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Rep. Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, who confirmed in an interview =
with The Times on Wednesday that the escort had access to his house in =
the 200 block of 8th Street SE.=20

      "And when I found out about it, I kicked him out [in August =
1987]," Mr. Frank said.=20

      Mr. Frank said he knew that the call boy - who asked to be =
identified by his professional name Greg Davis - was a practicing =
prostitute. But he denied knowing that his former lover was involved in =
a prostitution ring.=20

      "I thought I could get him to stop," Mr. Frank said of Davis, whom =
he employed with personal funds as a housekeeper and chauffeur.=20

      A senior-level Senate staffer, whom The Times has interviewed and =
chosen not to identify, confirmed this week that he called Davis' =
"massage" advertisement in City Paper, a District weekly newspaper, =
"about two years ago" and went as instructed to meet the male escort at =
a Capitol Hill house.=20

      Davis told him the house was Mr. Frank's, and from the aide's =
description and documents obtained by The Times, the place they met has =
been identified as the congressman's home.=20

      Davis said that when he used Mr. Frank's residence to operate the =
escort services, he or an accomplice would transfer the escort services' =
telephone calls from his residence to the congressman's number via =
call-forwarding.=20

      The prostitute, who was living with a fiancee at the time, said he =
used the ploy because she was unaware of his activities.=20

      Davis also said that he serviced customers at the congressman's =
house.=20

      A former call girl who worked with Davis and often spoke to Mr. =
Frank on the phone confirmed this telephone switching operation. She =
said that she helped run the escort services, and also had sexual =
relations with clients in Mr. Frank's basement home.=20

      Mr. Frank confirmed that he sometimes spoke to the female escort =
but assumed she was just a friend of Davis', not a prostitute. He also =
said that on at least one occasion he remembered a "strange phone call" =
from somebody asking for Davis and his service.=20

      "The guy said a woman's name that he was supposed to meet," Mr. =
Frank said. "I was suspicious, but could not prove anything at the =
time."=20

      The congressman also said that he was told by his landlords =
several months before asking Davis to leave that there were "strange =
things going on" in the apartment with lots of people "coming and =
going."=20

      Mr. Frank said, too, that "one time, somebody came to the door and =
I told him to get out."=20

      When asked why he did not inform the police about Davis' =
activities, Mr. Frank replied: "I had reason to believe that he was =
doing that [running an escort service], but I didn't have anything to =
take to a judge or to the cops."=20

      Mr. Frank initially denied either knowing of or condoning Davis' =
profession. But during questioning, he acknowledged that he was aware =
that his lover was a working prostitute.=20

      "I had no idea that he was doing anything other than personal =
[prostitution]," Mr. Frank said.=20

      "I knew that he personally did some [sex-for-hire] stuff, but had =
no idea" about a larger operation that advertised in local newspapers, =
including City Paper and The Washington Blade, a weekly gay newspaper, =
the congressman said.=20

      Mr. Frank, one of two openly homosexual members of Congress, said =
he met Davis by responding to Davis' "escort/model" advertisement in The =
Washington Blade.=20

      "I met him sexually and had a personal relationship with him," Mr. =
Frank said.=20

      He said he subsequently allowed the male escort to use his house =
and car for almost 18 months after first having paid sex with him in =
April 1985.=20

      Mr. Frank also said that Davis accompanied him on several =
politically oriented functions and also helped to arrange a speaking =
engagement at a conference put on by the American Association of School =
Administrators.=20

      Davis said he accompanied Mr. Frank to the White House in 1986 to =
witness President Reagan's signing of immigration and naturalization =
legislation.=20

      "He said he was on probation and I tried to help him out. I got =
him a lawyer and I hired him [Davis] to work for me - no governmental =
money," Mr. Frank said. "He was my driver, my housekeeper . . . who took =
care of the car and took it to get it inspected."=20

      The congressman said he wrote a letter to the U.S. Capitol Police =
authorizing Davis, who also has been linked to the homosexual =
prostitution ring now under investigation by federal authorities, to =
have access to the House garage as his driver. Mr. Frank also said Davis =
played on his congressional softball team.=20

      "That was the only official thing I did," Davis said.=20

      Mr. Frank said he did not withhold federal income taxes or Social =
Security from Davis's salary. "I considered him to be a consultant," he =
said.=20


     Davis did not receive regular paychecks because "I tended to pay =
for some of his expenses. He had use of the car, I bought him a lot of =
meals, I bought him food to use here, and I paid for his lawyer," Mr. =
Frank said.=20
      Describing his four years with Davis as "a sexual relationship =
that turned into a friendship," Mr. Frank said he also paid for the =
prostitute's court-ordered psychological counseling stemming from four =
felony convictions in 1982: possession of obscene material, production =
of obscene items involving a juvenile, oral sodomy and possession of =
cocaine. Davis also was convicted in 1975 of cocaine distribution.=20

      Mr. Frank said he wrote at least four letters to Alexandria =
probation officials on behalf of Davis. The letters had been obtained by =
The Times from Alexandria criminal records with a signed privacy waiver =
from Davis.=20

      In one of the letters, dated March 10, 1986, Mr. Frank told the =
Alexandria probation officer: "Mr. [Davis] works for me on personal and =
political matters which should not be paid out of my congressional =
allowance."=20

      Each of the letters signed by Mr. Frank has the letterhead, =
"Congress of the United States, House of Representatives, Washington, =
D.C.," lists the committees the congressman serves on and the addresses =
of his Washington and home-district offices.=20

      Two of the letters include the disclaimer "Not Printed At =
Government Expense." Mr. Frank said it is his personal stationery.=20

      "I needed those letters to continue to operate my escort services =
in Washington," Davis said. "As a condition of my probation, I was not =
supposed to live outside of Virginia and I had to have a reason why I =
was still in D.C.," he said.=20

      On two occasions the probation officer visited Davis at Mr. =
Frank's Capitol Hill residence.=20

      Chevy Chase Elementary School principal Gabriel A. Massaro - =
another Davis client who met Mr. Frank through the call boy - went to =
the congressman's house for one of the meetings with probation =
officials, both Davis and Mr. Massaro told The Times.=20

      Mr. Frank said he was aware of the meeting with the probation =
officials but did not attend them.=20

      Mr. Massaro said Davis lived during this period in an apartment in =
the 1000 block of 25th Street NW.=20

      "I never lived at Barney's house," Davis said.=20

      "It was a favor for me," he said, referring to Mr. Frank's =
decision to write letters to the probation department.=20

      But Davis said Mr. Frank was constantly worried about the escort =
activities being discovered by the probation department, police and the =
news media.=20

