Grand Theft Auto Critic Spitzer Resigns in Disgrace

@Tammej

"Why was this guy wiretapped in the first place?
Doesn’t that go against his rights? Was this approved somewhere?"

Yes the wiretap was judicially approved. The story goes is that Spitzer performed some shady bank transactions to pay for his trysts which had an appearance of money laundering. By federal law the bank had to inform the IRS of the suspicious transactions, investigation by the IRS led the IRS to inform the FBI, FBI investigated, found cause to warrant a wiretap, received judicial permission for the wiretap, and went from there. So it was all because of suspicious banking transactions.

"And is having sex with a prostetute (his private buisness) a real problem at all? Okay, I’m not sure but IF prostitution itself is already illegal in … whereever he did that."

While prostitution is illegal this becomes a larger issue because Spitzer's entire public image relied upon himself presenting a higher moral code than the rest and that his position as current head of the executive branch of New York government and former Attorney General for the state left him in a position with responsibility to persecute illegal activity, such as a prostitution ring (which he has in the past.) Erego he had a severe lapse of judgement which not only left him involved in an illegal activity while having a responsibility to uphold the law, but entirely undermined his entire political career as well. And for all practical purposes this incident with Spitzer is the icing on the cake of his camp utilizing underhanded methods to spy on a political adversary, the deadlock in state government due to Spitzer being at odds certain other individuals in state government, and his downright refusal to listen to public opinion when the public was steadfastly against his driver's license for illegal immigrants idea.

So this morning I had an interesting surprise. As I turned the corner on 25th St., I had to walk past a gauntlet of news vans, cameras, reporters, and crowded bystanders to get to my office. I heard Spitzer's name mentioned a couple times, but wasn't sure why exactly they were here, at my office.

Apparently, Kristen lives in the building next to my office O.o

Sort of makes you wonder what happens to her now. This isn't necessarily the best way to end up in the spotlight.

@ Ebonheart

Heh, I don't know. I was reading as I was walking, and other people were passing through the area, so I actually walked by one of the cameras before I even realized they were there.

@ Soldatlouis,

I have to back that opinion. And you know about that president dying like that? Awesome. Do you know the story of the one who fell of a train?

@ Nightwng

Nice find, didn't know about the $1 million for harassment


"Thompson is seeking $1 million from the Bar for damages he says have resulted from the Bar harassing him by investigating what he says are baseless complaints filed against him by disgruntled adversaries."

That's right Bruce, you didn't send the bar gay porn, or the "Law Picture Book", or the "figurative wording" of the Florida Bar looking like a bombed out building. Oh reminds me I sent the Florida Bar Disiplanary Review head an email asking why they took so long to do something about him THey sent an email back. And yes I did not use insulting or explitives.

Mr. Walter,

The 1st Amendment is a cherished right of all freedom loving Americans and even if some of us don't agree with another's viewpoint, they are still entitled to speak their mind. However, although the 1st Amend provides a great amount of protection there are certain limits. We are now prosecuting Mr. Thompson because we believe his tactics and comments have crossed the line.

wow, that is so funny. I guess he could not restrain his addictions for sex in office. What an ******* to use the phone to call for a prostitute to bang at work. He shot himself in the foot after all the shit he has been talking especially against GTA. Sounds like that case where like a congressman solicited sex with a government agent in the bathroom. Hypocrits in the government are as numerous as the amount of shit conjured by the news.

I wreck that chick!!!

@Ebonheart

Maybe the fact that her music sucks was a contributing factor. Spitzer may have reallised that there's one sure way to stop her singing and thats to put something in her mouth to gag her. The fact that he was willing to not only use something very personal to him to gag her but also pay doing it impresses me greatly, the man's a damned hero!

The only thing that comes close to Spitzer's hypocrisy is the dirtiness of the whore who [unwittingly] helped take him down.

I'd thank her, but, she's a whore. Sluts are cool, whores aren't.

Did I mention she's a whore? :)

I don't think one can say anything positive about the girl because she just seems to be trying to CHA on this and will probably do it again soon. Lets avoid using derogotory terms like slut, whole or bitch as while they apply, as better words could be used to describe her.

[...] I could go on forever about this shit, but I’m going to wrap things up here. I’d like to say that I think it’s great to see prominent figures like Stephen King speak out about things like this. Unless you bring the idiocy of these kinds of things to the forefront, states like: Massachusetts, Arizona, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, Utah, Kansas and California, are just going to slip them into law without true opposition. And since no one really takes the gaming community seriously, it’s even better to have a non-gamer speak up and say “Hey - I think this is bullshit too”. [...]