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DC Madam scandal widens: Cheney, Giuliani, Abramoff

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http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID ... =2&catID=2

by Gustav Wynn

http://www.opednews.com

The media black-out on the scandal involving DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey is surprising in light of the lack of lawsuits being leveled at the Wayne Madsen Report website. Instead of Dick Cheney and the recently resigned Randall Tobias filing libel and slander lawsuits against the site, we see only their silence. Moreover, the Wayne Madsen site has been continually expanding on this story - making this either the scoop of the century, or the biggest fairy tale in DC history.

Consider this: WMR is now reporting specifically who at ABC News' 20/20 became fully aware of not only Cheney's use of the escort service, but dozens more "high profile" names - culled from the phone records only since 2002 (the escort services full records go back to 1994). ABC's crack team was reportedly gagged by their bosses after concerned calls from the White House. This would be amazing if true, yet no White House denial has been forthcoming as of this writing...


WMR also reports that the DC Madam first came under DOJ scrutiny after US Attorney Thomas DiBiagio got a crooked cop Ed Norris (a pal of NYC Police Commish Bernard Kerik) to squeal on the escort service in May 2004, admitting the service had received illicit payouts from official police funds. Less then a year after Norris was hired as State Superintendent by Maryland Governor Robert Ehrlich, another US Attorney, Johnathan Luna, who had also investigated Norris and Kerik back in NY turned up murdered in December of 2003. Luna at the time was working under DiBagio on the DC Madam case, finding Ehrlich and lobbyist Jack Abramoff were DC Madam clients. Then, DiBiagio became the first U.S. Attorney fired by the Justice Department after Bush's re-election in 2004. Vastly underreported, DiBagio's probe had linked Republican governor Ehrlich to Bob Ney, Tom DeLay, Duke Cunningham and others but the investigation died when he was fired.

It wasn't until Palfrey attempted to leave the country and sell her house that interest in the DC Madam was revived. A warrant eventually seized her assets. WMR reports that one DC law firm representing Saudi clients turned up on the phone list and that another patron on the list was a client of the law firm of Bracewell & Giuliani. Though Madsen can be a little quick to speculate, he stands by his claim, purportedly confirmed by three different sources, that Cheney's beltway phone number appeared in the records numerous time when he was CEO of Halliburton.

No major media has picked up the story, though David Letterman mentioned it in a recent monologue, quipping that Cheney paid the hooker $2 billion dollars. Washington Post did cover an aspect of the story but omitted any mention of Cheney.
So, when oh when will we hear about this in the 'mainstream' liberal news media?
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The news media is liberal again? I thought since it is largely controlled by the White House and Friends of the White House, that it was "conservative". O_o
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"Federal prosecutors have accused Palfrey of racketeering by running a prostitution ring that netted more than $2 million over 13 years, beginning in 1993. She contends that her escort service was a legitimate business offering sexual fantasies."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati ... nworld-hed

Maybe I am confused... but "sexual fantasies" implies some sort of "having sex" situation, does it not? And "legitimate business" implies the "exchange of money for goods and/or services", doesn't it? And in this context that would be... "prostitution", right?

I'm just looking for clarification here. My grasp of the English language may be slipping.
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it could have been some sort of fantasy where the patron pays for being whipped and dominated,but not pleased sexually. would that still count as prostitution? or maybe cheney just ate raw bacon of her breasts :P
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