Everyone remembers this email.
https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/12/1223066_re-get-ready-for-chicago-hot-dog-friday-.html
This gives us a time window. The email was sent May 14th 2009. Obama moved into the White House on January 18th 2009.
If this private party took place in or near the white house, it must have been between these two dates, one of 116 days.
Here's a (very rough)timeline of Obama's first year in office:
http://archive.is/kV3o5
May 9 - Obama speaks at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, along with special guest comedian Wanda Sykes.[181]
So I searched podesta "may 9th 2009" and this is what I found, see last result: https://sli.mg/QgHqN1
http://archive.is/RqyKL
May 9th 2009 Spanish Blog post about Podesta and Abramovic does not exist anymore.
http://www.blogarama.com/blogs/596019-chamonix-2009-blog/8787288-tears-heaven
May 9th 2009 was also European Embassy open day in Washington DC
http://www.diplomaticconnections.com/hotdata/publishers/dipcon/dipcon/pdfs/IWASH079_European_Union_Embassies.pdf
These two simultaneous events could generate perfect circumstances to obscure a high profile get-together.
Additionally, may 9th 2009 had a full moon
http://www.moonconnection.com/moon_may_2009.phtml
Also, may 9th 2009 was a saturday, or a Saturn's day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday
For those who still don't know what Saturn is to these people, here are two pieces currently in the Museo Del Prado in Madrid that shine some light on their idea:
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens, 1636
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rubens_saturn.jpg/290px-Rubens_saturn.jpg
Picture by Francesco Goya, 1819-1823
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Francisco_de_Goya,_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_(1819-1823).jpg
Of course, all this proves nothing. But the Stratfor email references one of these 116 days
If anyone has another candidate, let's hear them!
But if this sounds plausible, the WHCA might be a good target to further scrutinize and research. As it turns out, nowhere I can find information on who else was on the board of the White House Correspondent's Association in 2009 besides the presidents. This info should be readily available somewhere, or not? Has it been scrubbed? What's going on here?
Chair of Correspondents' Association at the time was either
Jennifer Loven - Works as marketing consultant director specializing in non profits http://gpg.com/team/jennifer-loven/
Or Edwin Chen https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwin-chen-4839183
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Sentastixc ago
Anyone found any info on the White House Correspondents' Association? I can find virtually no in depth info about this association and of what key people it is comprised of. Am I wrong or is this is fairly powerful association as it has been the direct media link to the president for decades?
bolus ago
incorporated in 1961. I don't see anything familiar in the list of officers, but if one wanted to try to connect any of them to this whole shebang, i am sure it wouldn't be too difficult:
http://archive.is/VHC3R
this is the opencorporates page for the group - the officers (historical and current) are listed on their 'about' page here:
http://archive.is/Zzx2h
archive has a three year old copy, too - might be worth looking to see what's been changed:
http://archive.is/KQEVq (from 2013)
Sentastixc ago
Thanks. I cant find complete board members and officers for 2009. What am I doing wrong?