Conservative group scanned Weiners posts,warned women

Calling themselves the bornfreecrew on Twitter,the group closely monitored those whom Weiner was following,taking it upon itself to contact young women they believed to be schoolgirls, and urging them publicly to stay away from him,according to an analysis of posts on Twitters public stream.

The leader,a man who identified himself as Dan Wolfe,discovered the photograph Weiner sent to Cordova. He shared it with his followers and conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart,who made it public.

As politicians embrace social media tools to interact with their constituents and woo voters,many have discovered a downside to online communication: cyberstalkers,who track and criticise their every move.

But even by the standards of modern politics,Dan Wolfe and others watched Weiners account with particular ferocity,and a sharp focus on his interactions with women. In several instances,Weiner dropped his contact with women after they were identified by the crew.