D.C. Madam Wants Washington Clients to Testify

ABC News needs to post the list of Palfrey’s clients. What’s the point of saying you have the list if you won’t post it?

If Palfrey is the only one charged and convicted, then this society still engages in unjust practices. Why should she be the only charged? It takes two or more to tangle…….If she committed a crime, she did not do it alone. Those officials who participated in this mess should be charged too. What kinda of stupid lopsided so called criminal non-justice system is this?

The fact that the D.C. Madam ran a business that was probably in violation of D.C’s rules is not the argument here. She says that “she did run this escort business”. But what she alleges is that she should not be punished because some of her clients were people in responsible positions in government and industry. The reality is these paying customers of the D.C. Madam may be married and this notoriety may cause great grief for them when there spouses find out. It’s possible that the Madam may not have have reported the escort income on her Federal Income tax and this will probably lead to severe penalties.

It’s nonsense trying to take only Palfrey to Court. Her customers are as guilty as she is. Post their names and let’s hope justice is done!

Why is prostitution illegal again?

Hey! post the list and the phone number..I am so stressed out reading about all the scandals in Washington DC..I really can use a massage…

Post the list!!! We are ALL dying to know…!!!

Typical politicians covering their own arses…nothing new here. Likely, they are mostly the right-wing conservative hypocrites that promote family values, when in fact, they are the ones that are usually the most guilty, unethical and morally corrupt people of all. There will never be justice when it comes to government being held accountable because it is and always has been a double standard. They make the laws yet feel they are above them. Total B.S.. Unless more of us stand up and take a stand against these injustices, nothing will ever change. It’s so curious though why it is the media itself that often protects these people the most. It’s back to the scarlet letter, let’s persecute the one woman while the men (who were cheating on their wives, and even likely using taxpayers dollars for some of these expenses) go free. So typically American…no wonder we have become the laughing stock of the world.

What we wnat to know is: Is John Stossel on the list?

The DC madam wants her clients to testify..Testify about what..that they got good massages..I wonder if this is a client rating system for the services. Well I will hold up the 5 card..

The government is still up to there old tricks. Have everyone who use her service to be called to court.

Each and every person on the list should be posted, and called as witnesses. They are either legitimate witnesses, or should be charged themselves.
Do I feel sorry for the wives and families? Sure. But the clients should have thought of that when they patronized the service. The judicial system is there to carry out the law, not to be a social service for families with cheating husbands. Any other outcome is a failure of the courts and ABC as a legitimate government watchdog. After all, are there any ABC people on the list?

Don’t post the list. Let her call “each and every one” during her trial and then cover it for “Sweeps Week”. That’s how ABC News gets the most devistation out of it.
Once again, we worry focus on sex instead of the dying in Iraq.

I’m happy to see the govt is going after these types of businesses. Truth be told, Palfrey would have never been so successful if it wasn’t for those seeking those services. Their names should be made public. The govt should continue to pursue the many organizations offering these types of services via the web.

If names of clients will make everyone self satisfied and add to the fun, then let’s post every single one of the “madam’s” client list or are we, as usual, just interested in the ones we can see humbled and broken from power? Who’s being two faced now?

Had Jeane Palfrey been a (recreational) drug dealer, wouldn’t her ‘clients’ charged with a crime and subsequently listed? What’s the difference? Why should Palfrey be the only party charged? If there wasn’t a demand for her services then she would not be in the business.
Come clean and list the names please.

ABCNews give us the names of the national disgraces we call our leaders! The time has come to out these rats.

Post every single name. If ABC post one name or a few names. ABC will be hypocrites if one name is mentioned and not all of them.

Please POST the list. By not posting, ABC news is an accessory to criminals, just like how ABC News and other media were used by this administration to sell doctored/bogus intelligence to the public in the runup to the IRAQ war. SHAME, Shame ABC NEWs. Where ‘s the independent media in this country ?

Better do your homework with accuracy, integrity, and honesty ABC. That means even if you find a name on the list of a person you don’t want to “out,” you’d better post it if you post one name. If you put my name on that list in error, I’d have your butts in court in a heartbeat.
From what I’ve seen so far, you’re out for conservatives. Sorry everyone, I trust no one in the media anymore because they all have an agenda whether left or right … just like many who’ve posted on this site.
Solicitation for prostituion runs across all parties, ethnicities, and money lines. If you go after one of these men/women to embarrass and ruin them, better go after all of them.

