Thursday, March 13, 2008
Spitzer Recruited By FBI For Sexual Sting Operation
NEW YORK, March 13 - The bizarre saga of Eliot Spitzer's involvement in a prostitution ring and his swift fall from power opened the proverbial Pandora's box of conspiracy theories. But it wasn't until a former FBI agent stepped forward, albeit anonymously, that the portal to the behind-the-scenes events in this tragic tale began to open.
According to the agent, Spitzer was initially recruited by the Bureau while he was the attorney general of New York to investigate possible links between an international prostitution ring and terrorist organizations. Spitzer agreed to pose as a "John" and make dates with the women working for Emperor's Club VIP Escort Service.
The under the covers operation was code named "Fun Four Diamonds." The agent recalled that Spitzer insisted the Bureau pay for five-diamond escorts and the Bureau was only willing to pay for three. "They compromised at four diamonds," he said, "and the operation was named accordingly."
Recordings were made of all Spitzer's encounters and when, after several months nothing of value was learned, the Bureau was ready to abort the operation, recalled the agent. Unfortunately, Spitzer was hooked on the "sensuous shiksas" and had the women shout "Osama" in the throws of lovemaking in an attempt to keep the operation alive.
During this period a number of different code acronyms were used in messages between Spitzer and the Bureau, the agent reported. S&M stood for Sunni Muslims, for example, and T&A was code for Taliban & Ahmadinejad. The reports and the recordings from the various hotel rooms where Spitzer had his rendezvous convinced the Bureau to allow their prominent decoy to continue. After 9/11 they were afraid to be caught with their pants down.
When Spitzer was elected governor the Bureau agreed to keep the operation going as there was evidence of panty laundering and a New Jersey connection. "Anytime we have someone under investigation, in this case an escort called Kristen who has family in the Garden State, we know something unlawful and tawdry is going on," noted the agent.
Eventually the Bureau realized that Spitzer was more interested in the sex than routing out terrorist organizations and they dropped the program. But Spitzer, who thought he had one leg up on the Bureau, announced he would continue the investigation on his own. "Kristen is a diamond in the rough. She just blew me away," he reportedly confessed to the agent.
The agent said the Bureau had no idea that middle-aged Jewish men could have insatiable sexual appetites. "Spitzer was banging his wife and the escort ladies at the same time, sometimes both in the same day. Bill Clinton was impotent in comparison."
In the end, the operation costing more than $100,000 ended with arrests of four individuals, charged only with operating a prostitution ring and Spitzer was forced to resign as governor. "The whole affair was a major screw-up," mused the agent. "The Emperor's Club had no clothes."
According to the agent, Spitzer was initially recruited by the Bureau while he was the attorney general of New York to investigate possible links between an international prostitution ring and terrorist organizations. Spitzer agreed to pose as a "John" and make dates with the women working for Emperor's Club VIP Escort Service.
The under the covers operation was code named "Fun Four Diamonds." The agent recalled that Spitzer insisted the Bureau pay for five-diamond escorts and the Bureau was only willing to pay for three. "They compromised at four diamonds," he said, "and the operation was named accordingly."
Recordings were made of all Spitzer's encounters and when, after several months nothing of value was learned, the Bureau was ready to abort the operation, recalled the agent. Unfortunately, Spitzer was hooked on the "sensuous shiksas" and had the women shout "Osama" in the throws of lovemaking in an attempt to keep the operation alive.
During this period a number of different code acronyms were used in messages between Spitzer and the Bureau, the agent reported. S&M stood for Sunni Muslims, for example, and T&A was code for Taliban & Ahmadinejad. The reports and the recordings from the various hotel rooms where Spitzer had his rendezvous convinced the Bureau to allow their prominent decoy to continue. After 9/11 they were afraid to be caught with their pants down.
When Spitzer was elected governor the Bureau agreed to keep the operation going as there was evidence of panty laundering and a New Jersey connection. "Anytime we have someone under investigation, in this case an escort called Kristen who has family in the Garden State, we know something unlawful and tawdry is going on," noted the agent.
Eventually the Bureau realized that Spitzer was more interested in the sex than routing out terrorist organizations and they dropped the program. But Spitzer, who thought he had one leg up on the Bureau, announced he would continue the investigation on his own. "Kristen is a diamond in the rough. She just blew me away," he reportedly confessed to the agent.
The agent said the Bureau had no idea that middle-aged Jewish men could have insatiable sexual appetites. "Spitzer was banging his wife and the escort ladies at the same time, sometimes both in the same day. Bill Clinton was impotent in comparison."
In the end, the operation costing more than $100,000 ended with arrests of four individuals, charged only with operating a prostitution ring and Spitzer was forced to resign as governor. "The whole affair was a major screw-up," mused the agent. "The Emperor's Club had no clothes."
