Just heard on CNN - He was found through a FEDERAL WIRETAP

[debbierlus]

To be arranging a meeting with a hooker at some hotel

Our country being held hostage by political blackmail.

[notadmblnd]

1. Now we have confirmation on how the BFEE gets everyone to go along and play their game

And that is why it is so important to eavesdrop on every American. Especially the Americans that could potentially be a threat to them. Dems complacent, my ass. Blackmail and extortion is how it's done folks.

I wonder what case he wouldn't drop for them?

[EFerrari]

2. It was only a matter of time.

:grr:

[dmosh42]

3. Then I guess a warrant is not needed! n/t

[Shine]

4. Yes, our constitution at work.

:sarcasm:

[MrCoffee]

5. They were tapping the ESCORT SERVICE... NOT Spitzer

Sheesh...the escort service has been under RICO investigation.


Are all wiretaps now suspect?

[Nickster]

6. They've certainly given us reason to be suspect, no?

[annabanana]

7. (I thought it was an email). . .

He was caught hiring a hooker, right? That's what this is all about, right?

[L. Coyote]

8. QWEST / NACCHIO ++ Chief federal judge investigated for alleged involvement with prostitutes

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2981506

Is it raining Republican whores? Are they real Repugs, or just following the money!

[SpiralHawk]

9. "Smirk" - Commander AWOL

[BigDaddy44]

10. For all you Marion Barry fans...

The bitch set him up!!!

[Not the Only One]

12. I don't have any sympathy for people who can't keep a monogamy vow

Spitzer is a selfish idiot. On top of this, he has professionally gone after people who are apparently just like him-- into hookers. He doesn't deserve to serve the public.

[KharmaTrain]

11. The Modern Equivelent Of The Black Book...

Usually the investigation is the end-result of someone done wrong...the story untold here. Who tipped off the FBI and why. Maybe its personal or political, but in the end its Spitzer's stupidity and arrogance that will be his downfall.

I'd be more concerned about blackmail as that you rarely hear about. In that case, then the FBI should be investigating in a different direction. But I suspect that Spitzer got caught up in the modern day version of a "whorehouse shakedown"...and if he's indicted and convicted of breaking a law, he should step aside...especially since he really should have known better, he was a lawyer and prosecutor. No passes on illegality...if we're going to demand accountability, it's nonpartisan.

[Igel]

13. If he was wiretapped, you can be sure that it was with a warrant.

Why? Because it's going to court, whatever his status and role.

On the other hand, it pays to remember that whenever a warrant is issued to wiretap one person, all the people that person talks to are also wiretapped. Why, an Alaskan politician was caught on a wiretap and in hot water last year (I wish I could remember his name ... Stevens?). Was *he* wiretapped? No. He talked on the phone to the guy who *was* wiretapped.

[NashVegas]

14. The Feds Were Tipped Off By His Bank, ABC Reported Tonight

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.


http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4424507&page=1