Don’t post the list. It’s hearsay.

These government-linked “officials” haven’t been charged with anything, they are being called as witnesses so there should be no need to publish names. Those that want the names published are only left-wing activist rumor-mongers or bloggers who want to “stir up the pot” by slandering the reputation of those that may have participated in legal activities. Those activists will get enough mileage out of this story once the trial begins, so there’s no need to fuel their fire ahead of time. Whatever happened to responsible journalism? Whatever happened to “the juicy details” are nobody’s business but their own. Seems that’s what the activists were saying when Slick Willy was “redesigning clothes” for Miss Lewinski. Let the trial reporting worry about the “who” and “what”, and the jury worry about who should be held accountable.

Tell me O’reilly is on the list… please!

Put the list out there. I am a Republican and am not surprised that Ms. Martin’s clientele are family values candidates.
Hah!

Please post the list.
Americans have a right to know. This woman cannot be the scape goat for an entire city. I want these jerks off their moral high horses.

Do I feel sorry for the wives and families? Sure. But the clients chose prostitutes over their families, so who am I to pass judgement?
Fill the popcorn bowl and get a good seat, folks. The show is about to begin.

Now, Voyeur?
Could be.
So cut the tease, ABC.
Let’s see the list.

I heard there are many journalists and whitewash house press corps that used this service and their fantasy act was practicing something called media embedded where the sun don’t shine…TED…SAM…? please no

Want to bet that only Republican and Conservatives will get named. Democratic or left leaning Liberal customers will be protected by the press.

Want to bet that only Republican and Conservatives will get named. Democratic or left leaning Liberal customers will be protected by the press.
Posted by: Rich | Apr 30, 2007 12:33:00 PM
Like sexual faatasists, Republicans are also mostly paranoiacs.
The poor dears have never seen a conspiracy they wouldn’t pay $300 a hour for.

Post the names – or are your advertisers/sponsors on the list?

I hink that everyone that is on the lis should have to tell all he or she knows about what went on. I think that the madman shooul go free. All she did was what the people in washington wanted. She is just a small business woman trying to make a living. That is wha Bush tell’s everyone that he is doing. He keep’s tell people that he want’s to set up more small business’s so what is wrong with what she did

Glad that you have given the maximum publicity to Ms. Palfrey. She is such a worthy example of business acumen and social responsibility. And so righteously indignant about facing jail for trading in flesh over the course of more than a decade. Why don’t you shill for her book and movie rights? Ah, the sweet smell of journalism!

Who said USAID were not on top of things?
Of course the projects in Iraq are crumbling.
He was very busy.

Please let the head of the conservative think tank be Grover Norquist. And then there’s Newt – maybe he’s moving on to wife #4. LOL.

Don’t post the list. None of these names should be made public until the case is closed.
Have we learned nothing from the Duke Lacrosse case?

I am laughing at the comments from the “left” on this site. Do they really think only conservatives are on the list. They may be the only ones revealed because it is ABC. When one can’t make any logical argument it is easier to spit venom. It is laughable.
Washingtom is full of hypoctrites. It is bipartisan.

I think that ABC news and the other media outlets that publish these names are no better than the National Enquirer. There is no legitimate news value to disclosing these names other than the purient interest most of us have for this type of story. The harm that will be done to so many families will be far greater than any legitimate news value. It is completely irresponsible and done primarily for ratings.

Phil, Kathy, we do focus too much on
those things that feed our dark side.
And I agree that they have turned this
into a soap opera.
But….. this administration did run on
a supposed moral superiority campaign.
And of course they really played the
fear card. I don’t think, and many dems.
I know don’t feel that we have any moral
advantage over republicans.
In fact I don’t recall any democrats
ever trying to claim so.
Unlike those in this corrupt admin.
So suck it up, take your lumps, like
we did and Clinton did.

Post the list or stop talking about the story! Why does the press get to pick and choose whose names are released? do your damn jobs and just release the list before someone else scoops you.
In my local paper, they publish the names of shmucks that get caught soliciting hookers; why shouldn’t the rich and powerful be humilated just like Joe American?

Right. Don’t pick and choose . I want to see the entire list. It’s only fair because they did release ONE name!