      "He was concerned about security and he was concerned about the =
publicity if this were to come out," the prostitute said. "He was =
concerned about the things that a person would be concerned about.=20

      "Yet the excitement, the thrill, so to speak, with being connected =
to that type of world, which he found to be titillating in various ways, =
obtaining vicarious thrills being around this type of world, he [Mr. =
Frank] didn't discourage it, and he was fully aware of the situation as =
it occurred," Davis said.=20

      Interviews with resident managers and an owner of one of the =
apartments at the 25th Street location confirmed that Davis had a rented =
apartment there and was running his male and female prostitution =
services from the dwelling.=20

      One of those prostitution services called Saxons eventually was =
disbanded and Davis then opened his own services providing heterosexual, =
homosexual and bisexual sex-for-hire. The services were called Touch of =
Class, Male Ad and Bi-Couples, according to Davis.=20

      When Mr. Frank first responded to Davis's prostitution ad in The =
Washington Blade, he paid for one hour's worth of sex, Davis said.=20

      "The first time the cost was $80," the prostitute said. "He [Mr. =
Frank] called and asked for Greg and he asked me if I was versatile =
[willing to assume either a male or female sex role]".=20

      The two had sex at Mr. Frank's basement townhouse apartment in the =
early evening of April 1, 1985, Davis said.=20

      "He said he would like to see me again . . . and at the door he =
asked me if I had recognized him," the prostitute said. Mr. Frank, =
according to Davis, "said his picture had appeared in The Washington =
Blade . . . It was very, very abnormal to be told who he really was."=20

      Davis said he "wasn't blown over or anything . . . I've been with =
priests and others in public office . . . It was just kinda strange."=20

      Davis said Mr. Frank continued to purchase sex from him for =
several weeks and was provided discounted or free sex as their =
relationship grew.=20

      Davis also said that he later arranged discounted and free sex for =
Mr. Frank from other male prostitutes in return for use of the =
lawmaker's house to run the escort services.=20

      "That's an absolute lie," Mr. Frank said in an initial interview =
on Wednesday. But yesterday the Massachusetts Democrat said he did =
remember discussing with Davis procurement of male prostitutes for =
himself.=20

      "He did offer that [call boys] to me. . . . We talked about it . . =
. and I put him off and finally told him no," Mr. Frank said.=20

      The congressman said he never knew such sexual services were being =
provided to others at his house while he was at his congressional office =
or out of town.=20

      "I had instructed him [Davis] not to use my apartment for his =
illegitimate purposes," Mr. Frank said Thursday. "It just never occurred =
to me that he'd bring people over. I guess I was lied to."=20

      When asked how he could not have known that his admitted =
prostitute friend was having sexual liaisons with paying clients in his =
own bed, Mr. Frank said, "I was emotionally vulnerable at that time. I =
guess I was still coming to terms with being gay . . . It was a =
difficult period."=20

      Concerning Davis' actions, the congressman said, "He suckered me." =


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      Illustration, ANATOMY OF A FRIENDSHIP; BOX, Rep. Barney Frank, THE =
WASHINGTON TIMES
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  Sex sold from congressman's apartment; School used as base for sex =
ring=20
      George Archibald and Paul M. Rodriguez The Washington Times; Part =
A; Pg. A1 August 25, 1989, Friday, Final Edition

      A male prostitute convicted of drug trafficking and sex offenses =
against a minor used the Chevy Chase Elementary School in late 1987 to =
run his prostitution operation after the school's principal began buying =
sex from him, an investigation by The Washington Times has revealed.=20

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            The call boy was allowed to sleep and use phones in the =
school even after the principal left at 5 p.m., while teachers and the =
children were still involved in after-school activities such as chorus, =
Mr. Massaro said.=20
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      The principal, Gabriel A. Massaro, conceded in a two-hour =
interview with The Times Wednesday that he had a four-year relationship =
with the prostitute and provided him with a guidance counselor's office =
and telephone at the model "magnet school" even while children were in =
classes elsewhere in the building.=20

      The 48-year-old principal also confirmed that he told the school's =
custodian to give the prostitute - who told The Times that he has also =
worked for a homosexual prostitution service now under investigation by =
federal authorities and the subject of earlier articles - unlimited =
access to the building.=20

      Their relationship ultimately soured, Mr. Massaro said, in part =
because the prostitute used his credit card number without his =
permission to pay for a personal ad in The Washington Blade, a weekly =
newspaper of the homosexual community.=20

      "I knew he was an escort, but I didn't know he was running an =
escort service," Mr. Massaro said. "I couldn't condone it from going out =
of here . . . He may have done that, but I did not know that."=20

      The escort, who asked to be identified as Greg Davis, the alias he =
uses in personal ads, told The Times he was at the school at Mr. =
Massaro's invitation "on a fairly regular basis" during October and =
November 1987 and that he regularly used drugs in the building during =
that time.=20

      Davis said Mr. Massaro "was very aware of what I was doing and =
what was going on" when he was at the upscale Montgomery County school, =
which enrols about 350 children, aged 9 through 12, in the third through =
sixth grades.=20

      "I would be allowed to use the telephones to check my =
[computerized answering] service and to set up appointments [with =
homosexual and heterosexual clients], as long as they weren't set up at =
the school - that was the arrangement," the prostitute said in one of =
several interviews.=20

      Davis said Mr. Massaro also explained to him how to turn off the =
school's audio security system so his calls would not be overheard.=20

      Mr. Massaro confirmed that such listening devices were installed =
in the school ceilings but denied telling Davis how to have the security =
system turned off.=20

      "How would I know that these devices were in operation at the =
school unless he had warned me about them?" Davis asked.=20

      "I normally used the time between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. to set up the =
appointments for that evening with any of the ladies or myself. And then =
after 10 o'clock I would have a person who was used as the driver for =
the [escort] services pick me up at the school. He would pick me up =
about 10 p.m.," Davis said.=20

      On at least one occasion, Davis claimed to have performed =
homosexual sex with a client in the guidance counselor's office.=20

      The 45-year-old man who came to the school to have sex with Davis =
"was a regular client that I knew," the prostitute said. "When I told =
him that he was going to come to a school, at first he sounded concerned =
on the telephone. In a joking sort of manner, he asked me if he was =
being set up.=20

      ". . . The client, after thinking about it for a couple of =
minutes, said, 'Well, it might be a kick.' That was his response. In =
other words, it was a turn-on for him," Davis said.=20

      The Times has been unable to locate the customer to confirm Davis' =
story.=20

      The prostitute said that Mr. Massaro did not know "that I had met =
a client at the school."=20

