Drake's ties to the gay porn videos and escort services

Jason Robert Drake has been named the shooter by police in the Florida murder/suicide of three Republican political operatives with ties to Patrick McHenry.

[Before you read on, never forget that victim Ralph Gonzalez has close ties to Ralph Reed and has been repeatedly connected with Jack Abramoff. Never forget that Patrick McHenry trained at the knees of Karl Rove. Now you may continue.]

Somewhere along the line the murder case has been abandoned by the traditional media. On crime and political blogs, several people (or one person using several names) have gone around posting rebuttals to initial reports tying Drake to the Pennsylvania porn-related murder trial of Harlow Cuadra and Joe Kerekes. Several people (or one person using several names) have posted here and at Scrutiny Hooligans that the Jason Drake they know had nothing to do with gay porn videos or an escort service in Virginia.

At first, I found it hard to take their comments seriously. For example, someone calling himself "dunkin' " wrote at Scrutiny Hooligans:

Jason never voted in his life. He had nothing to do with politics…EVER. He did not live or work in western North Carolina, or in any part of North Carolina, period.

Jason was a laborer working in the tile floor industry in the Orlando FL area.

These are facts, not speculation.

The problem with dunkin's comment is that Jason Drake's ex-wife has confirmed to me from an email (from her blog's web addy) that Jason Drake does have ties to Rutherford County.

Hi. I’ve been reading all the blogs, and I wanted to correct something you said. Jason was not born in NC. He was not from NC….he has family ties to the state, but not actually FROM there.

I emailed her back, asking for her to let me know if anything else is inaccurate. This was her reply:

Yes, I am in in fact his exwife. Let me look it over again, and I’ll let you know. Thank you.

I know he did a horrible thing, but I am just trying my hardest to make sure the facts that I am reading are correct. I feel like it’s the least I can do. Thanks again.

She hasn't gotten back to me or confirmed any ties to the Pennsylvania murder or an escort service or the gay porn industry.

However, McHenry's office has confirmed the tie to Drake to Howie Klein, so unless Klein is a blatant liar, dunkin is looking an awful lot like someone who has some reason to comment other than a deep concern for accuracy.

And if Drake's tie to McHenry is nonpolitical and only personal, then why would McHenry's office know all about it?

Because of this apparent disinformation campaign (on both sides of the porn tie to this story) I decided to post the research a Crimblog writer appears to have done on Drake, Cuadra, and Gonzalez potential ties. If this information is accurate, it doesn't prove anything but it certainly appears to add a feather more of weight to the potential truth of the gay porn connection.

From Crimeblog:

Someone named Harlow R. Cuadra lived in Florida until at least 2002, about 90-100 miles from Orlando. The Harlow Cuadra who lived in Florida was born in the same month and year as the man in jail in Pennsylvania for the murder of Bryan Kocis. Several Florida addresses from the first 5 years of this decade for a Jason R. Drake put him as close as 25 miles from street addresses for Harlow Cuadra.

For what it’s worth, there were also Florida addresses in the same area as Harlow Cuadra for a Joe Kerekes whose age was the same as the Kerekes jailed in Pennsylvania.

Also for what it’s worth — one Jason R. Drake address put him in Oviedo, the same hometown as congressman Tom Feeney, a Strategum Group/Ralph Gonzalez client.

Either someone is busy on a disinformation campaign tying Drake to the Pennsylvania murders (and the gay porn world) or someone is busy falsely denying the connection. Who gains from this disinformation campaign? I don't know.

This is what I do know:

1. McHenry is a known ally of high level murdered Republican dirty tricks consultant Ralph Gonzalez and of his alleged shooter Jason Robert Drake.


2. Something is hinky about the police investigation. (Perhaps it’s just the way they talk* about it but it just doesn’t seem authentic.)


3. The traditional media’s response to this is totally suspicious and inexplicable. Google and see for yourself. (Imagine them ignoring the murder of two prominent young gay Democratic operatives. You can’t do it.)


4. A disinformation campaign of some kind has begun particularly concerning Jason Drake, whether it’s the initial reports that were false or the subsequent rebuttals, I can’t say at this point. I’m doubting the responses but I don’t have any primary sources on the initial reports.


5. We know from experience that no media outlets in the 10th Congressional District will cover, much less research this story.

Until enough trained professional investigators take on this case, I am going to do what I can to keep it alive. Once more experienced researchers with better resources take this on, I’ll pass on everything they report and do my best to assist them.

*Addendum about police comments from my post yesterday:

They originally said August 23 that the murder/suicide was the result of a lover's triangle. On August 27 they're saying

What prompted him to go in and commit that crime remains undetermined and may never be known," Picanzo said. "We have had so many different and conflicting statements from people.

Since when do the police say the crime motive will never been known this early in an investigation? It makes no sense.