People in this country are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately, accusations in the media so heavily bias outcomes that the system has become worthless. Just look at the guys on the Duke lacross team. The media should never identify the accused until AFTER a trial. Anyone can write a list and put whoever the hell they want on there. Suppose she hates Bush even half as much as I do. What stops her from adding him to the list even if he’s never used the service?
Shame on ABC for sinking this low. What would Peter Jennings do?

“I’m sure as heck not going to be going to federal prison for one day, let alone, four to eight years, because I’m shy about bringing in the deputy secretary of whatever,” Palfrey told ABC News correspondent Brian Ross in an interview to be broadcast Friday on “20/20.” “I’ll bring in every last one of them in if necessary,” she said.
FINALLY! A woman that is willing to stand up for herself in front of all the Republican & Conservative folks and not allow herself to be soley persecuted for supplying the two-timing, wife-cheating fat cats a service, a woman who tells it like it SHOULD be told! YOU GO, GIRL!!

If she has done something illegal then for every charge against her their should be 2 others charged, the aleged prostitute and the aleged john. Those folks should be charged and their names should be posted…not everyname in her phone book, just those charged.

I have always thought what a man and woman do in privacy is their business and no one elses. I do believe that if she is to be charged all the johns should be also. If it wasnt for the johns there wouldnt be the pros..

I wonder if any of these clients tryed to deduct the services on their income tax forms. Wouldn’t put it past them. Professional services you know!

Post the names – but not just the clients. Post the “employees” also. Everyone invloved at all levels should be made public. If they did something illegal then charge them all. Those who are convicted of crimes should then be terminated if they haven’t resigned. Just remember: Innocent until proven guilty!

Like most of the previous posters, I say publish the list…unless you’re trying to protect some ABC bigwigs. What is ABC waiting for? No one is going to come forward of their own accord. This Administration has had pretty much a scandal a day for months. This one ought to last at least until next week when another revelation will come out. I want these hypocrites get their comeuppance….like yesterday.

“The reality is these paying customers of the D.C. Madam may be married and this notoriety may cause great grief for them when there spouses find out.”
Too bad. They should have kept their pants zipped.

She’s appearing on TV on 20/20 on Friday. ABC doesn’t want to “scoop” their own show by revealing names too soon. That would be “premature enumeration”, an undesirable unfoldment of the story!
Don’t y’all get it? ABC is dangling tantalizing carrots (the list), in order
to stir interest (both prurient and political) in order to maximaize audience size for their 20/20 show.
It’s a rational business decision.

Read the article people…it doesn’t state that ABC has a list of names, only that Palfrey claimed some of these people were on the list. The only thing ABC says it was provided with is a statement from her and phone records. They can’t publish a list of hundreds or thousands of phone numbers…

Let me coin a verb — capone, as in Al Capone somehow escaping legal consequences for murder, but prosecutors got him for tax evasion since that’s what they could get evidence and live witnesses for. Tobias, the deputy secretary who resigned, ought to have gone, but the real scandal was the cronyism that put someone like him where he was. A big pharmaceutical corporation CEO was put in charge of foreign aid programs focusing on AIDS. Any guess whose interests came first? That’s worse than hiring a “masseuse”, but if that’s what gets him out, then let’s capone him, and maybe the rest of the customer list too.

It’s unfortunate that families will suffer because these men made certain choices. But these men must be accountable. It’s what we teach our children: If you make a choice there will be consequences. There is nothing we need to enforce more than this in today’s world: Accountability.

Is it wrong to call her a madam before she has been proven guilty?

Post the names, for crying out loud!!

Just another example of “do as we say not do as we do” They should all be tried just like her it is just as much a crime on there part as it is her’s. This will all be coverd up and never spoke of again

Supposedly, there are a couple of women on the list too.
Anyone want to speculate?

It is excellent that 20 20 is doing this investigative reporting.
What is going on with many of the US top chiefs involved in development who seem to have deep ethical problems and whose problems seem to undermine US foreign policy.
Would you consider doing an investigation not just of Randall Tobias, but also of Peter Smith, US Deputy Chief at UNESCO also caught in a corruption scandal involving his mistress. Same with Wolfowitz at the World Bank and his girlfriend. What’s the matter with these guys? and do they understand that their blunders are helping the enemies of the US in developing a narrative that this is a corrupt country where leaders have not morals?

We do not need to see the list. There are more important issues in the world than this… bring our guys home.