      "He knew me well enough to know that that was possible and told me =
that that was not supposed to be done," Davis said. "For the most part, =
I agreed. I went along with it because it was a threat to the security =
of the [prostitution] service to have anybody come to the school."=20

      Davis also said Mr. Massaro never knew that his driver went into =
the school or about the drug use in the building. "I would be there =
maybe three out of the five nights a week," the prostitute said.=20

      Mr. Massaro said Davis came to the school several times a week =
during the two-month period in question.=20

      The principal's secretary, Peggy Monday, confirmed Davis's access =
to the school, but said she saw him no more than once a week. Mrs. =
Monday said that Mr. Massaro explained Davis' presence at the school by =
saying the man was a friend of his.=20

      "I would either use his [principal's] office or I would use a =
guidance counselor's office upstairs" on the school's second floor where =
6th grade classrooms and a science lab are located, Davis said.=20

      Told that Davis had given The Times a detailed accounting of his =
call boy activities and criminal convictions, the principal conceded =
that he was aware of Davis' work as a prostitute.=20

      Mr. Massaro said he knew the prostitute was still on probation for =
felony drug and sex offenses and undergoing court-ordered psycho-sexual =
therapy when he allowed him to use the school's facilities.=20

      A former school counselor, Mr. Massaro said he talked to Davis's =
sex therapist about his court-ordered treatment after the call boy's =
felony conviction in 1982 on four charges: possession of obscene =
material, production of obscene items involving a juvenile, oral sodomy =
and possession of cocaine. Davis was convicted in 1975 of cocaine =
distribution.=20

      "There were some afternoons when he just had nowhere to go, so I =
would just let him come here to the school and just use the bathroom and =
stuff like that," Mr. Massaro said.=20

      "[The prostitute] used that [counselor's] office," the principal =
said.=20

      Asked if he authorized the escort free use of school phones, Mr. =
Massaro responded, "Oh, yes."=20

      Pressed whether Davis might have molested or tried to molest any =
children at the Chevy Chase school, the principal said, "Oh God, no. He =
couldn't have. I don't think so. No."=20

      Davis said he had no dealings with any of the children who =
attended the elementary school.=20

      The call boy was allowed to sleep and use phones in the school =
even after the principal left at 5 p.m., while teachers and the children =
were still involved in after-school activities such as chorus, Mr. =
Massaro said.=20

      "I introduced him to one of the custodians and the custodian just =
let him use the facility," he said. "I told him [the custodian] that he =
was my friend."=20

      "I would leave at five and I thought he [the prostitute] would =
leave shortly thereafter, but before the custodian would close the =
building," Mr. Massaro said.=20

      Davis said he advertised his services as an "escort/model" in the =
classified section of The Washington Blade. He also advertised =
homosexual escort services under the name "Male Ad" and services for =
bisexual threesomes under the name "Bi-Couples."=20


     Davis said he and a woman partner in the "Bi-Couples" business also =
ran a female prostitution operation called "Touch of Class," which =
advertised in City Paper, a District weekly newspaper.=20
      In his interview with The Times, Mr. Massaro, who is married, at =
first denied procuring sex from the male prostitute.=20

      But as the interview continued, and a photograph of himself with =
Davis in the audience of a 1986 telecast of the Phil Donahue show, the =
principal said he had had a longtime, secret sexual liaison with Davis.=20

      "That's not true [previous denials of having homosexual sex with =
Davis]," Mr. Massaro said about 30 minutes into the interview. "I did. =
Yes, I did. But it was nothing, though. I mean it was. . . ." His voice =
trailed off as he fought back tears.=20

      "My son died very suddenly [in 1984] and I met [Greg] through a =
friend" - another education professional, he said. The friend, whom he =
declined to identify, gave Mr. Massaro the prostitute's telephone number =
listed in his escort advertisement in The Washington Blade.=20

      "I began to know [Greg] and I got to know him very well," Mr. =
Massaro said. "He became also a surrogate son to me . . . I don't want =
you to think I behaved this way with my son. I had a normal father-son =
relationship with my own son, John."=20

      Mr. Massaro's son died at age 19 in August 1984 of a viral =
infection resulting from drug abuse, the principal said.=20

      Mr. Massaro acknowledged frequent payments in cash and by check to =
Davis ranging from $20 to $100. He also gave the call boy gifts of =
clothing and restaurant outings, and the loan of his car when the =
principal went to the beach with his wife and daughter.=20

      After Davis lost his bank account, Mr. Massaro paid for his trysts =
with checks made out to Davis's roommate, also the call boy's homosexual =
client and a social friend of the elementary principal, he said. The =
roommate has confirmed the arrangements.=20

      Both Davis and Mr. Massaro said the call boy was not only a sex =
partner to the principal but also a family friend. However, Mr. Massaro =
said neither his wife nor daughter knew about his secret homosexual sex =
life.=20

      Mr. Massaro acknowledged that he attended a meeting between Davis =
and his Alexandria probation officer at the Capitol Hill home of Rep. =
Barney Frank, Massachusetts Democrat, another client whose home the call =
boy used to perform sexual services.=20

      "We [Mr. Massaro and Mr. Frank] tried to help him through it [the =
probation]," the principal said. "[Davis] invited me over [to Mr. =
Frank's house] one day and said, 'Hey, I'd like you to meet with this =
person,' and he was trying to get off [probation]. I don't even remember =
all the details . . . I went as a friend of [Davis's] who could vouch =
for him as being the person who was trying to pull his life together."=20

      On some days, Davis said he would arrive at the Chevy Chase school =
as early as noon, when classes were still in session.=20

      "There were times when the guidance counselor's office was not =
available to me," the prostitute said. "I would actually use the =
principal's office itself, and he would move to another location and I =
would sit at his desk using his telephones on his desk."=20

      The phone numbers listed in his escort advertisements were =
call-forwarded to a Maryland-based answering service called Compu-Voice, =
he said.=20

      "It's all done by computer. When a client calls the answering =
service, they hear my voice, recorded by remote from a telephone using a =
series of code numbers. I would call my own phone number and, through =
punching in a series of code buttons [on the telephone dial] I was able =
to obtain access to my own system, and I was able to obtain the messages =
from the system, and then erase them after I had recorded them into the =
appointment book," Davis said.=20

      "I let them know on the tape that I usually returned calls within =
one hour. And at the time that I was at the school, I would check in =
every 15 minutes," he said. "And I would go ahead and set up the =
appointments for the evening until Bobby [the man who would drive him to =
his sexual liasons and supply him with illegal drugs] would arrive."=20

      Davis said he used cocaine in the school with Bobby and that the =
two men often raided the school's cafeteria for their dinner.=20

