Alleged "D.C. Madam" Names A Name

Woman Charged With Running Prostitution Ring Says "Shock And Awe" Military Strategist Was Customer

(AP)  A woman charged with running a prostitution ring in the nation's capital made good on her threat to identify high-profile clients, listing a military strategist known for his "shock and awe" combat theories as a regular customer in court documents Thursday.

Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who is acting as her own attorney, said Harlan K. Ullman, a senior associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, "is only one of dozens of such officials" who will be exposed as she prepares her defense.

Ullman declined to talk about the claim in a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press Thursday night, saying "the allegations are beneath the dignity of a comment."

The 50-year-old Palfrey was indicted last month by a federal grand jury on charges of running a high-class call girl ring from her home in Vallejo, Calif. She has denied the escort service engaged in prostitution.

In court records, prosecutors estimate that her business, Pamela Martin and Associates, generated more than $2 million in revenue over 13 years, with more than 130 women employed at various times to serve thousands of clients at $200 to $300 a session.

Palfrey had threatened to sell phone records that would identify 10,000 clients to pay for her criminal defense, but a federal judge ordered her not to release them. But Palfrey gave them to ABC News before the order took effect.

Since federal officials have seized her assets in a civil case involving the business, Palfrey argued in court papers Thursday for the judge to reconsider her request for $500,000 to hire an attorney to replace the public defender.

She contends that she needs a high-profile attorney because of the powerful forces that are lined up against her and her need to subpoena Ullman and others.

Palfrey hopes the customers will testify on her behalf that her escorts did not engage in prostitution.

Prosecutors have accused Palfrey of trying to intimidate potential witnesses by exposing them publicly.

Ullman's lawyer, Mike Mukasey, also declined comment, saying the allegations do not deserve a response.

Ullman was the primary author of a 1996 report that coined the phrase "shock and awe," which calls for a massive attack of precision air power that psychologically destroys an enemy's will to fight as much as it destroys the physical ability to fight.

Palfrey said she has 46 pounds of phone records that could expose thousands of clients. Her civil attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, said he gave those records to ABC so it could assist in identifying clients who could testify on her behalf.

ABC said it plans to air a story on Palfrey on its prime-time news program "20/20" next month.

[forthepeopl1]

SHE NEEDS TO TAKE DOWN THE LOT OF THEM.. EXPOSE ALL THE MARRIED ONES AND LET THE BALL GAME BEGIN. THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT...

[torocaca]

The real "ho's" in this story are Bush and all those who work for him.

[sevenveils]

Interesting twist for the prosecution and. In normal cases involving prostitution the prosecutors are more than happy to also arrest the clients, as they too have engaged in an illegal act.

It it appears the judge is not a neutral party in this case as his decisions appear skewed towards the side of the prosecution.

As for freezing all the assets of the defendant prior to trial, how does that parlay with the supposedly innocent until proven guilty part of American justice?

[terrapin78]

There goes the Party of Family Values. We'll see how committed they are to their wives when the names come out.

[scott4261]

I'm not surprised. Good for her! Expose the lot of them!

[colonieny]

DARE WE TELL THE TRUTH ?

Maybe- dare we blame those gilded wives for "holding back" and not giving their mates what was promised at marriage nuptials ? Let's lay all the cards down and find out WHO is really to blame for this epidemic, and the need to call such services. Why just blame the POOR MAN ? There are so many weary, *** starved men driving the freeways, going to work all day ( ALL DAY !) - all tired just to be abused at work, and abused at home, and married but virtually celibate. Get off their backs. Give them a break ! Let them alone.

[minminmin-2009]

Hmmm. There are some people here who seem to assuming her customers were Republicans? Is that what I'm picking up here? What on earth would make somebody think that? Like libs don't do prostitutes? Come on. I'll be we see all parties well represented here. Should be fun to watch this one...I hope they keep up the coverage.

[oxmyx-2009]

Didntinhale should have. Mayber it would have dislodged the iron rod in his ***.

[bluestardad]

Guys at least these Men were going to women for their release, and not like some Republicans such as Ted Haggerd or Mark Foley the sausage kings!

