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A firsthand account of how public officials and other well-connected individuals have been compromised or blackmailed by their sexual improprieties, Confessions of a D.C. Madame relates the author’s time running the largest gay escort service in Washington, DC, and his interactions with VIPs from government, business, and the media who solicited the escorts he employed. The book details the federal government’s pernicious campaign waged against the author to ensure his silence and how he withstood relentless, fabricated attacks by the government, which included incarceration rooted in trumped up charges and outright lies. This fascinating and shocking facet of government malfeasance reveals the integral role blackmail plays in American politics and the unbelievable lengths the government perpetrates to silence those in the know.
More excellent work from Nick Bryant, this time with Mr. Vinson. Mr. Bryant is a smart, principled, heroic investigative journalist who deserves a great deal more attention and appreciation than he's enjoyed thus far. His earlier book, The Franklin Scandal, reflects seven years of research into a nationwide pedophile ring that stretched coast to coast, took advantage of mostly disadvantaged youth from Boys Town and other places in Nebraska and elsewhere, and pandered them for sexual exploitation to powerful American politicians and others for blackmail and other purposes. The most horrifying part of that story, for me, is the ample clear evidence that local, state, and federal authorities, including the US Justice Department, as well as the local paper, the Omaha World Herald, conspired to squash the evidence, resorting to violence and probably even murder to do so. The reality is so outlandish that it reads at times like fiction, but Mr. Bryant's journalism and documentation are impeccable.This excellent new book goes further, exploring the ways that sexual activities and misconduct factor into the dynamics of American political power, and how authorities we trust to pursue justice sometimes do the opposite, and act to block disclosure of embarrassing information and to protect perpetrators.
