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[Elliot] Spitzer (D) Is Linked to Prostitution Ring
The NY Times ^ | March 10, 2008 | DANNY HAKIM

Posted on 03/10/2008 11:07:12 AM PDT by FreedomPoster

Edited on 03/10/2008 12:45:53 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a person briefed on the federal investigation.

An affidavit in the federal investigation into a prostitution ring said that a wiretap recording captured a man identified as Client 9 on a telephone call confirming plans to have a woman travel from New York to Washington, where he had reserved a hotel room. The person briefed on the case identified Mr. Spitzer as Client 9.

Mr. Spitzer today made a brief public appearance during which he apologized for his behavior, and described it as a “private matter.”

“I have acted in a way that violates my obligation to my family and violates my or any sense of right or wrong,” said Mr. Spitzer, who appeared with his wife Silda at his Manhattan office. “I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public to whom I promised better.”

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To: tobyhill

It’s Revolution 9 in New York:

Number nine... Number nine... Number nine...


601 posted on 03/10/2008 12:39:11 PM PDT by advance_copy (Stand for life or nothing at all)
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To: evets

hey, isn’t that Kilmeade on the left? (j/k)


602 posted on 03/10/2008 12:39:26 PM PDT by equaviator ("There's a plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: synbad600

Ah, prostitution. The only business where you can sell your inventory and still have it.


603 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:02 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: Lurking in Kansas

“At least Bubba doesn’t have to pay for it. This guy is a real moron.”

Remember “put some ice on it”? That wasn’t “free.”


604 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:03 PM PDT by bajabaja
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To: calcowgirl

D’Amato was on Fox and said that poor Elliot was “suffering”. What!$%&*


605 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:20 PM PDT by Nascar Dad (www.AntiMicrobialProduct.com)
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To: Liz
...this is inexcusable.

Add him to the list of corrupt politicians who have a vision that was conceived from self concern while arbitrarily promoting the peoples work.

606 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:20 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: mewzilla

Wonder what political campaign Mark Brener has contributed to..


607 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:42 PM PDT by prairiebreeze
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To: advance_copy

I wish I had enough money to be number 9.


608 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:43 PM PDT by tobyhill (The media lies so much the truth is the exception)
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To: gondramB

I am not paying those rates for a BJ. Sorry!


609 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:51 PM PDT by JackDanielsOldNo7 (On guard until the seal is broken)
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To: khnyny

If you use a postal service to pay for prostitution, is that not mail fraud?


610 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:54 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: All
I wonder how many more democrat politicians, including BJ himself, may get snared in this. This is a HUGE STORY, far superior to Larry Craig's toe tapping.
611 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:54 PM PDT by jrooney
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To: Liz

NY Times article from FRIDAY March 7, 2008 (says ring involved activities in New York, Washington, Miami, London and Paris) — Elliot must have spent an ‘interesting’ weekend knowing this story was breaking, or I wonder how long he has known that the stuff was hitting the fan?


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/nyregion/07prostitution.html

The ring, known as the Emperor’s Club V.I.P., had 50 prostitutes available for appointments in New York, Washington, Miami, London and Paris, according to a complaint unsealed on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan. The appointments, made by telephone or through an online booking service, cost $1,000 to $5,500 an hour and could be paid for with cash, credit card, wire transfers or money orders, the complaint said.

According to the office of the United States attorney in Manhattan, Mark Brener, 62, of New Jersey, was the leader of the ring, but delegated day-to-day business responsibilities to Cecil Suwal, 23, also of New Jersey. The office said that Ms. Suwal controlled the bank accounts, took applications from prospective prostitutes and oversaw two booking agents, identified by the authorities as Temeka Rachelle Lewis, 32, of Brooklyn, and Tanya Hollander, 36, of Rhinebeck, N.Y.


612 posted on 03/10/2008 12:40:54 PM PDT by Enchante (Governor Spitzer, can you recommend a "high class" prostitute for a Democrat friend?)
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To: mewzilla

Well DANG- this is what happens when I turn FR OFF to focus on WORK! Just now catching up with this!!

FOX guy telling Shep they have him on a tape of some kind.

He’s going DOWN:)


613 posted on 03/10/2008 12:41:04 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: khnyny
The last page of Smoking Gun's article has the transcript page that references "Client #9"
614 posted on 03/10/2008 12:41:22 PM PDT by PapaBear3625
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To: khnyny; Liz; Calpernia; calcowgirl; All

From the indictment:

“He (client number 9 - Spitzer) would ask you to do things that, like, you might not think were safe”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0306082emperor6.html


615 posted on 03/10/2008 12:41:38 PM PDT by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: mountainbunny
We deserve better than these sleazy politicians, regardless of party.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

John Adams

616 posted on 03/10/2008 12:41:58 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Williams
Karl Rove delivers his first promised headline to Fox News. Wonder how Rove engineered this. LOL

Mere moments after telling his senior staff about the story, they were burning phone lines to the NY Times, NY Sun, etc. Demonstrates a remarkable lack of loyalty to the rogue governor.

617 posted on 03/10/2008 12:41:58 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: Bush gal in LA

According to the arrest warrant, Client #9 was paying to get the woman to come from NY and his “credit” with Emepror was only $500 bucks. He had to make several phone calls and finally send more money before “Kristen” would go to Washington. So... apparently, this was not a one time thing.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/prostitution-filings-excerpts/?resultpage=1&;


618 posted on 03/10/2008 12:42:17 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: mewzilla

Exactly.

Imho, elected officials (and others) who are involved in this type of crap, do not care about this country. Not one iota.


619 posted on 03/10/2008 12:42:19 PM PDT by khnyny (Hillary is the national equivalent of Tracy Flick)
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To: pissant
Just announced on Fox News he will be resigning.
620 posted on 03/10/2008 12:42:32 PM PDT by jrooney
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