      "Bobby and I would make something to eat, we'd play a little =
basketball [in the school gym], we'd do some coke, and then we'd go out =
to meet the appointments and to meet the ladies and obtain the =
commissions from their appointments."=20

      On several occasions Davis said he and Bobby "did use cocaine in =
the guidance counselor's office," Davis said.=20

      Davis said Mr. Massaro "instructed me on how to have the [school's =
audio] security system turned off so that the conversations would not be =
overheard [when he was conducting his prostitution business]. They =
[security listening devices] were in operation after 5 p.m. when all the =
administration leaves," he said.=20

      "I would call the security of the school system, report in . . . I =
would call in and tell them that I would be there until 10 p.m. doing =
work for Dr. Massaro," Davis said.=20

      The prostitute said he "never stayed overnight [at the school] or =
anything like that. I would take a nap there maybe - there was a couch =
there - because I was running around a lot from place to place at the =
time."=20

      Mr. Massaro said he helped Mr. Davis move from one apartment to =
another on several occasions during their relationship, and allowed the =
male escort to store his personal effects and furniture in the school's =
basement machine room in 1987 while he was looking for a new place to =
live.=20

      His landlord found out that he was running a prostitution =
operation and kicked him out of the apartment, Davis said.=20

      Mr. Massaro said the relationship ultimately soured just over a =
year ago when Davis started stealing from him.=20

      "I loaned [Greg] my car, and he literally stole it. He never =
returned it. He finally did return it. I sent him money and he did =
return it," the principal said.=20

      Also, Davis used the principal's credit card number without =
permission to pay for his escort ads in The Washington Blade, Mr. =
Massaro said.=20

      A spokesman for the newspaper's publisher confirmed "a problem" =
that caused The Blade to cancel Davis's ads but would not elaborate.=20

      "I just used very poor judgment, what can I tell you?" Mr. Massaro =
said. "It was just stupid. I just never thought it through. I just =
thought I was helping somebody."=20

      After the car and credit card incidents, Mr. Massaro said he told =
Davis, " 'Hey, you've got real problems and I can't help you.' So that =
was it and he just left. And I guess it was then that I really realized =
that he was a drug abuser."=20

      Asked if Davis had ever used drugs in his presence, Mr. Massaro =
said he "may have" smoked marijuana. "I don't remember that. He may =
have. He never used anything else, though, other than pot. I don't think =
I ever knew that, until very recently. . . .=20

      "I've never used the stuff. I don't know what it's like. And we =
talked about that in trying to get off it and trying to help him get off =
it . . . Our lives just became very intertwined and I guess I felt as =
though I could save him."=20

      Davis, for his part, said that the relationship with Mr. Massaro =
soured because of a lack of "sensitivity" and "a lack of interest" on =
his part sexually towards the principal.=20

      Mr. Massaro characterized Davis's action in going public as "an =
effort to get back at me."=20

      He said Davis "was always going to sell his story and I was going =
to write a book for him and make him famous . . . He said he had a very =
interesting life, and one day we were going to sit down and write a =
book, and I guess that's what he's doing."=20

      Photo, Homosexual escort services were operated out of Chevy Chase =
Elementary School and the Capitol Hill basement apartment of Rep. Barney =
Frank., Photos by Joseph Silverman/The Washington Times
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  THE GOBIE STORY; Frank's 'call boy' tells all=20
      George Archibald, and Paul M. Rodriguez The Washington Times; Part =
A; Pg. A1 September 1, 1989, Friday, Final Edition

      Stephen L. Gobie wanted a sugar daddy, but Barney Frank turned out =
to be "Sweet'n Low" instead - "a sweet guy, low on cash."=20

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            Gobie insisted again as he has in previous interviews that =
he used the congressman's apartment as a base for a prostitution service =
- with Mr. Frank's knowledge.=20
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      That's what he called his congressional sex partner, Gobie said in =
exclusive interviews with The Washington Times.=20

      "In this business, the term 'sugar daddy' is popular for a person =
that supports you and sponsors you financially as well as otherwise," =
the prostitute said. "In this case, I had a nickname for Barney - it was =
'Sweet'n Low' - sweet guy, low on cash, that's what the moniker stood =
for . . . And I told him that . . . And he said, 'Hey, I'm only a =
congressman, I don't make a million dollars a year.' "=20

      Gobie called "preposterous" the Massachusetts Democrat's claim =
that he was the male hustler's Henry Higgins, intent on helping him =
straighten out his life while paying him about $20,000 a year to be Mr. =
Frank's housekeeper and driver.=20

      "The true story is there were no such compensations anywhere near =
that level of money . . . I would say the total dollar value that came =
to me from the beginning of the relationship [was] maybe less than =
$2,500," Gobie said.=20

      Gobie insisted again as he has in previous interviews that he used =
the congressman's apartment as a base for a prostitution service - with =
Mr. Frank's knowledge.=20

      One of his clients was Washington power broker and former Japanese =
lobbyist Craig J. Spence, who has been linked to the homosexual =
prostitution ring being investigated by federal authorities.=20

      Gobie also said he would willingly appear before the House ethics =
committee which is expected to investigate Mr. Frank's relationship with =
the prostitute, "if my lawyer told me that it was in my best interest."=20

      Mr. Frank has acknowledged purchasing sexual services from Gobie =
after contacting him through an advertisement in The Washington Blade, a =
newspaper catering to the homosexual community.=20

      The congressman also has admitted knowing of Gobie's continued =
work as a prostitute while on Mr. Frank's personal payroll from mid-1985 =
to early 1987 and while Gobie continued to have unlimited access to his =
house in the 200 block of Eighth Street SE.=20

      But Mr. Frank has denied knowledge of Gobie's operating a =
prostitution service from his house and has requested the ethics probe =
in part out of fear that Gobie will embellish his story to improve the =
chances of selling it as a book.=20

      The differing accounts in this unfolding story of a troubled =
18-month liaison between one of the House's leading liberals and the man =
Mr. Frank says pushed him into publicly acknowledging his homosexuality =
seem to capture the inherent contradictions in both of their lives.=20

      Mr. Frank, a portly middle-aged Boston career politician when he =
met Gobie, led the fight in the state legislature in the 1970s for urban =
"combat zones" for prostitutes. Calling the world's oldest profession "a =
victimless crime," Mr. Frank now says he was victimized by Gobie.=20

      The prostitute, in turn, a 28-year-old hooker when Mr. Frank =
answered his ad for "hot bottom and large endowment," rejects being =
labeled homosexual or bisexual. Instead, he said he's a heterosexual who =
isn't good at deviant sex.=20

      "My proclivities, my heterosexuality, precluded me from being a =
successful escort for men because sex was almost non-existent, and the =
strength of my relationships with men was strictly on my character, =
personality and my sense of humor," Gobie said.=20