Post ALL names or NO names. So far all I hear is Rep. or conservatives. How ’bout the left. FAIR reporting or NO reporting should be done. Time for ABC to be ‘fair’ & ‘balanced’ NOT BIASED

$2 Million in income and Jeane Palfrey needs to use a Public Defender? She doesn’t need an attorney, she needs a financial advisor.

For cryin’ out loud, post the list. Apparently it is illegal to purchase sex but perfectly legal for women to give it away for free. Prostitution should be a regulated industry with healthcare and benefits. If need be, I’d prefer my husband to have been with a woman who was a monitored employee, not a ‘lover’. Leave the moral judgements at the door on this one. Let’s be practical.

As I remember, the Bush platform was he & Dick were on a higher ethical plane than the previous administration. He accused the previous of corruption and of disregarding the moral standard the country needed to be based on.
The United States people deserve truth regardless of which political group is involved and to see the moral level that Washington power seems to be standing on.
To slowly release names can only be seen as a commercial exploitation by the network.
To quickly release the names shows true allegiance by the network to the people of this country.
Please release all the names, spare no one.

If the list is going to be posted, let’s get the hole list ABC. All the DEMS and all GOP’s that hold or did hold an active office with the Government. Don’t hold back, print it now and print it all.
Jim – Simi Valley – Ca.

The names of reporters and other media personalities on the list should also be published, and they should be expected to resign as well.

Throw the book at all of them. You can’t blackmail the government and law enforcement. Let her defense be based on law and don’t be intimidated. President Clinton wasn’t embarassed about the Monica Lewinsky incidents when he was US President, so let the court roll on and let the lines fall where there may but no one is above the law, not even prostitutes and brothel owners.

When do we get to see the slimy politicans names? I am sure you won’t find Bill “Can’t keep my pants up” Clinton.

I don’t get it!!!
What’s the big deal about posting the list? If Miss America can be used by law enforcement to catch sexual predators and perverts, then why can’t this list be used to catch perverted politicians? I’m sure that many out there have seen Dateline’s Chris Hansen (I hope he’s not on the list)to Catch a Predator—right? Well, if those drunk truckers and some school teachers here and there can be embarrassed and risk losing so much because of their sick behavior, then why not those perverted politicians and Washington big boys? This is not a partisian issue; this is simply a matter of a madam being unfairly jerked around by this imbalanced, unfair, and unjust legal system…….

Post the list!!
It’s time that these so-called “moral” politicians start paying for their crimes. They need to be taken out of their “DC bubble” and be brought back to the real world. I’m sick of being told how I should act when these people who represent us and our country are some of the most dispicable people who are out for their own greed. The louder one speaks out against something it usually means that they are guilty of doing that very thing.
For Ullman to say that the accusation is “beneath the dignity of comment” is a joke! These people need to be embarrassed so they learn their lesson.

Let’s see, Jason. If I were Joe Schmoe’s wife and his name was on the list, I’d want to know. He screws around while I’m working and caring for his kids. I’m being faithful and he’s blowing family money on a honey. Hmmmmm. Yeah, I’d have an issue with that. Only now, he’s embarrassed the crap out of my kis. Nice dad.
ABC will post a political hit list. You don’t have to worry about Joe being on it unless he’s emailed in to complain about their coverage of a particular issue.

The John’s themselves are soley responsible for any perceived humiliation of wives and family of Johns. In trying to protect their feelings (perceived humiliation), you are enabling the endangering of their lives. These wives should be told and have the opportunity to be tested for STDs. Further, this list should be made public not just to hold the Johns as legally responisble for their actions, but also to allow the wives and families to use it in divorce proceedings. Would we be so concerned about the legal partners feelings if this were a HOMOSEXUAL service?
My father had an affair for more than 4 years and everyone knew it except for my mother, my siblings, and me. I was and am less angered by his sexual infidelity than by the facts that 1) my mother had no legal recourse and 2) she could have died of aids.

I don’t care about who’s on the list. At the core of this is a woman who has been in a legitimate business for 13 years. Now all of a sudden the federal government has seized all her assets and charged her with pimping prostitution. She wants all of the 1500 people who have used her services to testify in court that no sex occured. If they do that under oath the court had to find her NOT GUILTY as no law was broken. If they say that sex occured it is her defense that the women escorts and the customers that broke the law as she explisitly had it in the escort contract that sex is illegal and would result in breach of contract. Yeah we all know that she probably circumvented the law with the contract, but it is within the law. I would have less simpathy for her if the government had closed her business some 12 years or more ago, but come on she’s been doing this for 13 years with the biggest players in DC.