[tejasdemo]

Republicans ARE prostitutes

[jvman4u]

The Libs are HONEST with their sexuality and are do-ing it, with their wife, b-f, lover, out in the clubs and bars, too... It's the REPRESSED and ANAL-MINDED Repugs that are all up-tight, full of self hatred and therefore have to buy ***, to make it OBJECTIVE, and not have to OWN their deed..." honey it was just ***, I didn't enjoy it, I'll go to rehab, I'll get an exorcism, quick baptise me, I'll be a good boy, I'll NEVER do a Napp'Ho again... I promise, just don't tell the children, ok?

[david1737]

The lesson that the Neo-Cons should learn is that when you run on a platform of "family values" your setting your selves up for failure. The reality is that it's absurd to look to politicians for your morale values.

[infidel_us]

What a bunch of lib losers! He was a naval officer....how in the f*ck do you know he is a republican??? And even if he is, so what.

Slick Willie proved you don't have to have any character to be a politician or serve in government. Whatever Harlen did is HIS business, right??? You bunch of bedwetting hypocrites.

[roger_inkart]

Comment: What a bunch of lib losers!

Last I saw, it was your side that has suffered the greatest losses. With many more to come now that Dems control Congress.

Ullman has actually been very critical of GW Bush, so you dimwitted GW sycophants might want to choose your defense of him carefully.

[advanceus]

I hope she exposes every last one of them. She might have been running a business that isn't exactly legal, but look at our government. This government has to be the most crooked bunch that ever existed - if they aren't trying to screw the American public it's the pages.

[extremophil]

So tell me, is Pelosi on the list?

[aaabee-2009]

I bet it's a good mix of Dems and Reps.

Dems aren't saints but then they don't run their campaigns on religious planks either.

Like Bush's Christianity while he makes war based on lies and uses the White House name to support all his appointees under investigation.

[aaabee-2009]

US_Infidel got thrown off the blogs.

Now he is back and he is mad, as Infidel_US.

So if Dems are bad, then Republicans can be too?
Sooooo, using Infidel logic; if Republicans are bad, then Dems can be too!

[iceman_1960]

"A woman charged with running a prostitution ring in the nation's capital made good on her threat to identify high-profile clients, listing a military strategist known for his "shock and awe" combat theories as a regular customer..."

Friday the 13th must be Jay Leno's lucky day.

And David Letterman's, Conan O'Brien's...

[mcvet]

Slick Willie proved you don't have to have any character to be a politician or serve in government. Whatever Harlen did is HIS business, right??? You bunch of bedwetting hypocrites.
Posted by Infidel_US at 02:06 PM : Apr 13, 2007


BAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA Couldn't help it could you Sparky!! Had a chance to throw some mud on Clinton and generate a little hatred his way and you could NOT let it get by you?!? ROFLMAO I just wondered how do you clowns manage to sit upright? ROFLMAO As slimy as you are it's absolutely AMAZING that you can sit upright! ROFLMAO SIEG HEIL Y'all!! ROFLMAO

[infidel_us]

then Dems can be too!
Posted by AaaBee at 02:39 PM : Apr 13, 2007

I didn't get "thrown off." I logged out and forgot my log in password. It was easier just to make up new stuff.

Anyway, glad you admit dems were/are bad. We neocons are getting kind of tired of being held to a higher standard. If we're all going to Hell, we might as well sink to the lowest common denominator (like dems) and go together.

[iceman_1960]

"Ullman declined to talk about the claim in a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press Thursday night, saying "the allegations are beneath the dignity of a comment."

Hehehe...

Somewhere out there, the ghost of Mata Hari is smiling...

And when it rains, it pours for the Bush administration...


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House political adviser Karl Rove was embroiled in a new controversy over potentially missing e-mails on Friday, the latest twist in the firings of eight U.S. prosecutors last year.

The White House disclosed the Republican National Committee in early 2006 took away Rove's ability to delete e-mails sent and received through a party e-mail account.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino had no explanation for why the RNC, the governing arm of President George W. Bush's political party, would stop Rove from deleting e-mails.

[aaabee-2009]

"listing a military strategist known for his "shock and awe" combat theories as a regular customer "

If she had anyone higher than this individual, she would have hinted, I would bet.

Newt Gingrich, Republican was having an affair while he voted to impeach Bill. Hypocrisy is soul-deep in all of us. I think that makes it especially tough on Republicans, because they try to present such an elevated moral front to the public, and then have to sneak around to get their kicks, meanwhile condemning those who live a more open life.
Hypocrisy. Like me, I say I love all trees but inside, I'm really a Bush-hater.

