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May 1, 2008 at 15:23:28
The Convenient "Suicide" Of The DC Madam by Linda Milazzo Page 1 of 1 page(s) |
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I don't like to speculate - but the reported suicide of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, the "DC Madam," is difficult for me to fathom. The suspicion I hold, that the "suicide" of this 52 year old seemingly vibrant woman, who could reveal the identities of powerful Washingtonians who used her "escort" services, may have not been a suicide at all, causes me sadness - over the tragic death of Palfrey herself, and over my distrust of the powerful who have proven time and again that they will do anything to protect their fortunes and their "good" names. According to the HuffingtonPost, reporting on the suicide click here, Palfrey had spoken out on suicide in the past when she reflected on the death of one of her former escorts, University of Maryland Professor, Brandy Britton. Palfrey said of Britton's suicide, From the tone of Palfrey's words, she seemed to view Britton's suicide as an unfortunate and tragic response to personal degradation and humiliation. Palfrey, herself, was feisty and outspoken in her defense of her escort service - claiming the services rendered were adult fantasies and within the realm of legality. She also believed the purchasers of the services should be subjected to public scrutiny and bear culpability if there was culpability to bear. Palfrey wanted to make public the names of her clients, which she claimed were contained in an infamous "black book." 
"This is a woman who was divorced, who was trying to raise two, ah, high-school children, college-age children... [Britton had] the great job title, the great position, all the respect in the world, but she wasn't making enough money. So she decided to do a little moonlighting... And she was publicly outed, is a good way to put it, she was absolutely humiliated. Ah, she couldn't take the humiliation. Her whole life was destroyed. And she, she just, ah, ultimately committed suicide."
Moments ago I spoke with Arizona-based progressive radio host, Meria Heller (meria.net), who interviewed Palfrey in July. Heller said Palfrey was "vibrant and filled with future plans." Heller finds it inconceivable that Palfrey would have taken her own life.
The Florida police and Palfrey's mother have confirmed Palfrey's death. According to Florida police officer, Captain Jeffrey Young, Palfrey was found hanging from a nylon rope in a storage shed close to the home of her 76 year old mother, Blanche Palfrey, who discovered her daughter's body.
I, for one, am hopeful the public - particularly the blogger community - will hold the authorities accountable for a thorough, open and honest investigation of this bizarre and tragic occurrence. In this highly political year, egregious acts are possible - if not probable - particularly when the futures and fortunes of the powerful are at stake.
Addendum: May 2, 2008
I read the following smoking gun article, as provided by a commenter on another site. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0501081palfrey1.html The documents are important to review. In thinking it through (absent supportive statistics), I wonder how many potential inmates state they have had thoughts of suicide prior to their incarceration to garner sympathy from the court. Perhaps this is a common ploy. I'll contact defense attorneys to try to find out.
Any attorneys out there who can shed some light?
Secondly, to Drew Terry, who commented below, thank you. I read the same Time.com article earlier today click here and sent Dan Moldea an email. I'm attempting to correspond with Moldea, who worked with Palfrey, knew her personally, and who stated (see below) that he categorically accepts Palfrey's suicide as true absent any investigation of his own. I've asked Moldea for an interview to discuss his conclusion prior to investigation.
According to the Time.com article, Moldea "last year examined Palfrey's phone records and discovered the name of Vitter, a Republican, as a client of Palfrey's escort service — Pamela Martin & Associates — the last time he saw Palfrey in person was less than week before her conviction on prostitution charges on April 15." Moldea said:
"A friend and I met with Jeanne and we had a sushi lunch near the courtroom." She was upbeat and hopeful. She felt the prosecution had not made the case and that she was going to walk. She was hopeful to the end. But, when the jury came in with her conviction, she reportedly was taken aback. When I heard that I knew that, for her, it was all over. There is no question in my mind that she took her own life."
Much thanks for all the responses here and for the valuable information everyone's provided. I tend to shy away from conjecture. This article was an effort to engage the vast brain-trust of the blogger community, of which I am a part.
As we know all too well in cases and issues of greater import than this, corporate media cannot be trusted to report the truth. It lives in the land of Reverend Wright and flag pins. Interesting that a story with potential salacious interest like the "suicide" of "the DC Madam" has led to no investigative reporting on the part of corporate media. That for me is an indicator that corporate media has been told be "hush." They're not speculating at all about Ms. Palfrey's death - which would likely draw an audience. Unusual for a media that thrives on speculation, innuendo, and inflammatory "news." They've quietly buried Ms. Palfrey - along with her list.
I, personally, don't know if Deborah Jeane Palfrey committed suicide or not - but I'm willing, as best as I can, to attempt to seek the truth. Interesting that Ms. Palfrey shared the same middle name as another renowned "suicide" of nearly 46 years ago. Interesting that corporate media won't hype this story as it does with so many others, since the audience appeal is so inviting. Clearly the BLOWBACK this case could provide is NOT in the corporate interest.
