NY Governor Spitzer Linked to Prostitution Ring

[compared2what?]

A question:

The complaint refers to proceeds laundered as "more than $1 million" and checks written to cash by defendants as "more than $100,000."

When I read the excerpted dox on tpm, I didn't notice the "more than."

Does anyone know if this is standard, or what its implications, if any, are? I was assuming it was not a very big business, since they were talking about a period of several years. But "more than $1 million," taken literally, leaves a very wide door open.

[JackRiddler]

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RE: And as for Spitzer and September 11th

Attorney General Spitzer filed an amicus brief on behalf of Silverstein's argument in the WTC insurance cases that the September 11th crashes constituted not one but two events under New York State law, and that Silverstein was therefore entitled to double the payout.

Spitzer also mediated to arrange the final settlement on the insurance claims last year. He and his campaign contributer Silverstein appeared to be buddy-buddy.

Spitzer's office acknowledged in October 2004 the receipt of the 2004 "Justice for 9/11" citizens' complaint and petition citing probable cause and calling for a criminal investigation or grand jury to examine unsolved crimes relating to September 11th, including allegations of possible government complicity.

http://Justicefor911.org

They never responded to this initiative.

When I asked Spitzer about a September 11th investigation at a public meeting as AG (on the day he announced his run for governor!), Spitzer said his office would look carefully at the petition and respond (they didn't) but otherwise made it plain where he stood: "I trust the 9/11 Commission." He called it an excellent report.

An important Spitzer staffer, Dietrich Snell, worked for the 9/11 Commission before joining the Attorney General's staff in 2004. Snell appears to have been one of the lead writers of the 9/11 Commission Report. While on the 9/11 Commission staff, he was the one who heard the claims of the Able Danger whistleblowers, five military personnel and contracters who stepped forward to say that their surveillance operation had in 1999 and 2000 located Mohamed Atta and three other alleged ringleader-hijackers of the 9/11 attacks as members of an al-Qaeda "Brooklyn Cell" plotting an attack in the United States. The Able Danger operatives' request to pass this information to the FBI was blocked by their superiors at Socom in Florida, their program was shut down, and the most prominent officer making the claims, Anthony Shaeffer, was suspended from duty due to an internal Pentagon investigation into charges that he had overcharged for phone bills by $67 and stolen pens. Snell was reportedly the 9/11 Commission staffer who rejected an investigation into the matter.

In 2006, when a Congressional subcommittee wanted Snell to testify on the 9/11 Commission's refusal to investigate the Able Danger story, Spitzer stepped in and said he would refuse to allow Snell to testify.

In short, there is no indication that Spitzer was interested in investigating September 11, despite ample occasion and opportunity thanks to his offices to aid the cause of truth, justice and disclosure.

[Avalon]

What's Paterson's position on 9/11?

[MASONIC PLOT]

He wouldnt be in the position he is in if his views on 9-11 were anything other than party line.

[AlicetheKurious]

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Client Number Six is the Duke of Westminster, called the richest man in the UK.

This is getting pretty good.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_worl ... ar_of.html

Richest man in England also a regular of prostitution ring in Spitzer scandal

By LARRY McSHANE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Updated Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 12:22 PM



Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, the Duke of Westminster
(Photo: Melville/Getty)

The richest man in Great Britain was a customer of the same high-end prostitution service patronized by Gov. Spitzer.

The Duke of Westminster, listed as the world's 46th richest person by Forbes magazine, hired four hookers over a six-week stretch in late 2006 and early last year, the News of the World reported last year.

Despite his incredible wealth, multi-billionaire Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor haggled with one of the Emperors Club girls for the cost of their date, according to the report.

Prostitute Zana Brazdek, then 26, described the 56-year-old Grosvenor as dull and demanding.

"I thought his conversation was quite boring," the Lithuanian woman told the newspaper. "He talked about the Army, going to Afghanistan and bin Laden. And he wanted unprotected sex. I refused."

The court documents that took down Spitzer and identified the disgraced governor at "Client 9" also included information on nine other men who hired hookers from the sex ring.

The documents did not name any of the men, but the papers noted that "Client 6" enjoyed a romp with a hooker named "Astrid" in London. "Client 6" then called the Emperors Club to inquire about another girl for a follow-up session, the papers said.

The British reports about Grosvenor said the duke's prostitutes were young enough to be his daughters. They also had an international flair: In addition to the pair from the former Soviet Union, Grosvenor entertained an Asian woman in knee-high boots and a Brazilian.

