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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:39 AM
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CNN re: "DC Madam": researchers found numbers traceable to private properties on Capitol Hill

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/19/dc.madam.records/

In 'D.C. Madam's' phone records, a slice of Washington

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What have CNN's researchers found so far, apart from five instances of the apologetic Vitter's number? Quite a lot of doctors, actually, and people in the tech industry. Armchair sociologists will make of that what they will. Lots of lawyers, too, but of course in Washington it sometimes feels like everyone is a lawyer. Others run the gamut from the sports world to college professors.

But in many ways, it's a uniquely Washington picture that emerges. Noteworthy are the numbers traceable to private properties on Capitol Hill, in neighborhoods heavily populated by "Hill-types" (as they're known in Beltway jargon), be they members of Congress, staffers, or entourage.

Records indicate a handful of numbers have belonged to people working in federal government; a couple in local politics, and a couple more at government contractors.

"But the thing is, everybody's somebody in Washington," points out Anne Schroeder of The Politico, one of the first Washington journalists to seize on the scandal potential of Palfrey's case. "Whether you answer the phone for a senator, or for a lobbyist, or you're somebody's daughter's best friend. But unless you live here and know everyone, you don't know who they are."
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:41 AM
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1. K&R
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leftchick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:45 AM
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2. the Real Story here is that CNN has "Reasearchers"!!!
you can't tell from their reporting.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:46 AM
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3. funny!
:rofl:
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:46 AM
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4. ROFL n/t
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:47 AM
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5. They're temps no doubt
Goodness knows they've no need to keep them on staff full time.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:53 AM
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7. interns
almost certainly. it is summer, after all.
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JacquesMolay Donating Member (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 11:47 AM
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6. I still think Larry Flynt is going to blow the lid off...
... he's claiming to have the goods on a presidential candidate.
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blogslut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-20-07 12:00 PM
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8. I found a US Consulate
But he didn't seem to be particularly political nor a family values/neocon type so, I ain't gonna out him. The title of my post is my only hint.
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