http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/2 ... n-scandal/

ABC News investigative journalist Brian Ross blows the doors off the Washington DC prostitution scandal and reveals the myriad Washington insiders involved.

"There are thousands of names, tens of thousands of phone numbers, and there are people there at the Pentagon, lobbyists, others at the White House, prominent lawyers — a long, long list, and as well, the women who work for the service, David, include university professors, legal secretaries, scientists, military officers."

Although after six years of Bush-rule nothing shocks me, this scandal has the potential to take down a lot of prominent people, and this is just the beginning. By refusing to accept the plea bargain offered to her, Jeane Palfrey is going to trial and naming names. Could this be the call service that "Dusty" Foggo was allegedly getting his party favors from? Which White House employees are involved? Which Pentagon officials, lobbyists and prominent lawyers are we talking about here?

If Bill Clinton's impeachment taught us anything, it's that the American people have an insatiable appetite for sex scandals. Can't wait to see where this one goes. And how ironic is it that the man charged with combating worldwide prostitution just resigned because of his fetish for prostitutes?

Legalize that shit already. Cmon, this is those kind of "scandal" that everybody knows about. Powerful and rich people paying to sleep with fancy whores, what is the big deal?

but yeah, i guess the point is the whole hipocrisy of this administration towards sex.

Oh, I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of Democrats on that list as well.

We had a similar scandal in Brasilia last year. The only person who get the fucked up was the woman that worked as the pimp, since she lost all her clients that were afraid of new visibility.

ABC: More Bush Administration officials on 'DC madam' list
David Edwards
Published: Monday April 30, 2007
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Brian Ross of ABC News reported Monday morning on the mounting scandal from the records of the so-called "DC madam." Ross said many prominent DC figures can be found on the list of clients for the escort service, which has emerged in the course of the trial of its operator, Deborah Jeane Palfrey.

"It's a long list, we've been going through the phone records for the last four years provided for us by Jean Palfrey," Ross reported on Monday morning. "There are some very prominent people, lobbyists, lawyers, members of the military, other people in the Bush administration."

Palfrey, 50, dubbed the DC Madam in local media, has been arraigned in federal court on charges of operating a Washington prostitution service for 13 years, until her retirement in 2006.

Palfrey has denied she ran a prostitution ring. Her company, Pamela Martin and Associates, was simply a "high-end adult fantasy firm which offered legal sexual and erotic services across the spectrum of adult sexual behavior and did so without incident during its 13 year tenure," she said.

Palfrey contends her escort service provided university educated women to engage in legal game-playing of a sexual nature at 275 dollars an hour for a 90 minute session, the Washington Post reported.

But Palfrey has also hinted that she has a record of the phone numbers of thousands of more than 10,000 customers that could embarrass more the a few of the US capital's high-fliers.

Friday, the US State Department announced that Randall Tobias, the embattled head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), was resigning for unspecified personal reasons.

However ABC News, which said Palfrey has provided it with a record of the numbers of calls to her private cell phone, reported that Tobias stepped down after they spoke to him about his allegedly contacting her number.

Since 2003, Tobias had also been President George W. Bush's first global AIDS coordinator, a job where he drew criticism for his emphasis on faithfulness to partners and abstinence over condom use in trying to prevent the spread of the AIDS virus.

Before entering government he was chairman, president and chief executive of the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, and also, from 1997-2000, chairman of the board of trustees at Duke University.

His now-reported links to a firm accused of prostitution have raised more than a few eyebrows.

Palfrey's California home and other assets were seized by US tax authorities in October, and Palfrey has been trying to raise funds for her defense through an appeal on her website.

Her lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley, told Fox television last month: "The statistical certainty (is) that there are a fair number of high-profile people who used this service across the government and private sector in the metropolitan DC area."

And the Post reported Saturday that local jitters appear to be multiplying. It said Sibley claimed that "he has been contacted in the past few days has been contacted by five lawyers asking whether their clients' phone numbers are on Palfrey's list of 10,000 to 15,000 customers from 2002 to 2006."

That may have something to do with the fact that Palfrey already has named her first name, as it were, on her website, where she has posted a court document from April 12 in which she alleges formal US naval commander Harlan Ullman was a "regular customer" whom she needs to subpoena.

With James Wade, Ullman developed the military doctrine of "shock and awe" used by US government in its invasion of Iraq. According to one definition, that is shorthand for rapid dominance based on the use of "overwhelming decisive force," "dominant maneuvers," and "spectacular displays of power" to subdue the other side.

Earlier this month Ullman told CNN that "The allegations do not dignify a response," and referred any other questions to his lawyer.

(with wire reports)

By FAR the best part of this story.

Look, as far as we know, he was faithful to this prostitute and didn't sleep around with other prostitutes. It is completely consistent.

no doubt. What a douche

Hey, all that sexual tension's gotta come out somehow. At least he didn't molest choir boys.

Prove it.

I hope you didn't think I was being serious with that line. I agree with you on that being the best part of the article.

It would be interesting to see this involve a large amount of members of congress and the Bush administration and start a debate on legalizing prostitution. I won't hold my breath, but it's something good that could come of this.
It's maddening to hear how people who used the escort service will be "outed" and their lives will be "destroyed." The latter part I have the most problem with.....why would paying for sex "destroy" someone? A person could sleep around all they want, but the minute money is exchanged it has the potential to "destroy." I just don't get it.

Tsk, tsk. You know better than to ask someone to prove a negative.

You may have killed her when you shoved all those dollar bills down her throat, you may have killed her when you hit her with the stool ... I don't know, I'm not a doctor. But I'll tell you what didn't kill her ... smoking!

also:
it'll be okay mr senator, this stripper didn't have a family. it'll be like she never existed.

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