The hookers included a Russian who went by the name of Stella. She told reporters that her clients preferred whips and stiletto heels.

"At six o'clock," she said in a thick Russian accent, "I stop to be a good girl."

Like Spitzer, Grosvenor is married - and he has four children with wife Natalia. The duke had close ties to the royal family and is one of Prince Charles' best friends. Grosvenor also is Prince William's godfather.

The duke was an official in the ministry of defense, overseeing Britain's reservists - including thousands who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He recently stepped down from that position due to the scandal and subsequent media attention.

"Reckless, boastful, stupid, weak - such lacerating words hardly exaggerate the case against the duke," wrote the Daily Mail.

Rich pickings for a prostitution ring headed by a man with not one, but TWO Israeli passports, according to the NY Post (fwiw):

Authorities raided Brener's home early yesterday and found $600,000 in cash and 19,000 in Euros in various safes, prosecutors said.

Brener, they said, had two Israeli passports in addition to his US passport.

Link

[MASONIC PLOT]

Ah, reptillian shape-shifter sex, no wonder she refused bare back.

Having two passports is a little strange, I agree, but I bet if they were German or Chinese you wouldnt be pointing it out to us.

[Et in Arcadia ego]

I used the wayback machine to browse the hooker site.

Some nice looking women in there.

[AlicetheKurious]

Masonic Plot said:

Having two passports is a little strange, I agree, but I bet if they were German or Chinese you wouldnt be pointing it out to us.

That's a moot point. Because they weren't.

[Avalon]

A droll piece by Ben Greenman, Fragments From Spitzer! The Musical.

No, no, my tastes are more elite
Than any acrobatic feat.
I'm not much for whips and chains.
I'd rather talk John Maynard Keynes'
Theories of macroeconomic
Deviance in the atomic
Age, or maybe jurisprudence,
Or the fact that the word "chintz"
Comes from the Hindi, not the Yiddish.
Why are you leaving? Are you skittish
When confronted with true genius?
I'm paying you to touch my penis!

http://mcsweeneys.net/links/musicals/3.html

[AlicetheKurious]

America: where illicit sex is the fast-track to oblivion, but lying to commit war crimes, killing and maiming millions of people, gutting the constitution and stealing billions of dollars, gets you a promotion and a raise.

What a strange country.

[Joe Hillshoist]

"I don't give a fuck who they're screwing in private.
I wanna know who they're screwing in public."

- Micheal Franti

[slow_dazzle]

It seemed a tad fishy right from the start. Spitzer was causing problems for the financial types then lo and behold he gets caught with his pants down. He was breaking the number one taboo: don't mess with the flow of capital.

"When history tells the story of the subprime lending crisis and recounts its devastating effects on the lives of so many innocent homeowners, the Bush administration will not be judged favorably. The tale is still unfolding, but when the dust settles, it will be judged as a willing accomplice to the lenders who went to any lengths in their quest for profits. So willing, in fact, that it used the power of the federal government in an unprecedented assault on state legislatures, as well as on state attorneys general and anyone else on the side of consumers."

(Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of the State of New York)

Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime

[MASONIC PLOT]

America: where illicit sex is the fast-track to oblivion, but lying to commit war crimes, killing and maiming millions of people, gutting the constitution and stealing billions of dollars, gets you a promotion and a raise.

What a strange country.

You think that kind of bullshit is limited to America? It happens everywhere. And it has been happening for thousands of years. It is nothing new.

[MASONIC PLOT]

It seemed a tad fishy right from the start. Spitzer was causing problems for the financial types then lo and behold he gets caught with his pants down. He was breaking the number one taboo: don't mess with the flow of capital.

"When history tells the story of the subprime lending crisis and recounts its devastating effects on the lives of so many innocent homeowners, the Bush administration will not be judged favorably. The tale is still unfolding, but when the dust settles, it will be judged as a willing accomplice to the lenders who went to any lengths in their quest for profits. So willing, in fact, that it used the power of the federal government in an unprecedented assault on state legislatures, as well as on state attorneys general and anyone else on the side of consumers."

(Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of the State of New York)

Predatory Lenders' Partner in Crime

I think you hit the nail on the head here, s_d.

[sunny]

I can't help but feel sorry for the girl. (She's the same age as my daughter) She's being raked over the coals by the late night comics and everyone else. I keep hearing her quote over and over in my head: "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster".

What was the point of outing this poor girl?