
There are a few journalists whom we have not yet mentioned.

A few days later, Patrick gives his Miscreants Ball presentation. Immediately afterwards, he appears on a CNBC program hosted by Ron Insana, who was the producer of the Dateline program.

Bethany McLean is one of America's most respected financial journalists. She is famous for being the first reporter to raise concerns about Enron, the energy company that later proved to have orchestrated a large accounting fraud.

But back in the summer of 2004, Patrick Byrne doesn't know Judd Bagley or Gary Weiss, he hasn't yet been contacted by the Easter Bunny, and he certainly doesn't know anything about a coordinated effort to pollute America's public discourse.

For further insight into the character and tactics of Gary Weiss, consider the story of how Gary plotted to destroy a fellow journalist named Ian Williams, a reporter for The Nation who was president of the United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA).

Gary Weiss is a journalist best known for penning the 1996 BusinessWeek cover story, "The Mob on Wall Street," which documented Mafia involvement in stock brokerages, including Hanover Sterling, run by the Genovese clan.

I want to make this as clear as possible to those that are interested in stories like this one. I cannot find another financial crime in US history that is on parity with this one.

Cramer has a shtick whereby he brags about the crimes that he has committed, perhaps so that he can later claim that his openness suggests a certain innocence.

In mid-April, 2004, millions of shares of Overstock.com have been sold and never delivered - phantom stock. FOIA data later proves this. But in April 2004, Patrick doesn't yet know Dave Patch or the Easter Bunny. He doesn't know anything about phantom stock.

February 27, 2006… Herb Greenberg is leaning forward on his stool. His arms are flapping and his eyes are popping. His face has gone hot-purple, stark against the red-blue television glow.

Preface - by Patrick M. Byrne, Deep Capture Reporter