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Over 20 Years Ago I Was In The Same Business
It's not a fact that I throw around a lot, but we all have a past – and hopefully, a future. Years ago, I used to work undercover for the feds, which is one reason I have the insight I do. I owned and operated three (3) escort and modeling agencies, one in LA, New Orleans, and Dallas. Two of them were federal sting operations. I could have forecast this but would have been labeled a nutcase if I did, but people in the business know better than to EVER even think of releasing their client lists - even under threat of prison. (Besides, my client lists were taken away from me anyway, although I had a spare copy hidden away, as anyone would...) Powerful people use these agencies, and this statement isn't meant to be a pun, however, it would be suicide for any high-class agency to release their client lists or even threaten to do so! We served politicians, Judges, prestigious attorneys and doctors, and even members of the clergy - plus the occasional people that were in law enforcement. The stings were drug related and there was never a time when the authorities were even remotely interested in the client names, and even if they were, we kept our high-profile clients hidden from the authorities. Twenty years ago, the rates were $65.00 - $85.00 per hour for the Agency, depending on who the client was – most calls ran multiple hours, and the ladies charged anywhere from $150.00 per hour up to $1,000 or more, and it doesn't take a genius to understand the type of clientele that could afford those prices. I will never believe the DC Madam committed suicide except for failing to understand a rule that is well-known within those that run agencies of this sort; the clients are paying for a lady, but most of all, their confidentiality - and if an owner breeches that - the owner IS committing suicide, although not by their own hand. I will never believe it was an actual suicide, but will always believe that she should have known better. Anyone in that business knows it, and while I was engaged in that business off and on for ten years, there was never a time that we released our client lists - and even today, I'd rather jump into a phone booth with an angry mountain lion rather than even dreaming of releasing client lists, even though they are over 20 years old. William Cormier by William Cormier (152 articles, 11 quicklinks, 21 diaries, 418 comments [9 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 3:59:56 PM  (0+)
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Reply: Right, she "should've known better"
Who DOESN'T think she was murdered? by Ingrid (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 142 comments [20 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 7:54:19 AM (0+)
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Reply: the public has a right to know
The public has a right to know if those representing them are truly representing them, or are they representing shady values and lacking virtue? People who engage in such sleazy activities are not only unfaithful to their spouses and putting them at risk of HIV and STDs, never mind the emotional trauma--but they are, also, putting themselves into a position to be blackmailed by large, unethical corporations and gangsters(special interest groups like Oil Barons), putting their country at risk, and even at war. by Marysue (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 5 comments) on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 9:07:39 AM (0+)
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Reply: I disagree
Hi Mary Sue, by Ingrid (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 142 comments [20 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 6:58:40 PM (0+)
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Reply: Life Insurance
"(Besides, my client lists were taken away from me anyway, although I had a spare copy hidden away, as anyone would...)" Makes perfect sense. Thanks for sharing. by Tom Chechatka (6 articles, 1 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 57 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 9:55:43 AM (0+)
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She saw it coming
this is sad and disgusting. She said publicly several times that she might be murdered, and it would be made to look like a suicide. There were very powerful, very dangerous men in her little black book... The Florida police wasted no time and has already ruled it a suicide. Interesting that this took place in Florida...There will never be a serious investigation. by francine (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 385 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 4:11:49 PM (0+)
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Gee,..
I wonder if all of her records decided to commit suicide too. I'd give that possibility a better than even chance. The stench of officialdom hit me as soon as the news fell out of the radio. by John Sanchez Jr. (9 articles, 0 quicklinks, 25 diaries, 1791 comments [148 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 4:12:05 PM (0+)
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So its one political hit every two weeks now
The death of Riad Elsolh Hamad on the 13th of April, now Palfrey. She stated emphatically on Alex Jones show that she would NEVER EVER commit suicide. She struck me as a tough cookie, not the kind of person that would give up without a fight. Is there a running count of political prisoners and "suicides"? First they took her house, then her accounts, then her freedom and ultimately her life. It seems nowadays the squeaky wheel gets "greased". by john riggs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 463 comments [24 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 4:44:20 PM (0+)
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Just Another Bit of Serendipity for the Oligarchy
Just add the DC Madam to that long list of very fortuitous 'suicides' of those who cross paths with the establishment. I have no doubt that there were many a powerful name on that client list and while this is only a matter of speculation on my part one has to wonder if this particular operation were involved in that sexual blackmail ring that has so long existed in DC. One also has to wonder whether some of those clients may have been involved in that little matter that Sibel Edmonds uncovered about the Turkish-Israeli- Pakistani moles who were operating at the highest levels and selling and stealing U.S. secrets. I wonder how many neocons were on that client list. I would certainly hope that the full investigative power of independent researchers and bloggers digs into this one because it could be one hell of a thread to pull on and God only knows what can be unravelled. Just my two cents EE by Ed Encho (12 articles, 20 quicklinks, 65 diaries, 438 comments [14 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 4:52:58 PM (0+)
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Body Count
Google" Bush Body Count" and "Clinton Body Count" Watch Google Video "Who Killed John O'Neill?" by fmcg (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 2 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:16:47 PM (0+)
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Reply: RE: Body Count
Exactly! That is what made me come to the conclusion that ALL of these bastards are working together, the trail of bodies is a two family tradition and too much to be simply poo-poohed away by the narrow minded and the on the payroll disinformation agents out to debunk such things. The intersection of the Clinton and Bush crime families at Mena is something that is not given the scrutiny that it is deserving of. It is only a "vast right-wing conspiracy" if you remain in the phony left-right paradigm that has been set up and used so successfully by the oligarchy to divide and conquer us. Just my two cents EE by Ed Encho (12 articles, 20 quicklinks, 65 diaries, 438 comments [14 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:42:58 PM (0+)
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I'm Not Buying It . . .
Enough of these conspiracy theorists. Are you trying to insinuate that partisans from D.C. had hitmen go to Florida and murder the madam, and make it look like suicide? What makes this a crazy thought is that the trial is over. People get distraught after being involved and exposed in a criminal prosecution and conviction. She was facing a very long sentencing. Let's spell it out: D-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N. -dusty by Dusty Nathan (18 articles, 0 quicklinks, 9 diaries, 69 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:26:12 PM (0+)
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Reply: Conspiracy Theorist Is A Silly Pejorative
Why not get with the real world of deep politics, that "conspiracy theorist" crap is getting old and is a linguistic trick used to lump in those with serious and legitimate questions with the UFO chasing freaks. Conspiracy Researcher to you sir and the rest of the coincidence theorists. Just my two cents by Ed Encho (12 articles, 20 quicklinks, 65 diaries, 438 comments [14 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:39:02 PM (0+)
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Reply: Lighter color?
