Yeah, they may simply be Democratic establishment staffers who hit it "big" by tapping into a particularly insightful and energetic pocket of Bush v. Gore anger.
The one thing that is perfectly clear is that personally they have always been "underground" only in the same way that NSA cables are laid.
I guess I am saying that while servants do not always have a direct relationship with their masters, DU's masters are clearly the same as DARPA's.