      "But being able to to have people call you and respond [to ads], =
and continue to be successful and have repeats - people calling you =
again - is difficult. And then I realized that I was not going to make =
it as an escort, either for women or for men . . . So I thought if I was =
going to make it at all, I would make it actually running escort =
services as a madam because I have a good sense for business."=20

      Coloring Gobie's accusations, however, are a series of criminal =
convictions dating to 1975. He was convicted at 17 for the felony sale =
and possession of cocaine in Fairfax County.=20

      Gobie was convicted on four felony counts in 1982: possession of =
obscene material, productions of obscene items involving a juvenile =
(taking photos of a 15-year-old girl with whom he was having sex), oral =
sodomy and possession of cocaine.=20

      Gobie, whose professional name in the underground prostitute trade =
is "Greg Davis," grew up the son of a Marine Corps master sergeant who =
was a budget analyst at the Pentagon.=20

      "He was a very strict conservative person from the military, . . . =
your traditional gung-ho Marine . . . He wanted to lock me in my room =
for the rest of my life until I agreed to get a haircut," Gobie said.=20

      It was an unhappy boyhood marked by rebellion all the way, Gobie =
said. He defied all his parents' moral values and teachings.=20

      "At six, I performed oral sex on my first female. She =
reciprocated. She was five," Gobie said. "I was having orgasms from age =
nine on . . . My father came to me at the age of 14, I believe, the =
first time in the basement of my house to discuss sex with me, and I cut =
him off right away and I said, 'Dad, I probably know more than you do at =
this point.' "=20

      By age 14, Gobie had been labeled "incorrigible" by Fairfax County =
juvenile authorities for skipping 9th grade classes at West Springfield =
High School and refusing to return home on Friday afternoons.=20

      "Me and my friends at 15 were watching X-rated movies on the =
family projector down in the basement when my family was watching TV =
upstairs," he said. "A friend of mine worked at a medical building as a =
janitor at night and he got them out of the psychiatrist's office who =
used them for sexual marriage counseling."=20

      A year away from home during his sophomore year at a southwest =
Virginia boarding school failed to mend Gobie's ways, despite his claims =
of a promising record.=20

      "I was a standout basketball player [at the private school]. I =
played for the school team. And I also brought my grades back up to an =
acceptable level," he said. "I wasn't real concerned with making =
straight As. That wasn't a goal of mine. If it had been, I would have."=20


     Instead, Gobie turned to marijuana and other drugs after his return =
to Fairfax County and expulsion from West Springfield High for truancy =
during his senior year in 1974. He never received his diploma, although =
he subsequently passed the General Educational Development test, the =
equivalent of high school completion.=20
      "I didn't start using drugs until after the trouble started in =
Springfield, smoking marijuana and experimenting with every drug you =
could think of - everything," Gobie said.=20

      The serious run-ins with the law then began, court records show. =
In 1975, Gobie was convicted of a misdemeanor marijuana possession =
charge in the District. Later that year, he received a five-year =
suspended sentence in Fairfax County for distribution of cocaine and =
served three years probation.=20

      In 1977-78, Gobie said he attended Chowan College in Murfreesboro, =
N.C., a fundamentalist Southern Baptist school and one of few colleges =
that would accept him "to get a school record that would enable me to =
transfer" to the University of South Carolina, where he hoped to join a =
girlfriend.=20

      But it didn't work out. At Chowan, "I raised the roof off the =
place," he said. "I threw extensive parties and I was responsible at =
that time for the entertainment at parties, whether it be females or =
whether it be party favors - drugs and things like that."=20

      Gobie said his parents were divorced in 1979 and left the area. =
The prostitute said he hasn't seen his family, including two younger =
brothers and an older sister, since. By then, at age 21, he had decided =
to reject the family name and start a new life as a male escort.=20

      "I met a woman one day in Hecht's clothing store," he said. "I was =
trying on a suit and she asked me if I had ever done any modeling work. =
She was just a customer, a very elegant looking woman, a very attractive =
older woman. And she approached me and asked me if I wanted to have =
lunch with her. She picked me up."=20

      Gobie says of the 47-year-old woman, whom he refuses to name: "I =
owe everything to her. I'll never do anything to hurt her in any way."=20

      "Our first discussion centered around modeling and advertising, =
things like that," he said. Then I went to her apartment . . . She took =
me under her wing . . . I worked for her. She was a madam. She operated =
an underground escort operation of mostly females, but she had a few =
select males also. She had extensive women clientele that she had a hard =
time finding suitable escorts for. It was very hard to find gentle young =
men.=20

      "It's easier to find women than men [escorts], apparently - men =
who have the inclination and the capabilities, who have what it takes to =
be successful with women as an escort."=20

      Women clients - middle-aged and older women, both married and =
widows - place more emphasis on obtaining male escorts who are charming, =
entertaining, good conversationalists and socially attentive, Gobie =
said, while male homosexual clients are more interested in obtaining =
"animalistic" sex.=20

      "Male clients are more sexually oriented. They very seldom care =
about character, personality, sense of humor, things like that," he =
said.=20

      Since becoming an escort, Gobie said he has personally serviced =
"more than 500" women clients and "hundreds" of male clients, but would =
not be more specific.=20

      "There was never an occasion, even before the AIDS crisis, I was =
[ever] involved in any unsafe sex practices," the prostitute said. "I =
always took precautions . . . using condoms."=20

      Asked if clients always want him to use condoms, Gobie responded, =
"No. Sometimes clients are willing to pay thousands of dollars for you =
not to use condoms. In that case, alarm bells would go off in my head, =
and those are the people that I wouldn't think of having sex without a =
condom no matter what the dollar figure was.=20

      "Those are people that are potentially dangerous to you," he said. =
"Their motivations might be sinister, in that they might have contracted =
a disease from some escort in the past and now, through some sort of =
revenge motive, try . . . to infect other people in that business as a =
way of getting back."=20

      However, in dozens of interviews over the last two months, Gobie =
has given details of sexual acts including an explicit tape-recorded =
description of his first sexual encounter with Mr. Frank in April 1985, =
and it was clear that neither Gobie nor his sex partners were wearing =
condoms.=20

      This week, Gobie said he had recently been tested for AIDS and the =
results were negative.=20

      Gobie entered the male escort world through a prominent free-lance =
photographer for leading Washington-area homosexual publications whom he =
was introduced to by his female madam friend. The photographer =
"eventually got me involved in the modeling and escort work through the =
male scene" - including work for some of Washington's homosexual =
businesses and nightclubs, Gobie said.=20