Dusty, please choose a lighter background color next time - I could hardly make out the print through the dark brown.... by annavanz (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 38 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:15:41 PM (0+)
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Reply: She supposedly left the book with someone
so if she was convicted or killed it would be released. I cant wait to see that little book. by john riggs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 463 comments [24 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:13:57 PM (0+)
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Reply: Ummmm...
Perhaps Larry Flynt? by Sheila Samples (54 articles, 6158 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 597 comments [28 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:29:00 PM (0+)
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Reply: DUSTY
The fact the trial was over is irrelevant. In federal court, which is where she would be tried if arrested in D.C., sentencing is everything. First, you plead or go to trial and are found guilty (roughly 95% of the time due to the lack of any effective discovery rules), and then you cooperate with the prosecution because you are facing some draconian sentence. In the Madam's case, she was looking at over fifty years incarceration. A selective release of client names to hurt administration enemies would have been quite a coup for the murderous regime currently in power, and would probably have earned her a very lenient sentence. This is hardly a conspiracy theory, but rather, an example of realpolitik. Her murder also serves to point out the absence of any ethical difference between the R's and the D's. by W.M.L. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 537 comments [52 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 11:06:13 AM (0+)
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Reply: Almost everyone believes in Conspiracies
If you believe that there was an organized group of agents working for AlQaeda who wanted to bomb the World Trade Center, then you believe there was a conspiracy to bomb the WTC--a conspiracy theory. If you believe that tghe WTC was brought down by an organized group of agents working for AlQaeda who wanted to terrorize the U.S., then you believe there was a conspiracy to destroy the WTC--a conspiracy theory. There are many conspiracy theories out there. Just because some of them are far-fetched doesn't mean they all are. Some of them are going to be true. And that is why calling something a "Conspiracy Theory" doesn't make me want to automatically dismiss a theory anymore. I'm not going to say she didn't kill herself, but announcing that it was a suicide before announcing who it was, or getting a coroner's report, doesn't help make the case that it was a suicide. More thoughts at my blog. by Edward Smallwood (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 7 comments) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 2:13:28 PM (0+)
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It's not a conspiracy, it's just plain old murder
"She stated emphatically on Alex Jones show that she would NEVER EVER commit suicide." Visit the Alex Jones Show archives and you can hear her for yourself. What part of MURDER don't you understand? What use is ultimate power if you can't even ice a threat like a mouthy madam? by JustHisWordsdotcom (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 17 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 5:55:39 PM (0+)
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Reply: I've got to tell you Justaswords
I'm no fan of Alex Jones, but I think you may be right. by Michael Shaw (12 articles, 1 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 439 comments [16 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:18:10 PM (0+)
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Call my cynical
The instant I heard the news: She was murdered was my first thought. Too bad there isn't a real and honest C.S.I. in Florida like the ones protrayed on TV. Think we'll ever know the truth? Not! I hope someone has her papers and tomorrow we see them published in newspapers and all over the "Internets." by Sandy Sand (198 articles, 0 quicklinks, 227 diaries, 1548 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:05:01 PM (0+)
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Turn Waxman loose on this one
Representative Waxman needs another investigation to work on. How many does he have going now anyways? One more won't be a burden unless ....... by Mad Jayhawk (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 652 comments [56 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:12:38 PM (0+)
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Reply: Waxman is a "paper-tiger"
If Waxman was worth anything at all he would have convicted someone by now. He's as worthless if not more so than Conyers and Pelosi. If you want to know where Waxman is at, ask why he hasn't had Sibel Edmonds testify in open hearings? My toe-nail clippings have more worth than this piece of sh*t. by Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 6:50:39 AM (0+)
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Lady should have paid more attention
In the movies, the guy with the gun always talks about how much fun it is going to be to shoot the other guy....and then the other guy finally takes the gun away from him and shoots him with it. If the woman was talking about giving us the files, she should have done it. And, she would likely have still been alive. I hope she had something set up to release them in the event of her untimely death. We'll see soon. by Roger (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 465 comments [22 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:20:08 PM (0+)
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Convenient Suicide
This is too convenient. I also heard this lady on the radio and she was geared up for a fight, not a suicide. This will just be another political secret, swept under the rug by the Bush Administration. We can only hope she had a copy of her black book hidden away, in case something happened to her, as she stated it would on the night I heard her on the radio. This should be investigated thoroughly but not by anyone in the DOJ because we know already that Muchasey will NOT do his job. I doubt the Florida authorities are up to the task so this will likely be the end of alot of inconvenient truths. by Paula Anderson (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 8 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 6:24:55 PM (0+)
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How convenient...
Suicide by hanging... Interesting. She'd have easy access to sleeping pills, a less painful way to go, yet chose to go in a storage shed on a hot, humid day and hang herself. by Marta Barbosa (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 10 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 7:39:59 PM (0+)
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Reply: Agreed - doesn't make sense...
I only knew the basics about her arrest and the resulting bru-haha, but when I first heard of her death on the news today, the first immediate gut thought I had was, "that was no suicide". For me, those kinds of instant flashes have proven to be accurate insights. Reading the interesting comments here, I can only imagine what lurid details would have accumulated about the clients involved - it would've had to have been some heavy-duty stuff. by annavanz (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 38 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:01:44 PM (0+)
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Reply: Follow the trail of blood...
http://www.yardbird.com:80/luna_sex_scandal_threatens_bush_GOP.htm by Sheila Samples (54 articles, 6158 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 597 comments [28 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:49:44 PM (0+)
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Suicide my butt
Dick Cheney's name was in that book. Remember how that story was squashed in it's budding? Vibrant and strong ppl don't have Major Depressive Disorder symptoms and that is usually a prerequisite before and after a sucide attempt. She was murdered. Furthermore, she wouldn't have done it in a shed. She would have done it in a room that she lived in a lot--hung out in--slept in--used frequently. Look it up. I know. I have read enough on this matter of suicide and experienced it indirectly and directly. These mad men running the Government have no conscience, no scruples and no authority to call them out. They are above the law (or they believe they are). They hung her, and probalby drugged her first. The Florida authorities are paid off and no more will be done UNLESS we put some pressure on and that's even iffy. Maybe she had a copy of the book and they couldn't find it. They hung her and decided that would end all. We can only hope the book is in the mail to the proper journalist and not some "message force multiplier"! Rest in peace dear woman. This is Sad and maddening at the same time. by shirley reese (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 592 comments [98 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 7:55:09 PM (0+)
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suicide? I think not...
