Vitter had five calls with D.C. Madam

[RiverStone]

Source: nola.com

By Bill Walsh
Washington bureau

A phone number for Sen. David Vitter, R-La., appears at least five times in the billing records of what federal authorities say was a Washington call-girl operation, the first just four months after he was sworn in to the U.S. House in 1999 and the last on Mardi Gras of 2001.

Under pressure earlier this week, Vitter acknowledged committing a "very serious sin" and that his number showed up in the records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who has come to be known as the "Washington, D.C. Madam." An attorney for Palfrey earlier said that Vitter's number was found once in the records, but a search of the documents by The Times-Picayune turned up four more calls to a number once registered to Vitter. The attorney said that clients also used phones in hotel rooms, so that not all the numbers can be traced to individual callers.

The records show that Vitter number was called by Palfrey's service beginning Oct. 12, 1999 and ending Feb. 27, 2001, which was Mardi Gras. Palfrey has said she was running an escort service that her employees were instructed not to engage in sex acts. But federal prosecutors say she was running a prostitution ring that netted more than $2 million in assets.

Records show that the return calls to Vitter's number generally lasted a minute or two and were placed in the evening. The phone number had a Washington, D.C., exchange. Vitter keeps an apartment in Washington where he stays while Congress is in session.



Read more: http://blog.nola.com/updates/2007/07/vitter_had_five_calls_with_dc.html

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From later in the story:

"We're trying to get rid of some of the hypocrisy that is the biggest threat to our democracy," Flynt said, noting that his prime targets are politicians who support socially conservative policies.

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Looks like more than one hypocrite lives in a glass house. :think:

[WritersBlock]

1. Hey! Wouldn't that be *5* "very serious sins" instead of one?

Or does he get to lump 'em all together in a Family Values Special or something?


Sort of a "Super-Size Me" deal, maybe?


:shrug:

[terisan]

2. After that he probably started using a personal cell phone. nt

[terisan]

3. It just ocurred to me tha if he used ATT, Bush would know the numbers he called.

[Duer 157099]

4. Curious. Can anyone point me to the actual file

that contains the Oct 12 1999 record?

Funny, but I can't find it.

[noel adamson]

5. They disappear fast when uploaded but...

...I re-upped my searchable version as a torrent to demonoid just now;
http://www.demonoid.com/files/download/HTTP/1246198/8902136

It is also available on one of my neglected websites at http://www.humboldtcorruption.org/allPhoneBills.pdf

At about 70 megabytes it is also substantially smaller than the 111 megabyte version.

Here are the calls from 10/12/99; note that there are inaccuracies due to OCR errors such as interpreting the slash as a 1 (1 rather than /)

10112199 9:00AM 0 OIR ASST DC 202 555-1212 1.0 1.40
45 10112/99 9:01 AM D .. WASHINGTON DC 202 822-1350 14.5 1.51
46 10112199 9:50 AM 0 WASHINGTON oc 202 822·1350 4.8 50
47 10112/99 10:33 AM 0 WINTERPARK FL 407 644-2216 2.6 .27
48 10112/99 2:04 PM 0 WASHINGTON DC 202 463-6336 10.1 1.05
49 10112199 2:57 PM 0 WASHINGTON OC 202 265-7536 .7 .07
50 10112/99 3:04 PM 0 SILVER SPG MO 301 928-0710 .7 .07
51 10112/99 3:05 PM 0 SILVER SPG MD 301 928-0710 .3 .03
52 10112/99 3:08 PM 0 SILVER SPG MD 301 928-0710 .3 .03
53 10112199 3:08 PM 0 SILVER SPG MO 301 588-3800 .7 .07
54 10112/99 3:09 PM 0 SILVER SPG MO 301 928-0710 .8 .08
55 10112/99 3:18 PM 0 WASHINGTON oc 202 682-0111 1.1 .11
56 10112/99 3:19 PM 0 WASHINGTON DC 202 463-6336 1.3 .14
57 10112199 3:48 PM 0 SILVER SPG MO 301 332-0141 1.5 .16
58 10112/99 4:41 PM 0 ALEXANDRIA VA 703 823-1287 1.0 .10
59 10112/99 5:44 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 .3 .03
60 10112/99 5:45 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 265-7536 .3 .03
61 10112199 5:46 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 3.3 .34
(next page)
1 10112/99 5:53 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 667-8047 .4 $.04
2 10/12/99 5:54 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202251-5678 .7 .07
3 10112/99 5:57 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 548-4736 .4 .04
4 10112/99 5:59 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 463-6336 8.5 .88
5 10112/99 7:14 PM E SILVER SPG MD 301 332·0141 .8 .08
6 10/12/99 7:32 PM E SILVER SPG MD 301 332-0141 .3 .03
7 10112/99 7:57 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202251·5678 .3 .03
8 10112/99 7:58 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 667-8047 .3 .03
9 10112/99 8:00 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 .3 .03
10 10112/99 8:02 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202251-5678 .3 .03
11 10/12/99 8:02 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 667-8047 .3 .03
12 10112/99 8:03 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 .3 .03
13 10/12/99 8:04 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 463-6336 2.5 .26
14 10112/99 8:07 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 .3 .03
15 10112/99 8:10 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 667-8047 .3 .03
16 10112/99 8:10 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 .6 .06
17 10112/99 8:11 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-5678 .3 .03
18 10/12/99 8:34 PM E WASHINGTON DC 202 251-8272 .5 .05

I have never before had a torrent file simply disappear or be deleted from a listing site.

[Cobalt-60]

6. If it weren't for the white hot hypocrisy, i'd overlook it

Indeed, I might ask him for the bawdy house's number.
But given the way this pig and his fellow swine have been screeching fake morality,
I say throw his *ss to the wolves!.

[aquart]

7. Not one bawdy house, two. One in DC, one in NO.

The wolves are gnawing on his toes right now. And sniffing at his diaper.

[Cobalt-60]

8. think he'd hook us up?

Maybe he'll get a discount next time, like the Dish Club.

[DemoTex]

9. Whoring on Mardi Gras! That's the party-down spirit.

I hope he went to confession on Ash Wednesday.