
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:28 PM
Jul 2015

Had to rush out with the sensational videos I suppose. Any retractions and/or clarifications will appear a few months from now.

 

Triana

(22,666 posts)
3. I agree. Sad that they refuse to do their damn jobs
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 09:13 PM
Jul 2015

...I guess they believe they are doing their jobs: kissing Corpo-Republican butt.

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