Free Republic "spy" squad infiltrates rival forums

SPIES LIKE US!

DISCREDITED Internet forum Free Republic has been sending spies over to rival websites. Paranoid insiders on the mediocre message board have a designated moderator whose brief is to log the goings-on at other sites and report back to his superiors. It is thought hundreds of posters have been banned after the spy passed on valuable information to FR owner Jim Robinson.

"Through our spy we have been made aware of planned newbie attacks," admits a fellow FR moderator. "Yes, we are the recipient of planned anti conservative attacks. Thanks to our spy, we have a heads up."

The information comes to light in top secret internal threads obtained by FRS investigators. On one of the threads - which FRS readers will be able to access this weekend - four of the forum's moderators explain some of the tricks of their shadowy trade to elite posters from the Free Republic Advisory Board (FAB).

"It comes as no surprise to me that Jim Robinson is allowing spy moderators to lurk on other forums," says a senior Free Republic source. "Let's face it the sort of person who would do this is hardly 007 - more like Double Oh Weenie."

The secret threads - supplied to us by our own team of spies - even show a bizarre experiment which took place last year in which Robinson invited FAB members to become moderators for the week.

WHO IS THE SPY?

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