Suicide? Oh come on. It doesn't take a "conspiracy theorist" to figure this one out. This woman was murdered by the powers that be. She and her associate who also "committed suicide" were whistle blowers. These guys don't like whistle blowers. Nuff said. by jersey girl (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1201 comments [734 recommended, 12 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:01:46 PM (0+)
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I'll tell you Linda
that was the first thing that crossed my mind when I heard it on the news today. You would think a woman in her position, someone who faced 55 years imprisonment, having dirt on so many powerful people would plea bargain for a lighter or even suspended sentence before deciding to take her own life. Politicians do it. Mafia bosses even sometimes do it. If left with the decision of a dangerous life behind bars forever or a dangerous life on the outside, what choice would anybody make? Of course we need to find out more about that book that was found. Was it her black book? If so were some pages conveniently removed? by Michael Shaw (12 articles, 1 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 439 comments [16 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:08:38 PM (0+)
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"Tough love" for washington madam;
ASSISTED suicide by foggoloop by benning (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:29:10 PM (0+)
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Convenient
The Washington elite are monsters! by Archie (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1750 comments [110 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 8:42:15 PM (0+)
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Election year scandals
the last thing those customers up there on Capitol Hill need in an election year is a willing lady of the night with a big fat black book of names, dates, places, and bucks paid. Certainly someone might be more than willing to help her put a rope around her neck, hoist her up, and even kick the stool out from under her to keep her mouth shut. by Gene Cappa (43 articles, 28 quicklinks, 113 diaries, 347 comments [33 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:01:13 PM (0+)
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Election year scandals
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the last thing those customers up there on Capitol Hill need in an election year is a willing lady of the night with a big fat black book of names, dates, places, and bucks paid. Certainly someone might be more than willing to help her put a rope around her neck, hoist her up, and even kick the stool out from under her to keep her mouth shut. by Gene Cappa (43 articles, 28 quicklinks, 113 diaries, 347 comments [33 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:03:18 PM (0+)
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Reply: JUST CURIOUS
Why would this comment be flagged? What is objectionable about it? I only ask because I would like to avoid the same mistake the author made, as I can see no difference between this comment and many others of a similar nature. What am I missing? by W.M.L. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 537 comments [52 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 12:29:45 PM (0+)
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Kind of like the Natural Death in the Movie Michael Clayton
This immediately reminded me of the murder in the movie Michael Clayton which is made to look like a natural death. I can not imagine a person who would go to their elderly mother's house and hang themselves so that their mother would be the first one to discover the body. That is the first thing that sounds incredible to me. Second is the idea that five years in prison would drive a person to suicide. She had become a nationally famous personality in the past year. She must have been aware of the special treatment that such celebrities as Martha Steward and Britney Spears received in prison. When she got out she could lecture and write books and be wealthier than she had ever been in her life. We should be extremely skeptical about this being a suicide until all the facts are released. by Philosopher Jay (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 29 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 9:31:47 PM (0+)
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It means nothing to these Mass Killers
After 3,000 dead on 911, Waco, OKC, The genocide going on in the middle east; these powerful psycopaths think nothing of eliminating one more of God's children. They have no conscience, or soul; they must be subhumans. One day they will have to account for all the evil they have brought forth in the world. Karma's a b*tch. by ronheri (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 256 comments [45 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 10:45:59 PM (0+)
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Take off your tin foil hat and put on your detective hat
What is the motive if it was murder? If her records still exist then murdering her would not serve any useful purpose except maybe revenge. And if she felt threatened she would have taken steps to guarantee that her records were safe in the hands of some one who would publish them the day after she died. She had ways to insure that nothing would happen to her. Surely she took those steps if she felt like it would help keep her alive. And why murder her now? She has been around, available, for some time now. If she had really sorid secrets about someone who didn't want the information out she would have been murdered a long time ago. She left a suicide note. Police should carefully examine that and see if it can be authenticated. If it can't be then there is a problem. If you can't trust the police to do it, what then? She was living with her mother in a trailer I think. Would you commit suicide in your Mom/s trailer? I guess if you didn't like your Mom or whoever ..... If it was murder, then it would have been better to do it inside the trailer where no one can see. If you take her out to a shed there is the likelihood that you could be seen moving the body or the person around. Trailer parks are usually pretty tightly packed and it is easy to hear and see what is going on. And trailer park people know what is going on around them or they should. The murderer would have to be pretty dumb. by Mad Jayhawk (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 652 comments [56 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 10:49:11 PM (0+)
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Reply: Proof's in the pudding
If the book is not forthcoming, we can assume it was murder. It figures that the arrangement she made would guarantee it was released to the public unless somebody found out how to stop it before murdering her. by Pat Williams (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 84 comments) on Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 11:58:08 PM (0+)
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Reply: Maybe
...they threatened to kill her mom too if she didn't co-operate in her own hanging. Hey, if there's ONE thing I've learned from so many of my hunches turning out to be right where it concerns our nefarious government: If YOU can imagine it, THEY have probably already DONE it! by Bia Winter (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 756 comments [119 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 5:45:45 AM (0+)
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Reply: What ?
