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U.S. calls purported sex tape 'doctored' and 'smear campaign'
CNN ^ | 9/24/09 | CNN

Posted on 09/24/2009 4:20:11 PM PDT by penelopesire

CNN) -- A videotape on a Russian Web site allegedly showing a State Department employee having sex with a prostitute is a "smear campaign" meant to discredit the man, a State Department spokesman said Thursday. The employee, Brendan Kyle Hatcher, denied any encounter with a prostitute to his superiors at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, another State Department official said. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the U.S. ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle, "supports" Hatcher, who remains at his job at the embassy.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brendanhatcher; brendankhatcher; hatcher; hatcherstatedept; moscow; statedept; whoops
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Everything is a 'smear campaign' with these Obama fools...lol. It's getting old.
1 posted on 09/24/2009 4:20:11 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: STARWISE; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; Miss Didi

Sex, Lies and Videotape ping!


2 posted on 09/24/2009 4:21:36 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: penelopesire
"The vast majority of people there are working toward better relations," the official said.

I'll say...!

"I believe he's attempting re-entry, sir" /Moonraker>

Cheers!

3 posted on 09/24/2009 4:22:55 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: penelopesire

Hatcher a Rat appointment of course... not a Bush holdover....

This is one of the oldest tricks in the book. At least the Rooskies had the consideration to make it public ASAP. They could have blackmailed him.

Pooty is getting bored, methinks. He’s reportedly said he preferred Bush to this pushover. It’s like coming to play chess when the other side is only interested in tic-tac-toe.


4 posted on 09/24/2009 4:24:24 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
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To: penelopesire

Time to push that reset button.


5 posted on 09/24/2009 4:24:43 PM PDT by Gomez (killer of threads)
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To: penelopesire
"...Brendan Kyle Hatcher, denied any encounter with a prostitute..."

Oh, OK! That clears that up then...!

6 posted on 09/24/2009 4:25:59 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: Gomez

LOL!


7 posted on 09/24/2009 4:27:06 PM PDT by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Gomez

I prefer “Restore from Backup: 09/10/2001”


8 posted on 09/24/2009 4:27:37 PM PDT by musicbymuzak
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To: penelopesire

Apart from personal moral issue, I don’t see a big deal. They busted him for getting a service from a prostitute. So, what? It’s the US Embassy that needs to be concerned, especially if this is a repeated behavior, that he might leak some secret information. Although, knowing this administration, perhaps it’s their policy to tell everything to the Russians anyway, so the prostitute actually is a bonus...


9 posted on 09/24/2009 4:29:31 PM PDT by paudio (Road to hell is paved by unintended consequences of good intentions)
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To: penelopesire

When I lived in Malaysia, my hotel was right next to one inhabited by a dozen State Department employees. They were always trolling for asian hookers. GUILTY!


10 posted on 09/24/2009 4:29:48 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Pray for, and support our troops(heroes) !! And vote out the RINO's!!)
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I thought sex between consenting adults, regardless of circumstances, was "personal", and we needed to "move on"...

They can't even stand by their manufactured morality.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

11 posted on 09/24/2009 4:29:58 PM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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" U.S. calls purported sex tape 'doctored' and 'smear campaign"

Now where have we heard this in recent weeks ? ... ohhhh yeah, we heard this from ACORN officials, the liberals are so predictable.
12 posted on 09/24/2009 4:36:22 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist (There is no civility in the way the Communist/Marxist want to destroy the USA)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Hatcher a Rat appointment of course... not a Bush holdover....

Even if he was a Bush holdover, nothing would change:

The State Dept. was always sabotaging Bush. That Dept. is full of commies. They're barely worth anything.

13 posted on 09/24/2009 4:37:14 PM PDT by NotSoModerate (Obama administration: Psycho Justice Crusaders)
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To: penelopesire

Sounds like Barry’s ACORN when they got snagged, don’t it?


14 posted on 09/24/2009 4:40:02 PM PDT by cranked
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To: penelopesire
Who ya gonna believe, The UN or your own lying eyes?
15 posted on 09/24/2009 5:12:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Ask not what the Kennedys can do for you, but what you can do for the Kennedys.)
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To: penelopesire

Plain old heterosexual consensual sex? What’s the scandal? With Dems, it MIGHT be a scandal if you were caught with a camel. But everything else is “normal” according to the perverted Dem mind.


16 posted on 09/24/2009 5:13:25 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: penelopesire

Sounds like the Acorn defense. Maybe they have the same puiblicist.


17 posted on 09/24/2009 5:20:37 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: penelopesire

The scandal is that he is getting same-sex benefits for his partner thanks to Hillary and the prostitute is a woman.


18 posted on 09/24/2009 6:07:26 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: penelopesire

As all Americans know well, our politicians do NOT involve themselves with prostitutes... /s


19 posted on 09/24/2009 6:32:40 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (w)
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To: penelopesire

A Honey Trap.


20 posted on 09/24/2009 7:12:52 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Obama does lie.)
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