Everyone just can’t wait to see the list. First of all we don’t even know how credible this woman even is. He we go again in this country as usual. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty of anything. We don’t know if all the people on her list were really involved or did anything illegal or anything else at this point. But he we go again with our national enquirer lust again. didn’t the Duke rape case teach anyone anything. It sure seems not.

Do you’re journalistic duty and post the list. Don’t shield our tax payer funded officials.

To begin with there is a double standard. The DC Madam is in trouble for selling sex or maybe not selling sex, who knows but the people buying it can walk away unscathed. Personally, I’ve never directly paid for sex but I belive that in some indirect way we all have. You may have met someone in the club and spent money on a few drinks hoping to get lucky and maybe you did. You indirectly paid for it. As I see it adult film stars get paid big money every day to the tune of multi-billions of dollars a year to have sex so why not have the same standard for the DC Madam. If she and her girls want to sell it directly like adult film stars do so be it. Legalize it, regulate it, TAX it and leave her alone. If not then plaster the names of her clients out there and hold them equally liable.

Why not move her operation to NV?

Post the names please.

I was shocked by such a scandal in the capital city and under the watch of law-makers. Well, poor Palfrey! She should have gotten a DOD contract and gone to Iraq to do her business. In that way, she can make much bigger money but can be protected under the name of “fighting the terrorism.” While I have been sarcastic about this scandal, I am proud to be in this country that justice would be always prevail, soon or late.

There are police stings where people seeking sexual services are arrested and their information published.
If DC Madam is being indicted for selling sex, then wouldn’t these people who sought out the services need to be arrested and then their information be released as well?

Did anyone see Memoirs Of Geisha.

Do your jobs – post the list

any third year lawyer could defend this easy…unless tape or other hard evidence is available, she just made up the phone numbers…

The poster ‘lalala’ is very wrong.
This situation needs to be pumped for maximum possible embarassment and LOL’s.
At this rate, I’m hoping for a prime-time special before week’s end revealing the names on the list, complete with special celebrity guests from scandals past – Barney Frank, Bob Packwood etc.
A real-time simulcast from Times Square featuring these names scrolling on a marquee, along with their released phone numbers, would be nice, also.

I think it is ridiculous for it to be illegal. What are these business guys supposed to do when they are traveling or locally when they are supposed to be at work? That is what they do. It won’t ever change. And the lawyers for the clients are probably clients themselves, were it not for lawyers biz would slow down noticably.

Seems to me that, given a week before the 20/20 expose, an intrepid reporting organization and even one with more pounds of phone logs than brains, would have staffers calling numbers around the clock, you know to verify pizza orders, mention prospective employment opportunities, or whatever. And anyone on that list who cancels their phone service might worry about the DC police getting numerous complaints of obscene calls made from their numbers. Yup, its gonna be one long week for some folks….

Oh look, a witch hunt! Those without sin start pointing fingers….
Why, oh why does everyone relish in someone’s else’s misery or errors or bad choices?
Get over it already.

This sounds like the story of the Mayflower Madam in 1989. Her book now sells for as little a $.01, used. I first saw her book reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. Many prominent New Yorkers used her service. Many Hollywood stars used the services of Heidi Fleiss – so what’s new? Not much!

So why is ABC only telling us about Bush officials, military officers and a member of a conservative think tank? Where is the whole list? Why not everyone. What is ABC’s agenda here?

And cross referencing lists of numbers will probably pull up some plums too. Something as simple as a Cole Directory, a small investment but in stant return for any listed number. Lots of compamies sell lists on numbers and adresses, even lists of conservative values voters names and numbers. And convince the right folks that you are a republican write in candidate in a safe democratic district and mebbe you’ve bought yerself the mother of all lists – conservative values donors. Course their names are allready on the federal election’s committee’s (as well as many state electrion committees) web sites. A great list to cross reference. Hey, they come to DC, they can’t all stay lincoln’s bedroom, whaddayagonnado?

ABC will selectively leak names of its political adversaries. That is how the press works. They are not journalists they are simply political operatives with an agenda.
Let all the names be revealed and let the chips fall where they may. Those who trust ABC to do this are fools at a minimum.