      "I did advertisements, endorsements for the [homosexual] bars in =
town and things like that . . . I was the first 'Mr. Rascals,' ' he =
said, referring to the prominent Dupont Circle homosexual bar Rascals.=20

      Gobie said he also worked at some of the area's posh hotels as a =
concierge and front office manager as a legitimate "front" for his =
escort activities from 1978 to 1984. "Hotels are very valuable places to =
make contacts," he said.=20

      Gobie said he worked at such hotels as The River Inn in =
Georgetown, Guest Quarters in Foggy Bottom, the Bristol Hotel, =
Quality-Inn at Pentagon City and the Regency Raquet Club condominium =
complex in McLean.=20

      But the roof on his legitimate fronts caved in when he was =
convicted on the four felony charges in Alexandria in 1982.=20

      All but four months of his five-year prison sentence was =
suspended, and Gobie was placed on probation for three years, during =
which he was ordered to undergo psycho-sexual therapy at the =
Washington-based Human Sexuality Institute.=20

      "I was forced into the underworld by my probation and by the =
nature of the charges and the fact that my probation officer was =
breathing down my neck to try to try to let everybody in the world know =
what was going on," Gobie said. "I felt as though I couldn't go through =
legitimate avenues for work anymore, and the logical thing for me to do =
was to establish my own escort service.=20

      "I knew that there was a ton of money to be made," he said. "And I =
knew that I could get away with it if I could provide myself with some =
sort of official cover to deceive and mislead the probation department, =
which I did."=20

      That "official cover" was employment by Mr. Frank, who allowed the =
prostitute to use his house and wrote to the Virginia probation =
department saying he had hired Gobie as a personal employee, Gobie =
claimed.=20

      Mr. Frank acknowledged writing the letters but denied they were =
intended to mislead or deceive probation officials.
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  IN DEATH, SPENCE STAYED TRUE TO FORM=20
      Michael Hedges, and Jerry Seper The Washington Times; Final =
Section: A, Page: A1 Monday, November 13, 1989
      BOSTON -
      Craig J. Spence, the once-powerful lobbyist who entertained and =
influenced Washington's elite, died Friday much as he had lived: dressed =
in a tuxedo in Boston's most expensive hotel, listening to Mozart with =
three dollars in his pocket.=20

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            Mr. Spence told several friends that the call-boy operation =
was being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's Office and other federal =
authorities as a possible CIA front. He told the friends that the CIA =
used the service to compromise other federal intelligence officials and =
foreign diplomats.=20
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          =20
      Now, many questions may never be answered about the man who was a =
focus of a federal grand jury investigation for spending $20,000 a month =
on male prostitutes, orchestrating unauthorized late-night tours of the =
White House and possibly bribing a Secret Service officer and a member =
of the Army's Delta Force.=20

      On a mirror in Room 429 of the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Mr. Spence on =
Friday left his final enigma in the form of a suicide note.=20

      With a black felt-tip marker he had written, "Chief, consider this =
my resignation, effective immediately. As you always said, you can't ask =
others to make a sacrifice if you are not ready to do the same. Life is =
duty. God bless America."=20

      As a postscript, he wrote, "To the Ritz, please forgive this =
inconvenience."=20

      Mr. Spence was found by hotel employees Friday afternoon lying on =
his bed, fully clothed, with a telephone cradled in his ear and a =
Walkman headset containing a cassette tape of Mozart's "A Little Night =
Music" around his neck, police detectives and other sources said.=20

      Boston's medical examiner had made no official finding on the =
cause of death yesterday. "That may take as long a couple weeks," said a =
spokesman for the office. Mr. Spence's body was being held by the =
medical examiner, who had performed an autopsy, while police tried to =
contact his survivors.=20

      Found hidden in a false ceiling in the bathroom were seven small =
packets of Xanex, a prescription anti-depressant, with one pill removed, =
Detective Sgt. James McDonald said. Also found were Mr. Spence's will =
and birth certificate.=20

      Mr. Spence was attired in the style he affected at his lavish =
dinner parties, according to the police report: "black Tux with white =
shirt, bow tie, white suspenders, black socks and shoes."=20

      "There was no sign of foul play whatsoever, no marks on the body," =
said Boston Police Detective Robert Harrington. "It was as if he had =
fallen asleep talking on the telephone."=20

      The door of the hotel had been barricaded with the room's other =
double bed and a chair, according to a police report. Hotel maintenance =
workers had to saw through the door to enter the room. The only other =
way into the room was through a fourth-floor window facing a busy =
street.=20

      Mr. Spence may have attempted to save himself after taking an =
intentional overdose, according to police investigators.=20

      "Someone from Washington called the hotel that day and said a =
Craig Spence had called the caller and may be sick," said a police =
detective. "But the hotel couldn't find a Mr. Spence registered. It =
turned out he had checked in under an alias, C.S. Kane." Friends =
theorized the alias was an ironic takeoff on Orson Welles' fictional =
hero Citizen Kane, whom Mr. Spence often said he admired.=20


     In an interview with The Washington Times in August, Mr. Spence =
made frequent allusions to his work with the Central Intelligence =
Agency, a connection CIA sources deny.=20
      But on the bed near him when he died, according to two Boston =
detectives who handled the investigation, was a newspaper clipping =
detailing efforts by CIA Director William Webster to initiate =
legislation giving protection to CIA agents called upon to testify =
before government bodies.=20

      Mr. Spence had been subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand =
jury in Washington probing his connections to a call-boy network =
suspected of committing credit-card violations, to late-night White =
House tours he arranged and the gift of a Rolex watch to a Secret =
Service officer who allegedly gave Mr. Spence pieces of the Truman china =
collection in return.=20

       =20
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            "All this stuff you've uncovered (involving call boys, =
bribery and the White House tours), to be honest with you, is =
insignificant compared to other things I've done. But I'm not going to =
tell you those things, and somehow the world will carry on."=20
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          =20
      He had boasted to reporters for The Times that - if he testified - =
he would provide a wealth of damaging information into the workings of =
the call-boy ring, bribery of Japanese and U.S. officials and other =
sordid matters.=20

      But, despite the subpoena, Mr. Spence apparently never appeared =
before a grand jury.=20

      During the past few weeks, Mr. Spence told several friends that =
the call-boy operation was being investigated by the U.S. Attorney's =
Office and other federal authorities as a possible CIA front. He told =
the friends that the CIA used the service to compromise other federal =
intelligence officials and foreign diplomats.=20

      One friend quoted him as saying, "Casey's boys are out to get me," =
an apparent reference to former CIA Director William Casey, now =
deceased. Mr. Casey and Mr. Spence were friends, and the former CIA =
director attended parties hosted by the former lobbyist.=20