You theory fails because of electronic wiretaps. Those in the know knew whom she conspired to protect the black book probably already have experienced a break-in where nothing else was missing and they can read the hand writing on the wall. What are they going to do call the cop? Right! by tjb (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 255 comments [9 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 9:51:26 AM (0+)
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Reply: SIMPLE ANSWERS
She had previously failed to disclose any names because her cooperation was part of the process by which she gets her sentence reduced at sentencing in federal court. The non-existence of copies of her black book would also be part of her cooperation. As to where the murder took place, the shed was a much easier place to murder in secret than was the trailer. The only trick was to place the perpetrator at the scene prior to the murder and then lure or wait until the victim entered the shed. A suicide would more likely have occurred in the trailer among more comforting surroundings. Suicides are not thinking of others, but are indulging in the single most narcissistic act imaginable. Hence, she would have given no thought to her mother's feelings if this were a suicide, and certainly would not have done the deed in the cold, uncaring confines of a outdoor shed. by W.M.L. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 537 comments [52 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 12:46:32 PM (0+)
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"The Paranoid's Pledge" didn't help this time
The U.S. mainstream press is so controlled now that it would never publish the names in the black book, unless they were all only liberals; which is unlikely. But such a thing would get a lot of play in blogs and the foreign press. However with the Madam dead and unable to stand by the authenticity, most alternate news organizations would hesitate to publish it now; and face possible litigation from the outed. So it will probably never see the light of day. It is chilling to note that the possible danger from her continued existence to the powers-that-be was high enough that they would decide to risk such an obvious ploy. It shows they are so arrogant in their power, that they believe they can get away with killing anyone who stands in their way. The way MSM refuses to report on any of the things that really threaten them, they may be right . by Steve Windisch (jibbguy) (17 articles, 0 quicklinks, 4 diaries, 360 comments [54 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1:42:49 AM (0+)
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Reply: YOU COULD BE RIGHT BUT I THINK........
that it was the so-called liberals who carried out this murder. The Madam, being prosecuted by the Bush administration, was under their thumb, and could reduce her sentence by cooperation with the Justice Department. That cooperation would surely not include the outing of conservative lawmakers and judges, but rather, the outing of powerful liberals like New York's former Governor, Eliot Spitzer. Let us remember that it is Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, whose husband has become a multi-millionaire from defense contracts stemming from the Iraq war, who has held up the impeachment of Bush and Cheney from day one of the Democratic takeover of the House. Her conflicts of interest, disregard for the Constitution, and willingness to kill not only Americans, but hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, are no less compelling than those demonstrated by Dick Cheney and George H.W. Bush. Therefore, we should expect no less moral degeneracy and no less inclination to murder from the elite left than we expect from the elite right. by W.M.L. (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 537 comments [52 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 1:33:39 PM (0+)
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Power does what it wants
"Power does what it wants" - George Carlin It seems more and more, everywhere I look, the methods of the powerful are increasingly blatant - and brutal. From the Committee of 300, the Illuninati, the Trilateral Commission and Skull and Bones, and yes... the new American tyranny - it's painfully apparent that the commoners are more common than ever in modern history. Human life has become so devalued that the bewildered herd are nothing more than a mass to be managed. And if the power structure can pull off what it has since hoisting 911 on us, one has to genuinely ponder, what would they consider to be out of bounds in pursuit of their agendas? When you grasp the possibility and concept of "depopulation", how can anything be off limits? I've witnessed the Kennedy's assassinations, the King murder, the travesty of Vietnam, the riots, racial unrest, and 28 years of knowing that I could be incinerated by a thermonuclear bomb at nearly any second. AIDS, SARS, bird flu, eboli, flesh-eating viruses and, of course, 911. But none compare to my shear terror of the deliberate actions, at this very moment, of other human beings with a profound arrogance and utter disdain for those not of their class. by Michael McCoy (7 articles, 1 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 487 comments [26 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 2:27:08 AM (0+)
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The details are sketchy by design.
No question I felt right away this was no suicide. Contradictory details are meant to be controversial and inconclusive: just enough to fuel speculation, not enough to be conclusive. Conversely, if she really DID commit suicide on her own, would the story be publicized right away and all over the country? In other words, it is not supposed to make sense. If it made sense, or served no purpose, we would not know. Notes are left by less than 1/3 of fatal suicides. The only thing for her to explain would be 'why?' Since she made it known this is what she feared and would not commit suicide, I'm curious to know what the note says. I wouldn't be surprised if her list IS now made public - in some way that renders it useless as 'evidence' but plenty useful to juice up the script of daily drama. As the Madame cannot now confirm, deny, embellish, or exaggerate, the list would be yesterdays news soon enough. Geist of the Zeit = Grist for the Mill. by Drew Terry (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 28 diaries, 125 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 2:57:12 AM (0+)
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NOT INDICATIVE OF SUICIDE
First, few women commit suicide by hanging; the most usual way for women is pills. Second, Deborah Palfrey loved her mother. Why would she chose to commit suicide in Florida, knowing that her mother would discover her dead body, thus inflicting a terrible trauma on this 73 years old woman? by francine (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 385 comments) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 3:42:48 AM (0+)
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My first reaction
....was the same: A suicide!? in this Election Year? Yeah, Cheney was on her list; I'll bet McCain's was too! by Bia Winter (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 756 comments [119 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 5:41:06 AM (0+)
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yeah, "suicides"
...and small plane crashes! by Bia Winter (6 articles, 2 quicklinks, 14 diaries, 756 comments [119 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 5:47:22 AM (0+)
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Here's What We Need to Do....