Let the hypocrisy be revealed. Post the list.

People are assuming names on her list are actual clients.
Assume nothing.

No body = no crime. She’s not going to jail unless crime can be proved by convicting at least one customer AND the girl involved.

Yo willie, tell it to Eugene Mccarthy.
Yo jeff, its not about ABC’s enemies, its about business, a fine value indeed. Every week on friday from now until Ms Palfrey walks, a few new names with human interest (or disinterest) stories behind them are gonna ooze out. It will sell Toyotas, Bud lite and Pepsi like you won’t believe. Week after week after week. Just a few more names and no page board or congressional ethics board to staunch the slow leak….
octopibingo: yea but names that appear dozens of times? How you gonna sell that as ‘ooops wrong number again?’
And james: Why do I think that somehow you and I as taxpayers have already paid for the hanky-panky? Maybe we ought to have the GAO look into it. They are all about prurient interest anymore, arent they?

Post the names: Why would a married pesron want to use an escort service and not asked their wifes for a back rub. Don’t they have the hots for eachother anymore or does going to an escort service turn them on to their wifes? If, goverments personal are using this escort service who’s paying the bill? them or us? Why not leagelize escort service, they did it for abortion and gambling and samesex.

It seems the Guilty do have Honor. Only if it is the same court house. And ONE blind Judge that is not def to stupidity.

All of them or none of them.

But it was this administration and their justice department that chose to persecute this woman. I’d say Justices’ Johns gotta get some special consideration here. What were they thinking?

All names need to be listed. The network has no legal right to be judges on what names get released.
If you read the posts here, most people believe the names need to be posted.

Post the list, and post all of it: if Ms. Palfrey did nothing illegal, then she needs as many defense witnesses as she can get, the more high-powered, the better. But if it was an illegal business — well, prostitution takes two, so it’s only fair that her clients face the music along with her.

If a crime has been comitted, then doesn’t the public have a right to know who participated in the crime? Publish the list and let the chips fall where they may. It’s time to clean up Washinton D.C. and ABC would be considered heroes for helping the powerless citizens of this nation to accomplish this task.

I’ve watched shows, such as Dateline, Cops, etc and see sting operations where the Johns are arrested. In the case of the DC Madam, is this a double standard? Does the law, or any of the multiple agencies, etc, really want this embarrassment? I believe I’ve seen attempts to censure her but by then, it was too little, too late. I believe they need to leave her alone.

But……go ahead and show us the list.

I think the only ones that are against publishing the list are the past clients. Publish the list.

Post the list!!!
You owe it to the public. We the people pay for these hypocrites salaries…we deserve to know who they are.
Why only her?
See you on Friday at 20/20

Woo hoo! Sounds like we can expect to hear a whole bunch of Republican politicians chant in unison, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.”

This happen in the badest moment for Republicans …, because I don’t think that is legal, it’s like prostitution.

Wow. I had no idea the upper Washington echelon hired women for sex. Actually, I did, and so did all of you. Also, nobody cared because we all know it’s the oldest industry in the world and you can’t really stop it, you can only hope to contain it. A business like Palfrey’s is well run and respectful to her employees. It’s a far cry from a Pimp beating-up his prostitutes, or more likely, telling their prostitutes that he loves them and that’s why they gotta sell it. Palfrey made a sick world a little less sick, if you can believe that. Also, she kept our government and military running properly. Seriously, you wouldn’t want anyone making decisions for us if they weren’t getting any (See GWB).

Um ..lets see, we shouldnt post the list to avoid huring families?? Get a CLUE. The men or women involved as clients did that already. They are responsible. POST THE LIST. The customers called and in the process destroyed trust and credibility. The wives and families should know the men or women they love are responsible.

I bet every women in D.C. is screaming at there husbands ” are you on the list” and everyone of the husband’s is saying- “no baby,you know I love you and your the only girl for me why would I want them when I have you”……..
I think when you call an escort service alot, its called an addiction.Post the list.

When are the citizens of the U.S. going to wake up. Elected representatives and Senators get involved with everything that is known to man. They are some who know that the some of the parties and services given in Washington are illegal and they continue to attend. Now, how does this effect families in America? How does it effect families of the elected officials? This is something that our representatives do not think about and they hurt everyone who contributes to crimes, prostitution and other activities. Let this lady tell all and lets get rid of the trash that we have in Washingtion. That will cut the budget and save tax dollars.

