[declan]
Another way of viewing the Washington reporter problem is to view him as a Hollywood reporter, sort of an Army Archerd character "doing lunch" at Chasen's and The Brown Derby, not to mention doing lines at the Viper Club.
But a more accurate comparison is to crime beat reporters, those scribblers who hang out at the Mafia watering holes and social clubs (when they're allowed in, to spin a story in a favorable way), reporting on the turf battles between the rival factions, and leaking out rumors of who's planning to make a move on Vinnie Bones.
ah, so lets see, given your strange fascination with the mafia and mafia-like ventures such as Blacknet and anonymous digital-cash funded cyberspace assassination, that would make you a prime Declan follower and admirer.
One more day in the life of Declan McCullagh, Washington Crime Family Reporter
hee, hee, I hope that Declan comes up with an amusing mishmash of your own life. turnabout is fair play. maybe if he doesn't, someone else can take a stab at satirizing mr. debauched millionaire playboy who dabbles in cryptography theory.