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Spitzer's Sting, Stolen Elections and the DOJ

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The piece "First they came..." shows that the inactivity of those who didn't speak out as the Nazis purged their chosen targets, group after group, resulted in there being no one left to protect them, when the Nazis came for them. It's time to resist. Take initiative and speak out now- time's running out. 

Stolen elections are part of a larger plan and computerized elections are part of that plan.  Media consolidation is another essential piece of the plan.  This is what corporatism, otherwise known as fascism, looks like.  This is the time to speak out!  

Here are some excerpts from but a few important articles:

In The Spitzer Sex Sting:A Few More Questions Scott Horton writes:

It looks like the Bush Justice Department just bagged themselves another Democratic Governor. Here's the New York Times on the story:

Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who gained national prominence relentlessly pursuing Wall Street wrongdoing, has been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute at a Washington hotel last month, according to a law enforcement official and a person briefed on the investigation. 

The wiretap 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, according to an affidavit filed in federal court in Manhattan. The person briefed on the case and the law enforcement official identified Mr. Spitzer as Client 9.

Mr. Spitzer, a first term Democrat, today made a brief public appearance during which he apologized for his behavior, and described it as a "private matter." He did not address his political future. "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."

 On the other hand, ABC News this evening offers a starkly different account of how the investigation got launched. According to ABC, the whole investigation of the prostitution ring itself was triggered by an investigation of Spitzer.  

The federal investigation of a New York prostitution ring was triggered by Gov. Eliot Spitzer's suspicious money transfers, initially leading agents to believe Spitzer was hiding bribes, according to federal officials. It was only months later that the IRS and the FBI determined that Spitzer wasn't hiding bribes but payments to a company called QAT, what prosecutors say is a prostitution operation operating under the name of the Emperors Club.

The suspicious financial activity was initially reported by a bank to the IRS which, under direction from the Justice Department, brought in the FBI's Public Corruption Squad. "We had no interest at all in the prostitution ring until the thing with Spitzer led us to learn about it," said one Justice Department official...

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The Times notes in its story that Spitzer once prosecuted a prostitution ring: 

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