I don’t approve of this kind of “service” and do not approve of people participating in it.
But isn’t it so very much more important to expose those who trade other people’s lives and livelyhoods for favors or votes?
I wish we’d all pay more attention to the important stuff …
No, my name isn’t on the list.

Get a grip, people!! It’s “sweeps week” and ABC will release more info tonight on “20-20″.

$2 Million in 13 years? 100 + women employed? Is anyone doing the math here? I don’t think anyone has to pay taxes on less than $5,000.00 a year income! And just who is trying to shake up the rank and file in Washington – like that works?!! Can we please stop playing these games in the media please! Must those of us in this country with moral values and great families be lumped in and embarrased before the world at every chance. I am so tired of being humiliated and embarrased by what the Media Reports as News to the World. We are not all having sex outside marriage, most of us aren’t. We have great kids, brave and hard working men and women who are being sacrificed for your “news.” Give this poor woman her food stamps and help her get some assistance. And you cheap politicians, etc. probably didn’t get sex for your nickle and I don’t want to know your name because we know this is not about this issue. People -Do your own math.

If as ABC claims it has phone records and has compiled a list of names from those phone records then ABC should publish the ENTIRE list.
Will there be an investigation in Washington into this list to determine if tax payer money was used for acquiring services?

The whole idea of prostitution being illegal is beyond me to start with.Its legal in some places but forbidden in others.It occurs daily in every state and country in the world. Even the most prominent people see the need for it but since we have declared it immoral, it must now occur only in the dark alleys and seedy hotels and cannot be controlled.I think we , as a country, have alot of growing up to do to get beyond this nonsense and get focused on real problems that really need our attention.

If laws were broken, then prosecution must occur. ABC should turn over the list to federal investigators and prosecutors and they should do their jobs, no matter who is involved.
$2 million is 13 years with 100+ employees? Seems like “the Madam” was working for peanuts. No wonder she doesn’t have any money to conduct an investigation and defense.
This is another opportunity for the world to laugh at us and our farcical treatment of sexuality.

If my name were posted and ABC couldn’t PROVE that I had broken the law, ABC would soon be known as Dale’s TV Network.
You don’t risk ruining a reputation because a glorified hooker gives you a list of names.

Get grip on “reality”. Prostitution has a very long history and will continue unabated as long as human kind beleives that one God or another has bestowed it with “Moral Values” that somehow transend 3-4 million years of evolution. Anyone remotely knowledgeable with the evolutional history of primates understands that males are not monogamous. Never have been, never will be! Prostitution is essentially promoted by unrealistic beliefs fostered primarily by the religious right. Therefore I would expect the “list” to be somewhat weighted on the Republican side as they are likely the most frustrated by this conundrum and think that prostitution is the safest way to release a portion of their pent-up sexual oppression.

Post the list, the entire list. The heat should be felt by everyone involved!!!

What if prostitution were legal, what then? Wouldn’t they say this was Sodom and Gomorrah? But there has been prostitution in Washington since before the Civil War and Hooker’s brigade. Thomas Jefferson hired Molly the Egyptian, a contortionist, to give the squeeze to a man from the Middle East, and maybe it even helped get the Barbary Pirates off our shipping.
Washington IS a place of gross hypocrisy. I think Ms. Palfrey ran a business which she hoped would not fit into the criminal definition of prostitution, always tricky. On superficial acquaintance with the case, I would say that she tried to do too much by remote control, that she wasn’t sufficiently “hands on”. And is she taking the heat for her girls? Boys? If so, she is a clever businesswoman. Who would want to work for someone who abandoned you?
If any of you come from the South and had ancestors there during the Civil War, you might do a little digging like I did and find that when a place like New Orleans fell, people who were respectable working class might have found a different sort of work. I’m not sure, but I think I just found out that I am the descendant of a madame. It’s a disturbing thought, but I think I can understand.

Buying and selling people is illegal in the U.S.
Release the list.
Arrest the Johns!

Drum Roll Please……………………………since bush said he was GODS man on earth at the right time to accomplish so much good…..what if he’s not???????????????????????????here comes the WHOOPS factor?????

Uh, in that poll, it would be “flouting,” not “flaunting.”

