So how are the DC Madam numbers traced exactly?

[gatorboy]

Are they simply printing them out then going through People Finder online? :shrug:

[BOSSHOG]

1. They probably start with the RNC membership role

and church congregation lists, that would make the job much easier.

And if there are dems on the list, they are supposed to fornicate like heathens, just like conservatives say so how could they possibly be "outraged?"

[BlooInBloo]

2. That makes more sense than my idea: calling the #'s and finding out. lol!

[Virginian]

3. I think you can simply look up the listing by the number (link)

This is just one of many. Google "reverse phone directory"

http://www.reversephonedirectory.com/

[greyl]

5. That's not quite good enough because it only gives current info.

Correct?

[Tesha]

9. But there are lots of archived "reverse directories" to peruse...

We did have technology before Google, ya know ;).

I own several older national reverse directories on CD-ROM.

Tesha

[oldgrowth]

4. Or they pay a private eye that pays someone at a phone company

The old way!

[Bitwit1234]

6. Or sometimes you can just google

type in the phone number and the owner comes up...Before they took the websites down I copied a few numbers, ran them thru google and they came up back to the DC Madam. Then when I tried to get more the site was 'TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE'. They said that someone took them down.

Palfrey posted the records so that people could not add names that were not there to cause innocent people trouble. She was afraid that they would be downloaded, names of prominent people not involved,(my belief a democrat) and say they called. She said by the time the numbers were verified that they did not call it would be too late and people couldn't be convinced they were not callers. So you know she is honest about these lists, or she wouldn't go to the trouble to be sure innocent people weren't involved.

[gatorboy]

7. I thought maybe a group of DU members could get together

and start checking the numbers out. I knew there were quite a few and it would probably work out better if the numbers were split up. I was originally just curious as to whether the numbers could be traced to their owners online or not.

[Virginia Dare]

8. I thought ABC had an army of interns actually calling the numbers..n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

10. Just dial the number, see who answers.

"Hello, Gonzales residence"

It might work for a good percentage of the list. Then research the rest of the list.

[AlCzervik]

11. we did here some time back when some pages were released, google and people finder

and we found some of the "Clients"? no one in the public eye though at that time.

[Thirtieschild]

12. Just googled phone # we haven't had for five years....

Name, old # & old address came up. We didn't have an unlisted #, which might make a difference.