"Sex and the Capitol," REDUX 1990 /Washington Post...Repug Gay Escorts....

[KoKo]

(A Repost of this for those who might have missed it)


SEX AND THE CAPITAL

KARLYN BARKER, WASHINGTON POST, JULY 24, 1990: The alleged leader of what authorities have called the largest male prostitution operation in the Washington area surrendered to federal agents yesterday and pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges that have been filed against him and three alleged accomplices. Henry W. Vinson, 29, of Williamson, W.Va., a coal miner's son accused of setting up the homosexual escort service, was arraigned in U.S. District Court here yesterday afternoon after turning himself in to Secret Service agents . . . At a news conference after the arraignment, Stephens said the investigation into the alleged prostitution ring "is concluded" and that the indictment, which was unsealed yesterday, focused on those who allegedly set up the ring rather than on clients who reportedly patronized it. Asked about earlier reports that some of those clients included high-level officials in the Reagan and Bush administrations, Stephens said the investigation had not revealed "additional conduct which suggests criminal conduct on behalf of other people." . . . The Vinson case provoked additional notice after The Washington Times published reports last summer suggesting that the alleged prostitution ring had been patronized by government officials. The Times named as clients several low-level government employees and Craig J. Spence, a Washington lobbyist and party-giver who, the paper said, took friends and prostitutes on late-night tours of the White House. Spence was found dead in a Boston hotel room last fall, and authorities ruled his death a suicide . . . To date, however, investigators have disclosed no evidence linking any high-level government official to the escort service.

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[KoKo]

1. A kick just to see how something similar to this was handled before...

It's very similar. And, the connection needs to be made in the Blogosphere and in the Press. This isn't the first time a Repug Administration has been linked to this stuff...and "like Father like Son. Just remember what they did to Clinton...and tell me that this isn't something that should be everywhere.

Problem is...you can't exactly send it to your "Auntie or friends" in an e-mail. It's so sordid with the pictures. Gotta go a little further before it truly has legs....But the comparison, to me, at least is creepy...