I really love this…
You see, I live in the D.C. area. I’ve known for years what hypocritical perverts pervade this culture. They all have shiny new cars, expensive houses, employing illegal immigrants, sanctimonious stepford wives in the mean time they have wife swapping rings, infidelity is rampant as well as sexual harrassment; this is not surprising in the least. What is surprising is that someone actually is prosecuting an escort service! This is only one escort service in the area. Go to the yellow pages under “Escort” and there you have it! Tons of big expensive ads. She has a small service compared to others.
Post the list and expose Washington D.C. as the perverted “New Rome” that it is.

If your going to name names, name them ALL! This has been going on since 1993. Have read you are only using a recent list. Who are you protecting and why? Name them ALL or name none.

Post the list already. The News, when in possession of the truth, has the obligation to reveal it. Don’t let political hypocrisies continue for another minute. Reveal the list and bring the politicians’ names through the mud just like you did to the madam. Fair is fair.

What’s the big decision here .. ?? If anyone can prove that Palfrey really ran a prostitution ring – then prosecute her. If anyone can prove that clients paid for sex, then prosecute them as well.
Who cares if they are democrats or republicans, black or white, male or female ?
Obviously, this is ABC’s way of remaining in the spotlight – what other network wouldn’t do the same thing though?
As far as releasing the names – I have to agree with the poster who noted the “Duke lacrosse” case. Didn’t we learn anything….. ?? If these people are found guilty…. guess what, it’s public record, the names will be released then. But don’t ruin a person’s life because “someone heard” they solicited a prostitute.

Lets give these bad,bad boys the hardest whip in their … by posting their names everywhere.

Post the list.
These men write the sex laws for the rest of us. Why should they be exempt? She is being charged with prostitution so why shouldn’t her customers be brought forward to confirm that the government if right in their charges or they are wrong? It takes two to tango.

Oh,Yeah! List em all and tell it all. These arrogant self-righteous pompous so called law maker’s and other so called powerful “people” need to be held accountable for all the decision they make, personal as well as private. Most think they are bullet-proof because they work and network in Washington D.C., They need to be reminded they are working for the government (which is us), and they are there as a gift of a vote from the good people they are suppose to represent, not to indulge in teen-age type fun and games. If they have time for such foolishness then we are not getting our money’s worth.

you’ve listed “Jeane Palfrey” already, so do the honorable thing and stop being hypocritical. List all of the names or none of the names. Same goes for the prosecutors, all or none stop being hypocrites.

I’m shocked, absolutely shocked that prostitution is going on in the D.C. area. I’m proud that our fine law enforcement agencies are prosecuting those involved to the fullest. I hope this crackdown spreads to the rest of the country, and after that we should bring back prohibition.

Myself I am sick Of Washington, They lie all the time and get by with it!!
I hope they all get to go to jail Why does she have to pay for the cheaters and liars!!!

It’s just so coincidental that ABC is ready for this special during sweeps week.
Publish the high profile people on the list, ignore the rest, and be done with it.
By high profile, I mean people who actively seek out tv, radio, and print appearances. Get it done with, and quit milking the story. It’s presstitution otherwise.

Given the ABC liberal bias I expect they found prominent democrats on the list. They tell us WH officials are listed. They fail to mention if any high profile dems are listed. Not a coincidence and probably the reason they with held the information.

Post the list. A lot of us are sick and tired of the media deciding what we should and shouldn’t know. Your job is to report the news – so report it.

And what is the truth?
Human beings have sex!! OMG (Oh, My God) – heavan forbid – we are all going to burn in hell
Charge them ALL!! Make them plea bargain and pay the government crooks a monthly fee!! Before they are done, we all will be listed as sex perverts for the mere action of having sex. Buy hey, the national debt will be paid off in a matter of months!!
Then they bomb another country!!

i will like to meet one of you guys. u all are great guys.i love you all. keep it up.

Same thing with Julia Moya, convicted in NYC a couple years ago. Wish she’d publish her list!!! It’s high time these clients stop getting a pass while the girls take all the blame.

This is wonderful the first one to jump out of the bag is from Louisiana. But he’s already talked to GOD and his wife.HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

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DC Madamn and a Conspiracy Theory, of course. I have lived years with government abuse and have told my relatives and friends, when I die, our government did it! Yes, I have all the proof needed!