...get a FOIA on her autopsy report. Hook into the Coroner's office and get the scuttlebutt in the meantime. What we're looking for are injuries characteristic of strangulation that aren't characteristic of hanging, or vice-versa. If one presumes she was strangled before she was strung up, the injuries common to hanging that do not occur in strangulation should stick out like a sore thumb. Also, were the suicide notes written in the person's own hand, or printed out on a computer? Much more difficult to achieve is the assassin who convinces the victim to write their own suicide note before they "murder" them. If it was computer generated, the time-date stamp on the computer file should follow the time of death, if it was a murder. She should have NEVER lived in Florida, Texas or DC. The Bushes are all over those areas and able to cover up wholesale murder without much trouble at all. Shandra Levi was, most likely, murdered because Gary Condit told her stuff about the upcoming 911 incident. Notice how her murder just skated right off the pages post-911. Gary Condit? Who's he? Where'd he go? Condi Rice told Willie Brown not to fly on 9/11 on September 10th. How'd she know? I mean, the fact that Condi is a Scorpio and Willie was a ladies' man in the Bay Area tells me about the WHY Rice would call him to alert him, but this whole incident speaks LOUDLY to Rices' foreknowledge of the event. by Richard Volaar (39 articles, 0 quicklinks, 150 diaries, 477 comments [63 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 6:06:26 AM (0+)
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The Convenient "Suicide" Of The DC Madam
Never ceases to amaze me, the stuff coming out of America, and these very same people claim to be Christian,Free and Democratic when the exact opposite is true. Regards the Madam, again, the total hypocrisy being practiced here is unbelieveable. Wasn't too long ago a certain Mayor was denigrated and character destroyed for utilising such purposes, so we can see very clearly, what damage can be inflicted upon people who utilise such services, yet America is rife with this corruption and hypocrisy, (ever heard of a guy called Gannon ? boy did he disappear off the face of the planet) thus pointing directly to the corruption within the hallowed halls of the Whitehouse. Yet, we have aspiring Presidents claiming to be whiter then white and holier then thou, pointing the finger at gays and lesbians, a gullible population ganging up on same sex relationships, women as sex objects and there for the abuse thereof, making death threats against people who choose to have abortions ect, and it goes on and on add nauseum. It really beats the hell outa me, why on earth anyone would wish to emigrate or live in such a country. Talk about EVIL, WOW. And if anyone believes this poor woman's death will be investigated think about the Muslim recently found floating in a lake with handcuffs and bound feet to which your authorites claimed was a suicide ? I distincly recall too, the poor woman who claimed Bush raped her suffering a similar fate as well, which also was classified as suicide and the books closed. Crikey, the MAFIOSA have got nothing on your Govt and it's invisible tentacles, I can understand why that organisation received such tender loving care from your Govt. after all, the cheeky buggers had balls trying to muscle into the Govt's turf, what ? by Eddy Schmid (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 234 comments [17 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 8:37:37 AM (0+)
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Reply: Who is Jeff Gannon?
by Drew Terry (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 28 diaries, 125 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10:44:09 AM (0+)
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Death of the DC Madam
How is it that all of our institutions have failed us in the space of seven years? Almost every person in a position of power seems to have joined the lunatic fringe. Of course, law enforcement will never reveal any details enclosed in the DC Madam's little black book. They will be too busy blackmailing the Madam's patrons. Every whistle blower should have his material ready for worldwide distribution at a moment's notice. Why do you think Sibel Edmonds is still alive? I'm sorry her information didn't reach us and I offer my sympathy to her family and friends. by Jason Paz (68 articles, 88 quicklinks, 112 diaries, 1385 comments [97 recommended, 1 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 9:31:58 AM (0+)
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NO WAY A SUICIDE!
Women don't go into their elderly mother's shed or garage and hang themselves and have their mother find them. This is so ridiculous.....what are the statistics for women even hanging themselves? There was no reason for her to do this. by shanti (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 43 comments) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 9:42:22 AM (0+)
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The Other Thing That Stinks To High Heaven....
...her sentencing wasn't until the end of July. If you were thinking of killing yourself as a way to avoid jail time, wouldn't you save that final act until the last possible minute?? Meanwhile, you're negotiating with your friendly neighborhood prosecutor (who's likely a Bush loyalist, anyway) and trying to work a deal so that you can followthrough on your commitment to stay out of jail no matter what. by Richard Volaar (39 articles, 0 quicklinks, 150 diaries, 477 comments [63 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 10:41:33 AM (0+)
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The law is for thee but not for me
The johns list should have been made public for reasons of national security. Blackmail becomes such a convenient tool. The hypocrisy of DC knows no bounds in that someone else's life is expendable so that they can maintain the veneer of virtue. [from: http://www.filmsite.org/godf2B.html ] Fredo and Tom Hagen arrive, in the next scene, inside one of Fredo's bordello lounges (probably in Carson City). Senator Geary, one of the frequent visitors there, is in one of the back rooms. Wearing only a towel and a dazed, confused look, the Senator is found in the brothel with a bloodied, dead prostitute, but claims he can't remember anything: "I didn't do anything...when I woke up, I was on the floor and I don't know how it happened...I passed out." Geary, who had often willingly played bondage games with the whore before, unties her wrists and dabs blood from her thighs with a towel: "Just a game...we'd done it before and I know that I could not have hurt that girl" - but he is now broken, shocked and ashamed, and fears the implications of his guilt. To put Geary in their ever-lasting gratitude [after setting him up by having the prostitute killed by Neri], Hagen promises to help: by LanceThruster (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 11:15:12 AM (0+)
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Two important notes
First, I beleive this was a murder. I beleive Time had the story written for them. And most importantly, I beleive this swiss cheese of a cover story is swiss cheezy on purpose. I believe this is a clear signal to anyone with which she may have confided in to keep quiet. Second, the one person that is sure to know the truth and not be afraid to tell it is Larry Flynt. Let's not forget he was her first press contact and he has balls of pure steal. by erik mouse (4 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 106 comments) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 11:46:49 AM (0+)
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Possible but Probable?