      Mr. Spence had come to Boston several days before his death with =
frequent companion former Air Force Sgt. Ron Paganelli and his dog, =
Winston, according to police investigators.=20

      During his stay at the elegant Ritz Carlton, just off the Boston =
Common, he entertained as many as six or seven guests in his =
$285-a-night room, according to hotel employees.=20

      He had arrived at the hotel Nov. 4. Mr. Spence told a hotel worker =
with whom he had become friendly that he was in town to meet with a =
former boss, one-time Massachusetts Speaker of the House John Davoren, =
police said. But that meeting never occurred, they said.=20

      Hotel employees said he was an eccentric guest, making frequent =
demands of the staff for chocolate truffles, fresh flowers and other =
appointments but then somewhat arbitrarily tipping $200 or $300 at a =
time. He spent much of his stay traveling in limousines to meet friends, =
police said.=20

      During a lengthy interview at a Manhattan apartment in August, Mr. =
Spence frequently alluded to deep mysteries. "All this stuff you've =
uncovered (involving call boys, bribery and the White House tours), to =
be honest with you, is insignificant compared to other things I've done. =
But I'm not going to tell you those things, and somehow the world will =
carry on."=20

      He also talked frequently of suicide, saying repeatedly, "My life =
is over." He reserved deep bitterness for high-powered friends he said =
had forsaken him. "I've had the world at my house, and now they don't =
know who I am," he said. "But they did come, didn't they?"=20

      Photo, Craig J. Spence, who once said he was "looking forward" to =
death, was found dead Friday in his room at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in =
Boston.,=20

      By Peter Kolk/Special to The Washington Times
    =20




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  SPENCE AS MUCH AN ENIGMA IN DEATH AS HE WAS IN LIFE=20
      Jerry Seper, and Michael Hedges The Washington Times; Final =
Section: WORLD Page: A11 Monday, November 13, 1989

      "The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated."
      - Craig J. Spence, two weeks ago at a Washington dinner party.=20

      =20


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      The room where Craig J. Spence died was awash in the small =
mysteries and ironies that had followed him - and that he had =
perpetuated - since he came to Washington in the late 1970s, already an =
enigmatic figure with strange Asian connections and friends in high =
places.=20

       =20
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            The sergeant, who also participated in the July 3 White =
House tour, allegedly was asked by Mr. Spence for information on Delta =
Force, a special forces counterterrorism unit based in Fort Bragg, N.C.=20
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          =20
      On the bed was a newspaper clipping referring to CIA undercover =
agents. Scrawled on the mirror was a note written to some unnamed =
"chief," which also contained an obscure phrase in Japanese, "Nisei =
Bei," which means second-generation American.=20

      But hidden from view, in the room's false ceiling, were personal =
papers, including a birth certificate describing his arrival as a =
small-town, middle-class boy - a heritage he spent his life trying to =
restyle.=20

      "Death, you know, is only painful to the ones you leave behind," =
Mr. Spence told The Washington Times during an interview in August. "As =
a matter of fact, I'm looking forward to it. At 48, I'll still look good =
in hell."=20

      The focus of a summer sex scandal, Mr. Spence was found dead =
Friday in his room at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Boston. He had =
celebrated his 49th birthday just three weeks ago at a lavish Washington =
party.=20

      The Ritz was among Mr. Spence's favorite hostelries, one of =
several posh accommodations he demanded in his frequent travels =
throughout the United States, Europe, South and Central America and the =
Orient.=20

      "I've always been a first-class person in a second-class world, =
but I've learned to adjust," he said in the interview. "But there are =
places I've found where a civilized man can exist with some style and =
dignity."=20

      Mr. Spence's name surfaced this summer after The Times identified =
the former lobbyist and prominent social host - who could arrange =
unauthorized late-night tours of the White House for his friends with a =
single telephone call - as a major client of a homosexual prostitution =
service being investigated by the Secret Service, Metropolitan Police, =
the U.S. Attorney's Office and a federal grand jury.=20

      That investigation centered on a homosexual call-boy service that =
operated out of a house on 34th Place NW. The ring's clients, according =
to hundreds of credit-card vouchers obtained by The Times, included =
government officials, military officers, foreign and U.S. businessmen, =
lawyers, bankers, congressional aides, media representatives and other =
professionals.=20

      The vouchers showed that Mr. Spence spent as much as $20,000 a =
month for call boys from various escort services run by the ring, =
including Man-to-Man, Dream Boys, Ultimate First Class and Jovan. He =
admitted in the interview with The Times that he had used credit cards =
to purchase sexual services, but strongly hinted of having "firsthand =
information" about people "high in government" who also were involved.=20

      During the past few weeks, Mr. Spence told several friends that he =
knew "for a fact" that the call-boy operation was being investigated by =
the U.S. Attorney's Office and other federal authorities as a CIA front. =
He told the friends the CIA used the service to compromise other federal =
intelligence officials and foreign diplomats.=20

      Mr. Spence claimed in the interview that he had worked for the CIA =
on numerous occasions and had been instrumental in a number of covert =
actions in Vietnam, Japan, Central America and the Middle East - a claim =
denied by the agency.=20

      "How do you think a little faggot like me moved in the circles I =
did?" he said. "It's because I had contacts at the highest levels of =
this government.=20

      "They'll deny it. But how do they make me go away, when so many of =
them have been at my house, at my parties and at my side?"=20

      The grand jury investigation begun in June by U.S. Attorney Jay =
Stephens was described as a "credit card" probe. It is not clear, =
however, how vigorous federal prosecutors have been nor where the case =
may be headed.=20

      The Times, in contacting a number of principal witnesses and =
active participants in the case, discovered that few of them had been =
interviewed and only a handful asked to testify before the grand jury. =
Several key figures had not been contacted at all. Those who were =
questioned were being asked mainly about national security concerns and =
possible security breaches at the White House.=20

      Among those not contacted by law enforcement officials or the =
grand jury were:=20

      * Officials of the Reagan and Bush administrations who were =
identified in The Times as having used the call-boy service and paid =
with credit cards.=20

      * Those running the prostitution ring raided in February, and =
persons who kept the credit-card records of visits with prostitutes by =
people who worked in the Reagan and Bush White Houses.=20

      * Any of several high-profile friends of Mr. Spence's who attended =
parties at his Kalorama home or spoke for pay at numerous seminars he =
sponsored as a registered foreign agent.=20

      * Prostitutes who said they serviced Mr. Spence and military =
personnel whom the former lobbyist hired as bodyguards.=20

