http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336493,00.html
Sources: Spitzer to Resign Following Reports of ‘Involvement’ With Prostitution Ring, Faces Indictment
Monday, March 10, 2008
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been indicted and is expected to resign from office following news reports that he was linked to a high-profile prostitution ring, sources told FOX News Monday.
Spitzer scheduled an abrupt announcement from his office as news reports were breaking that the governor told staffers about his involvement.
Spitzer, who was especially tough on corporate crime as New York attorney general, told his staff Monday that he was involved in the ring, according to The New York Times’ Web site, citing an anonymous administration official. No further details regarding his involvement were immediately available.
Just last week, four arrests were made in connection to the high-profile prostitution ring known as the Emperors Club that served big-dollar clients.
The Times reports that a source with knowledge of the governor’s role believes the governor is one of the men identified as clients in court papers in the prostitution ring.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336491,00.html
Al Qaeda Online Supporters Lash Out at Taliban for Not Remaining Loyal to the Global Jihad
Monday, March 10, 2008
CAIRO, Egypt — Al Qaeda supporters on the Web have unleashed an unprecedented flood of criticism of Afghanistan’s Taliban, once seen by extremists as the model of an Islamic state.
Now extremists accuse the Taliban of straying from the path of global jihad after its leader Mullah Omar issued a statement saying he seeks good relations with the world and even sympathizes with Shiite Iran.
In February, the Taliban announced it wanted to maintain good and “legitimate” relations with neighboring countries. Then, last week online militants were outraged when the movement expressed solidarity with Iran, condemning the latest round of sanctions imposed on Tehran by the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear enrichment.
The Shiite Islamic state of Iran is viewed as anathema by the Sunni militants of the Al Qaeda and other extremist movements.
“This is the worst statement I have ever read ... the disaster of defending the (Iranian) regime is on par with the Crusaders in Afghanistan and Iraq,” wrote poster Miskeen, whose name translates literally as “the wretched” and who is labeled as one of the more influential writers on an Al Qaeda linked Web site.
While anyone with a password can comment on these militant Islamist forums, the Al Qaeda-linked forum moderators single out certain individuals as particularly important. It’s not clear, however, whether the resentment among Al Qaeda supporters reflects a rift between the Taliban and Al Qaeda’s leadership.
The Taliban hosted Osama bin Laden until the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 toppled the movement, and since then the Taliban and Al Qaeda are believed to have worked closely in the Afghan-Pakistan border area.
“The Taliban seeks to be a respected political movement that can at the same time govern Afghanistan and be at limited peace with its neighbors,” said Rita Katz, the director of the Washington-based SITE Intelligence Group which monitors militant Web traffic.
But she cautioned that the “Taliban’s surprising call to support Iran in the face of new U.N. sanctions does not mean that the group is suddenly offering unequivocal support to Iran,” though it shows readiness to coexist with the neighbor.
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Yes, client no. 9 was apparently caught on a wire tap.
Makes you wonder what the names of clients 1-8 are.
This is important because activity like Client no. 9 was alleged to be involved with can make him a possible target for blackmail. His chances of blackmail of course are about nil now since this is breaking in the public domain.
Off Topic, but fyi.
http://newyork.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel08/mclaughlin030708.htm
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 7, 2008
“FORMER NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLYMAN AND LABOR LEADER BRIAN McLAUGHLIN PLEADS GUILTY TO RACKETEERING”