TIME MAGAZINE had this article as of yesterday? There are bad soap operas with better scripts. Note the tribute at the end, the "author" who verifies "no doubt she killed herself" and all of this within hours after the body is discovered? A major national newsmagazine publishes this story, albeit on a web site, but that wraps it up just right? This is the story one would expect to read in Time after the information had been released. Was there even a press conference? Anything is possible, but this is just not probable. D.C. Madam: Suicide Before Prison Thursday, May. 01, 2008 By ADAM ZAGORIN/WASHINGTON Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the “D.C. Madam,” once implied that suicide was cowardice but, in the end, she seems to have chosen that same path herself. “She wasn’t going to jail, she told me that very clearly. She told me she would commit suicide,” author Dan Moldea told TIME soon after news broke of her body being found in Tarpon Springs, Florida, an apparent suicide. Palfrey’s body, along with a handwritten suicide note, was discovered by police in a storage area attached to her mother’s mobile home. Palfrey contacted Moldea last year to provide her help writing a book. “She had done time once before [for prostitution],” Moldea recalls. “And it damn near killed her. She said there was enormous stress — it made her sick, she couldn’t take it, and she wasn’t going to let that happen to her again.” Palfrey had been free pending her scheduled July 24 sentencing on a series of racketeering and money laundering charges as part of running a prostitution ring that had as clients many prominent Washingtonians, including Senator David Vitter of Lousiana. She faced as many as 55 years behind bars (though sentencing guidelines could well have limited her prison time to a maximum of 71 months.) When a former employee of Palfrey’s, Brandy Britton, hanged herself before going to trial, Palfrey told the press, “I guess I’m made of something that Brandy Britton wasn’t made of.” Palfrey’s trial, which concluded in mid-April with a conviction, is one of very few such cases prosecuted in the federal courts. Most prostitution violations are dealt with at the state or municipal level, and attract little publicity. In the Palfrey case, prosecutors obliged a string of obviously embarrassed clients and employees of the escort service to appear on the witness stand and testify under oath. Nearly all testified that they had engaged in sexual acts in exchange for money, a version of events that contradicted Palfrey’s claims that she had been running a high-end sexual fantasy service — and that any actual sexual activity was against the rules, and clearly stated when employees were hired. Palfrey ran her operation — which covered the Washington D.C., Baltimore and northern Virginia area — by telephone from her home in California. Clients would contact her, often in response to advertisements in Washington newspapers and magazines, and she would set them up with women. According to court testimony, Palfrey would sometimes even contact clients for after-action reports to determine whether her employees were doing their job correctly and enthusiastically. It was Palfrey’s phone records that led to problems for prominent Washington figures once her prosecution got under way. She had thousands of pages, including 10,000 to 15,000 numbers of clients calling in to her California residence. Besides Sen. Vitter, others whose names appeared on those records included Randall Tobias, a senior State Department official in charge of foreign aid — who had publicly inveighed against prostitution and who quickly resigned after his name was made public. Harlan Ullman, a well-known military specialist at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, was also identified. According to Moldea, who last year examined Palfrey’s phone records and discovered the name of Vitter, a Republican, as a client of Palfrey’s escort servie — Pamela Martin & Associates — the last time he saw Palfrey in person was less than week before her conviction on prostitution charges on April 15. “A friend and I met with Jeanne and we had a sushi lunch near the courtroom,” he said. “She was upbeat and hopeful. She felt the prosecution had not made the case and that she was going to walk. She was hopeful to the end.” But, when the jury came in with her conviction, she reportedly was taken aback. “When I heard that I knew that, for her, it was all over. There is no question in my mind that she took her own life.” Vitter remains a Senator and has not been censured, despite coming under intense public criticism. Of Palfrey, Moldea said, “I liked her. She was a good person, she was kind, funny, she had a sense of humor, and what she may have done in business, I bring no judgment to that. You have to remember that all those who worked for her service and those who used it — none of them were held to account, or punished. And now, she is dead.” by Drew Terry (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 28 diaries, 125 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 3:05:33 PM (0+)
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NY Times - May 2nd
This is in the NY TImes as of May 2nd, 2008. This also says there was a notebook with at least 2 suicide notes, and the author is quoted as having dinner with her last year when she said she would commit suicide before going to prison. I don't know how credible a Washington writer is to me. On the other hand, my younger brother committed suicide two months ago, and I never saw that coming. So it most likely will not make sense, no matter what actually happened, and will always be suspicious to some, case closed to others. Divide to Rule. NY TIMES: ‘D.C. Madam’ Is Found Dead, Apparently in a Suicide By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 2, 2008 TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — A woman convicted two weeks ago of running a Washington call-girl ring that catered to the capital’s power elite was found dead here Thursday, and the authorities said she had apparently hanged herself. The body of the woman, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, 52, was found in a shed at her mother’s home here about 20 miles northwest of Tampa. The police said Ms. Palfrey had left a notebook containing at least two suicide notes and other messages to her family, but they did not give additional details. Ms. Palfrey, who had quickly become known as the D.C. Madam when the case against her began unfolding, apparently hanged herself from the shed’s ceiling with nylon rope, the police said. Her mother, Blanche Palfrey, discovered the body. Blanche Palfrey had no sign that her daughter was suicidal, and there was no immediate indication that alcohol or drugs were involved, Capt. Jeffrey Young of the Tarpon Springs Police Department said. A man who answered a phone listed for the elder Ms. Palfrey declined to comment. Preston Burton, a lawyer who represented Deborah Jeane Palfrey at her trial, said, “This is tragic news, and my heart goes out to her mother.” A federal jury in Washington found Ms. Palfrey guilty on April 15 of running a prostitution service that catered to powerful figures including Senator David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana. She was convicted of money laundering, using the mail for illegal purposes and racketeering. Ms. Palfrey had denied that her escort service had been involved in prostitution, saying that if any of the women had engaged in sexual acts for money, they had done so without her knowledge. In the aftermath of her conviction, she remained free while awaiting sentencing on July 24. Under sentencing guidelines, she faced about