12/10/08 Update: I learned yesterday that the National Republican Trust PAC did provide the names of individuals who contributed more than $5 million on FEC Form 3X  filed on 11/20. The information, however, was not provided on the Post-General Report filed on 12/4.

Remember the  "Reverend Wright Hates America" and "Obama Hearts Mohammed Atta" ads that ran continously on national television through Election Day?  A month later, the voters still don't know who paid for two of the sleaziest ads of the entire campaign.

The National Republican Trust PAC's much-anticipated Post-General Report was posted on the FEC website yesterday and it's a doozy. The NRT PAC failed to report more than $5 million in individual contributions made between 10/15 and 11/13.

During that four-week period, the NRT PAC filed 24-Hour Contribution Notices in which it reported spending more than $5.3 million for media buys despite having only $205k in cash on hand on 10/15.  

Who gave the NRT PAC more than $5 million in less than three weeks? We still don't know!

The NRT PAC did report total contributions of $11.2 million of which $5.4 million is unitemized. Of the $5.7 million reported as itemized, the NRT PAC only reported the names of individuals who contributed $607k

At Room 8, I raised the question here and here as to whether the National Republican Trust PAC is linked to the same right wing extremists who distributed 28 million dvd copies of the anti-Muslim film, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War On The West" in September.

I also posted info about the NRT PAC here at Talking Points Memo. (Read the comments.)

More to come.

Update: If anyone thinks National Republican Trust PAC treasurer, Peter Leitner, made an unintentional reporting error, read page 5 of the FEC's Reporting Dates guide :

Report: Post-General
Period Covered: October 16 to November 24
Filing Deadline: December 4

The FEC could not be any more clear about the reporting requirement yet Peter Leitner only filed information for the period between November 14 and November 24.

Mistake, my foot.