[iceman_1960]

Maybe one of Ms. Palfrey's girls suggested the phrase to him.

"...Oh Harlan... Oh Harlan... You shock me... You awe me..."

[iceman_1960]

"Maybe one of Ms. Palfrey's girls suggested the phrase [shock and awe] to him."

Too bad she didn't tutor him on good exit strategies as well.

He should be demanding his money back.

(I hope those weren't any of my tax dollars at work.)

[aaabee-2009]

I didn't get "thrown off." I logged out and forgot my log in password. It was easier just to make up new stuff. Posted by Infidel_US at 02:53 PM : Apr 13, 2007

Sorry guy. Just poking ya. But you'da been a sorry Republican if you couldn't come up with a perfectly innocent excuse for the name change. :)

I hate hypocrisy. I will be the first to admit that my party isn't perfect. But humans can't come up with perfection, so I made a choice from what was available.

[iceman_1960]

All kidding aside, Harlan K. Ullman deserves the presumption of innocence, of course.

This does come at a bad time, though. I heard that Ullman was on the short list for World Bank President, should Wolfowitz resign.

(P.S. At least Bill Clinton never had to pay money for it.)

[aaabee-2009]

You all see this? They are calling for this guy to resign. Another Brownie brown-nose Bush lover caught doing ever so slightly bad things:

"Wolfowitz, who was nominated for the bank job in 2005 by President Bush, joined the institution from the Pentagon, where he was one of the architects of Iraq war.

He has faced lingering distrust by many staff members and resentment over his close ties to the Bush administration and his role in the Iraq war that have overshadowed his first two years at the bank.

The bank's staff representative association, which demanded last week that Wolfowitz explain his actions, have called on Wolfowitz to resign, saying it seemed impossible for the institution, whose mission is to fight global poverty, to move forward "with any sense of purpose under the present leadership." www.cnn.com

[iceman_1960]

"Palfrey said she has 46 pounds of phone records that could expose thousands of clients."

They measure phone records by the pound these days ?

[aaabee-2009]

Ullman was on the short list for World Bank President, should Wolfowitz resign." Posted by Iceman_1960 at 03:06 PM : Apr 13, 2007

Wolfowitz is the guy in the article next blog over who gave his girlfriend a $60,000 raise, isn't he? The one in charge of the World Hunger program among others?

Wonder how much caviar $60,000 would buy to feed those hungry kids? 26 lbs?

[iceman_1960]

we got some religious right .....right here at CBS? The word ssexx gets automatically filtered.
what the helll is article all about anyway?
Posted by ainttaken at 02:47 PM : Apr 13, 2007

Like d*ick.

I wonder why the pornographic word "bush" (scatological reference to a part of the female anatomy) doesn't get the *** treatment as well.

[rondok1]

This one should max out the rehab facilitys.............

[inventagod2]

She won't be mentioning the president's name...
His tastes run to different flavors.
Pretty sure his beard would explain...

[elgraz]

Nobody told me about her. I feel left out.

[inventagod2]

"This one should max out the rehab facilitys.............

Posted by rondok at 03:48 PM : Apr 13, 2007"

Best post of the week!

[elgraz]

Another immoral ******** leader.......Bill Clinton,lover of blacks,and his butch wife.What hypocrites. We Americans certainly know how to pick them.

[ocfotoman]

This country should just legalize prostitution, let them all pay taxes and get health checks like they do in The Netherlands, and these scandals would become a moot point.

[infidel_us]

But humans can't come up with perfection, so I made a choice from what was available.
Posted by AaaBee at 03:02 PM : Apr 13, 2007

So true. You seem like a reasonable human being. Even though I'm a right wing neocon, I think we could be friends! :)

[aaabee-2009]

Even though I'm a right wing neocon, I think we could be friends! :)
Posted by Infidel_US at 04:54 PM : Apr 13, 2007

That is very nice of you, Infidel.

Is "right wing neocon" an insult? Because I am tired of insults. I actually think there are many respectable Republicans out there with the same kind convictions and love of country that I have.

[bluestardad]

Well at least Republicans did not have to worry about Mark Foley coming up on her list all her escorts were over 16 and female! Guess Ted Haggerd was off this list too.

Did anyone order a Chicken or a Hawk or a Chicken Hawk? How bout them Neocons I hear they like the Dicktater!