five or six years in prison, Channing Phillips, the spokesman for the United States attorney in the District of Columbia, said Thursday. But Ms. Palfrey had vowed that she would never go to prison. When she disclosed telephone records last year that revealed the identity of some of her clients, she told ABC: “I’m sure as heck not going to be going to federal prison for one day, let alone four to eight years, because I’m shy about bringing in the deputy secretary of whatever. Not for a second. I’ll bring every last one of them in if necessary.” Despite that threat, Ms. Palfrey’s trial concluded without the testimony of either Mr. Vitter or another particularly prominent client, Randall L. Tobias. Mr. Tobias resigned as a senior State Department official last year after he had been linked to the escort service, though he said he had used it only for massages. Mr. Vitter, who is married and has four children, remains a first-term member of the Senate. Dan Moldea, a Washington writer who befriended Ms. Palfrey while considering writing a book about her, said she had been cautiously optimistic about her trial. After the conviction, however, Mr. Moldea sent her two messages but did not hear back, he said. After hearing of her death Thursday, he recalled a conversation over dinner last year when the subject of prison came up. “I will commit suicide first,” he remembered her saying. One of the escort service’s employees was Brandy Britton, a former professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who was arrested on prostitution charges in 2006. Ms. Britton committed suicide in January before she could go to trial. by Drew Terry (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 28 diaries, 125 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 3:19:15 PM (0+)
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NY Times Blogs at 5:25 PM May 1st, quoting TIME Magazine
This was on the NY Times Blogs at 5:25 PM May 1st, quoting TIME Magazine as their source for the author. May 1, 2008, 5:25 pm The Story Ends for the ‘D.C. Madam’ By MIKE NIZZA Deborah Jeane Palfrey took extreme measures, even by Washington standards, when it came to defending herself against charges of running a high-priced call girl ring under the guise of an escort service. Standing before the nation’s news media last year, the woman who became known as the D.C. Madam at once denied any involvement in illegal prostitution and threatened to make public her client list — to sell it, in fact, as a way of financing her legal bills. Almost exactly a year later, after being convicted at trial and awaiting a prison sentence — a theoretical maximum of 55 years, though in all likelihood something more like 4 to 6 — it seems Ms. Palfrey took the most extreme measure of all. According to The St. Petersburg Times and other news outlets, she was found dead in a shed outside her mother’s house in Tarpon Springs, Fla., and the police believe after a preliminary investigation that she hanged herself. Handwritten notes were found at the scene, and she left other chilling clues with the biographer Dan Moldea, who spoke to her last year, according to Time magazine: Though she set Washington abuzz with her threat to spark a hundred sex scandals by revealing her customers’ identities, but the big fish who were rumored to be among them evaporated one by one. In the end, only three Washington bold-face names turned up in the roster: Randall Tobias, a deputy secretary of state, who immediately resigned; Harlan Ullman, a military analyst who helped design the “shock and awe” strategy used in the Iraq invasion; and Senator David Vitter, Republican of Louisiana, who has so far avoided resignation, though he faces a tough re-election campaign in 2010. by Drew Terry (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 28 diaries, 125 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 3:27:08 PM (0+)
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In the words of George Carlin
Selling's legal...F#$*ing's legal...How come Selling F*#$ing isn't legal!!! I don't see anything wrong with two consenting adults having sex for the exchange of money. There are times when a guy wants some human companionship and doesn't have the time to go out, meet someone, have 3 or 4 dates then have some sexual healing (so to speak). I think having that sort of 'service' would be well worth all the time and money involved in the other situation I mentioned. What's the big deal? by Ro Bo (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 12 comments) on Friday, May 2, 2008 at 7:22:24 PM (0+)
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Reply: If only there was such clarity in DC
Two similar comments are: "Sex; you can give it away, you just can't sell it." and then regarding surrogate mothers: "You can rent the womb, but not the access way." by LanceThruster (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments) on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 1:28:46 PM (0+)
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Building Manager: DC Madam's Death Not Suicide
Building Manager: DC Madam's Death Not Suicide POSTED: 8:54 pm EDT May 2, 2008 UPDATED: 9:27 pm EDT May 2, 2008 ORLANDO, Fla. -- The building manager of a Central Florida condo said he spent time talking to Deborah Jean Palfrey on Monday as she packed to go to her mother's house and she did not seem suicidal. Deborah Jean Palfrey has many ties to Central Florida. For the past 12 years she's owned a condo at Park Lake Towers in Orlando. The building manager, who did not want to show his face, talked with Palfrey Monday before she left for her mother's in Tarpon Springs. He strongly believes Palfrey's death was not a suicide. "Jean Palfrey was a class act. She wore very good clothes. She was well educated. Her way out of this world certainly would not have been in an aluminum shed attached to a mobile home in Tarpon Springs, Florida," he said. Palfrey was convicted of running a high-profile escort service for Washington's elite and faced a sentencing this summer that would likely lead to many years in prison. But she was found hanged Thursday at her mother's home and investigators said they have no doubt it was a suicide. "A couple handwritten notes. At least one note was found inside residence indicating her intent to take her life," Capt. Jeffrey Young of the Tarpon Springs Police Department said of Palfrey's death. Palfrey’s building manager said she often told him she believed she was being followed and he thinks there may have been some former clients of her escort service who wanted her dead. "She insinuated that there is a contract out for her and I fully believe they succeeded," her building manager said. Palfrey's Lexus is still parked in the Park Lake garage and the staff said on Monday, she asked about making sure her condo fees would continue to be paid during what Palfrey anticipated would be six years in prison. They said she left that day with some suitcases and a box. "She had one white paper file box that she told me had some important paper with her and then she just kind of raised her eyebrows like you're supposed to think oh yeah, that's all the information that she had on her business in Washington," her building manager said. Palfrey never denied running an escort service for 13 years, but she did deny any knowledge that any illegal sexual activity was occurring. To comment on this story, send an e-mail to Amanda Ober. Copyright 2008 by WESH.COM. All rights reserved. by Drew Terry (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 28 diaries, 125 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 7:00:36 AM (0+)
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