      "I haven't heard one word from the U.S. attorney, the FBI or =
anyone else," said one of the men whom Mr. Spence got into the White =
House for a 1 a.m. visit on July 3, 1988. "The Secret Service talked to =
me back in the summer, after the stories were out, but nothing since =
then."=20

      Mr. Spence was one key figure who was handed a subpoena more than =
two months ago but had yet to testify. What arrangements had been made =
with the former lobbyist are not known. Mr. Spence vowed during the =
August interview, however, that he would "never be brought back alive =
before any damned hearing."=20

      Mr. Stephens has declined to comment on the case. Assistant U.S. =
Attorney Alan Strasser, who is handling the matter before the grand =
jury, also has refused comment. A spokeswoman, Judy Smith, said =
yesterday that the U.S. Attorney's Office would have no comment on Mr. =
Spence'sdeath or its potential impact on the investigation.=20


     A participant in one of the late-night White House tours testified =
before the grand jury two weeks ago and was asked about the tours, =
missing china out of the presidential mansion and Mr. Spence's interest =
in the U.S. military's top-secret Delta Force. The witness, a longtime =
acquaintance of Mr. Spence's who had spent considerable time as a guest =
in his home, was not asked any questions about credit cards, Mr. =
Spence's alleged involvement with the homosexual call-boy ring or about =
the ring itself.=20
      The witness - who was among those taking the July 3 White House =
tour - also described a lengthy interview with Mr. Strasser, Secret =
Service agents and then a brief questioning period before the federal =
panel.=20

      "They pulled out a picture book containing the White House china =
collection and asked me about the Truman china," said the witness, who =
asked not to be identified. "They wanted to know if I had seen anything =
like that. They strongly intimated that more things were missing."=20

      Mr. Strasser, according to the witness, also asked during the =
private discussion and before the grand jury about the gift by Mr. =
Spence of an expensive Rolex watch to a U.S. Army sergeant. The =
sergeant, who also participated in the July 3 White House tour, =
allegedly was asked by Mr. Spence for information on Delta Force, a =
special forces counterterrorism unit based in Fort Bragg, N.C.=20

      "They asked me what I thought Spence wanted to know about the =
Delta project," the witness said. "I said it could mean he was just =
interested in the young guys there or something else."=20

      The questioning by federal authorities became most detailed when =
it turned to the subject of the late-night tours. "They asked if we went =
in any offices, if I had seen any documents or if any documents had left =
the White House," the witness said.=20

      Secret Service officials have publicly stated there was no breach =
of security during the tours and that they had no concern that entry was =
made by the late-night visitors into unauthorized areas of the White =
House.=20

      Mr. Spence also gave an $8,000 Rolex watch to Secret Service =
uniformed officer Reginald A. deGueldre, who was assigned to the White =
House security detail. Mr. deGueldre has admitted in an affidavit that =
he gave Mr. Spence a piece of Truman china from the White House =
collection.=20

      In August, Mr. deGueldre and another Secret Service officer, who =
has not been identified, were suspended indefinitely without pay and a =
third was placed on administrative leave with pay. Secret Service =
officials said at the time that the suspensions were the first step to =
possible criminal prosecution of the two men, although none has yet =
taken place.=20

      Mr. deGueldre said recently he had not been approached by any =
federal authorities for an interview or asked to testify before the =
grand jury. "I have no idea what is going on," he said. "I have not =
heard from anyone at all."=20

      The grand jury witness said federal authorities also inquired =
about Mr. Spence's alleged drug use. In his interview with The Times, =
Mr. Spence admitted to being a heavy cocaine user. He was arrested for =
possession of cocaine in New York last summer.=20

      The witness also was shown a collection of photographs of male =
youths between "14 and 17 or 18 years old" and asked if any were a youth =
Mr. Spence lived with and introduced as his son. "They were a rough =
bunch of customers," the witness said. "The photographs looked like =
things that might have been found in the house they raided. I was asked =
if Craig had a son, and I said I didn't believe he did."=20

      In the August interview, Mr. Spence admitted to using the 34th =
Place call-boy service, but said the amounts of the charges had been =
inflated by someone connected with the operation. As a result, he said, =
he fired his accountant over charges he said he had not authorized.=20

      The accountant, Peter Chase, denied he had been fired and said all =
the credit-card charges had been verified and each contained Mr. =
Spence's signature. He steadfastly has declined to comment specifically =
about his former client, but did confirm that records involving Mr. =
Spence had been subpoenaed by the Secret Service, that no one from the =
U.S. Attorney's Office had talked with him and that he was not scheduled =
to appear before the grand jury.=20

      Mr. Spence, who said in August that he had AIDS and who threatened =
to commit suicide rather than die of the disease, was scheduled for a =
hearing Feb. 2 in New York City on weapons and drug charges. He was =
arrested July 31 at the Barbizon Hotel on East 63rd Street with a =
22-year-old Brooklyn man identified by police as Casey Regan, an alleged =
male prostitute. Two other hearings, one in September and the other last =
week, had been postponed.=20

      Police seized a loaded .32-caliber pistol and confiscated a small =
quantity of a white powder believed to be cocaine after a report of a =
disturbance at the hotel.=20

      During his days as one of Washington's premier hosts, Mr. Spence =
dressed in finery and lived extravagantly, affecting touches like =
scarlet-lined capes and stretch limousines.=20

      Among those who attended his parties and were featured at seminars =
he sponsored were journalists Eric Sevareid, Ted Koppel, William Safire =
and Liz Trotta; former Ambassadors Robert Neumann, Elliott Richardson =
and James Lilly; the late John Mitchell, attorney general in the Nixon =
administration; Mr. Casey and other CIA officials, including Ray Cline, =
former deputy director of intelligence for the agency; former Lt. Gen. =
Daniel O. Graham, an expert on the Strategic Defense Initiative who now =
heads High Frontier Inc.; Sen. John Glenn, Ohio Democrat, and Sen. Frank =
Murkowski, Alaska Republican; and Joseph diGenova, former U.S. attorney =
in Washington, and his wife, Victoria Toensing, a former deputy =
assistant attorney general.=20

      Arnaud de Borchgrave, editor-in-chief of The Times, attended a =
party for Mr. Lilly hosted by Mr. Spence at the former lobbyist's =
Kalorama home.=20

      Following the August interview in New York, Mr. Spence returned to =
Washington and reportedly stayed with friends. He maintained a high =
profile on the bar and restaurant circuit, and was spotted at several =
places during the past two months.=20

      Meanwhile, several members of Congress, federal officials, =
military officers and others have told The Times that they are concerned =
that the lavish parties and Japanese-sponsored seminars thrown by Mr. =
Spence, at which the elite of Washington and officials from Japan, China =