U.S. Protests Russian 'Sex Tape' Used to Smear American Diplomat

[Soylent Brice]

Sex, Lies and Videotape in Moscow; Cold War Tactics Merge with the Internet

The U.S. Ambassador in Moscow has lodged a formal protest with the Russian Foreign Ministry over an "attempted smear" of an American diplomat with a purported sex video recorded in a Moscow hotel room.

"This kind of effort to discredit an American diplomat really has no place in the sort of relationship that we are trying to build with the Russian federation," Ambassador John Beyrle told ABC News in an interview to be broadcast tonight on World News with Charles Gibson and Nightline.

American officials say the Russian intelligence agency that replaced the KGB, the Federal Security Service (FSB), produced the video in an attempt to either recruit or discredit the diplomat, Brendan Kyle Hatcher, a 34-year-old married State Department employee who serves as a liaison with religious and human rights groups in Russia.

more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/russian-sex-tape-smear-american-diplomat/story?id=8651311

[Captain Hilts]

1. Folks stationed to Moscow are told not to do anything blackmailable. Idiot. Fire him. nt

[Freddie Stubbs]

3. Everyone in the diplomatic corps is told that

[Captain Hilts]

9. Yes, but they really beat it into you in Moscow. This stuff happens to businessmen a lot

there. It's really prevalent between the govt. and the mob trying to get something from US officials.

[Ian David]

6. At least she didn't put a radioactive dildo up his ass. n/t

[Soylent Brice]

10. !!!

:spray:

i just hacked up my right lung.

[Crabby Appleton]

20. Yep, it was a DU dildo (depleted uranium)

[LiberalAndProud]

13. Yes. And withhold ACORN's funds while your at it.

It is enough, in today's political arena, to stand accused.

Thanks Mike Johanns. And don't think it hasn't crossed my mind to doctor a tape starring my favorite Senator.

[Captain Hilts]

14. There is an 'if' in the Original message. nt

[LiberalAndProud]

15. Sorry, I missed that.

Did it come before or after Idiot.Fire Him. ?

[Captain Hilts]

21. It's the only version I saw. As someone who lived in Moscow I can tell you

that a lot of stupid folks get caught in this trap. Particularly businessmen.

[Brickbat]

2. Man, this approach is so TIRED! You can do better than that, FSB! Who'd they get to do the tape --

O'Keefe and Miles?

[Ian David]

4. Maybe Sibel Edmonds isn't crazy after all...

EXCLUSIVE: Schakowsky Responds to Edmonds Claim, Vehemently Denies Lesbian Tryst With Turkish Agent
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6611126&mesg_id=6611126


Apparently, this sort of shit DOES happen outside of James Bond movies.

[mopinko]

28. i don't believe it. i didn't think there was anything that jan could do to be

even more popular than she already is, but if this is true, she will be. it is just ludicrous to think that she could be blackmailed with this shit.

[Ian David]

29. Being a lesbian having hot, lesbian sex with secret agents will only add to her street cred. n/t

[mopinko]

30. immeasurably.

in this district? they would make her the pope or something.

[Kalyke]

5. If true, I hope his wife divorces him.

I'm so tired of hearing about men who can't keep it in their pants and hurting their wives and children.

Geez.

Men (and women) wouldn't cheat so often if there were personal prices to pay for this shit. DIVORCE HIM MRS. HATCHER!!!

[MineralMan]

7. I saw the tape. You couldn't identify anyone in the sex

scenes. It could have been staged in the same room where they shot the scenes with the guy, but there's no way to identify anyone once the lights are down. Utter bullshit!

[Kalyke]

8. That's why I edited my post above yours to say "if true."

I'm still really tired of hearing about men who can't keep it in their pants, even if Mr. Hatcher is innocent in this particular case.

[Brickbat]

11. Having worked in Russia myself and been accused of ties to the CIA, I take this with a huge grain of

salt.

[Captain Hilts]

22. It's a trap that gets businessmen more often. nt

[Brickbat]

23. Yup, I've seen it happen.

When were you there?

[Captain Hilts]

24. A brief visit in 1980. I lived in Moscow in...1993. Met Yeltsin at McDonald's. You?

[Brickbat]

26. Studied there twice in 1992, worked there 95-96.

Moscow, Krasnodar, St. Petersburg, respectively.

[Captain Hilts]

27. Krasnodar....aaahhhh...I get it...nt

[Brickbat]

31. Heh. Well, it wasn't Krasnodar where I saw the problems.

I was there relatively early, and as a student. Relatively low-level stuff. It was St. Pete in the mid-90s that was crazy.

[leveymg]

12. The only question is, does he get residuals and a percentage of the gross?

:+

[Soylent Brice]

16. my guess is that he'll run for governor of CA. n/t

[leveymg]

18. With his credentials, he'll definitely take the San Fernando Valley

[brooklynite]

17. Won't work...Russia doesn't broadcast in NTSC....

You'd have to go through a whole conversion process...

[leveymg]

19. Not if he's already circumcised. Just some counseling and a quick ceremony.

[Captain Hilts]

25. I still haven't seen Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, so I need to see that first.

then there's Rob Lowe in Atlanta...