[asor1-2009]

My dear, religious-right, loyal, busy-as-he11 hubby won't be on your silly list. Signed; Laura B.
Will he?

[dphaffner]

Clinton didn't have ***. And I can't blame him for lieing about that.

Who in the hell would want Monica ?

Anyone would lie about being with that pig.

I had rather play with my own ding-a-ling.

[homespunlady]

Hmm... how long will this drag out. Another diversion now that the Anna Nicole thing has settled some dust. ZZZZZZ...huph, now where were we..Oh yeah, IRAQ, OSAMA BIN LADEN AND War profiteering. Guess they're on the back burner again until the funds battle heats up.
Time for a nap.

[demkicker]

This country should just legalize prostitution, let them all pay taxes and get health checks like they do in The Netherlands, and these scandals would become a moot point.
Posted by ocfotoman at 04:52 PM : Apr 13, 2007


A typical leftist. Take a bad or immoral human action, sprinkle it with a little BS, tell 300,000,000 people it's ok because 5% - 10% of the population is doing it and it makes them feel good. Then put it on the floor of congress for a vote. Lets make special laws to protect all weird walks of life from facing reality. The reality is: as long as there are people, there is going to hatred, racial tension and the sort. No law will ever stop it. The less one believes in god, the more one has to worry. I would rather go thru life believing in god to find out there isn't one, than to go thru life thinking there isn't a god and find out that there is a GOD. To legalize prostitution, gay marriage etc, etc. would only tear down the moral fiber that this country was founded on. However, the sick left only thinks of themselves and NEVER looks at the whole picture. If everyone had god in there life, these and other issues would be mute.
I will never be friends with anybody that lives in denial, and that includes the far left.

[randalds]

This country should just legalize prostitution, let them all pay taxes and get health checks like they do in The Netherlands, and these scandals would become a moot point.
Posted by ocfotoman at 04:52 PM : Apr 13, 2007

Makes sense, but just like all ideas like this it makes too much sense to be acceptable by the holier-the-thou crowd. They're the same people who want to keep spending money trying to enforce pot laws because they know that when you smoke pot you play the piano really fast, have wild ***, run people over with your car and commit suicide because you think you can fly. You know, the same idiots who thought Reefer Madness was right. sadly while they aren't that many of these ignorant people in America, they are vocal and have Bush by the short hairs, even though he smoked dope and almost certainly cavorted with hookers in college. You know, a hypocrite, just like they are.

[tucson23]

"Palfrey hopes the customers will testify on her behalf that her escorts did not engage in prostitution."

If her escorts didn't engage in prostitution, then what exactly is she implying about Harlan K. Ullman? How is it a threat to expose people who did nothing illegal? Doesn't add up.

Forgive me if one of you has already pointed this out, I sometimes have trouble reading post after post by people that couldn't even define the words "liberal" and "conservative," yet use them as if they're insults.

[randalds]

Forgive me if one of you has already pointed this out, I sometimes have trouble reading post after post by people that couldn't even define the words "liberal" and "conservative," yet use them as if they're insults.
Posted by tucson23 at 05:11 AM : Apr 14, 2007

I think most people have their own definition of each word and why they think they fit into one camp or another. I consider myself liberal. To me that means I subscribe to the majority (though not all) of the positions of the more left side of the Democratic party. I believe that government has more of a role to play in the lives of those that can't help themselves as much, such as the poor, handicapped and elderly. I believe in a balanced, but fair budget, which means all pay a fair share of taxes according to their means and ability. I believe in a strong defense, but not in foreign entanglements except as a very last resort. I believe in diplomacy first, war absolutely last. Personally however I differ in that I believe in the death penalty, but only in extreme cases. I also support the right to bear arms, but hunting arms, not sub-machine guns. There's more to be a liberal, but there is a conservative limit on length here. ;-)

[adian1-2009]

If all people involved in this so called prostitution ring are adults, I fail to see why there should be criminal considerations. If and adult wants to use escort services, the women providing the services are adults who freely chose to lend the services, and there is another person that has the pool of users and the pool of services --agent-- and all of them are adults that freely do their thing, then where is the criminal behavior? Not reporting their income and paying their taxes is another matter, of course. That would be criminal. But running an endeavor that does harm to nobody, where only adults are involved, where they freely take their options, where there is enough discretion for not harming our children. . . Well, why is it criminal? I kind of see the fundamentalist religious behind, one way or the other.