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and elsewhere mingled, might have compromised U.S. security.=20

      Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, Maryland Republican, for one, recently =
questioned the former lobbyist's ties to the Japanese government in a =
speech on the floor of the House. Citing news articles in the United =
States and Japan, Mrs. Bentley asked whether plans for the F-16 jet had =
been transferred by Mr. Spence to a Japanese government official, Motoo =
Shiina, and later turned over to the Soviet Union.=20

      "I bring this to the floor today, Mr. Speaker, because I am =
frankly puzzled that these stories are out - in print both in Japan and =
in America -and there seems to be no official investigation into what to =
me are very grave charges," she said.=20

      Photo, Craig Spence
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  Prostitutes corroborate Frank stories=20
      Paul M. Rodriguez The Washington Times; Part A; Pg. A1 February 2, =
1990, Friday, Final Edition

      Penthouse magazine's anxiously awaited account of sexual =
adventuring by congressmen quotes a female prostitute as corroborating =
Steven L. Gobie's earlier story that Rep. Barney Frank knew Gobie was =
operating a bordello in the congressman's Capitol Hill apartment.=20

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            According to Gobie, Mr. Spence told him, "Do you know what =
kind of power you can have over people if you've got something on them? =
. . . I need boys and girls for people in government and high-level =
businessmen for my parties, for individuals, for whatever comes up."=20
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      The woman, identified only as Lyn, said Mr. Frank called the =
apartment from his office before coming home to see whether she had =
finished with her "trick."=20

      She called Mr. Frank's claim that he didn't know what was going on =
in his Eighth Street SE apartment in his absence "baloney."=20

      The explicit magazine article about Gobie and the sex-for-hire =
world in which he said he procured prostitutes for famous clients - =
"Washington's Mayflower Madam" - was written by Art Harris of The =
Washington Post and Rudy Maxa of Washingtonian magazine.=20

      "Barney would call and ask, 'Are you entertaining company?' " the =
female prostitute told the authors. "And I'd say, 'Yeah, but they're =
about to leave.' And he'd say, 'I'll give you 20 or 25 minutes.' "=20

      Many of the details of Gobie's Penthouse story had been reported =
earlier by The Washington Times, but the article nevertheless cast new =
light on the underground world to which Gobie says he introduced Mr. =
Frank.=20

      Mr. Frank's office did not return telephone calls from The Times =
seeking comment on the Penthouse article. The congressman also would not =
be interviewed by the authors of the magazine piece.=20

      Mr. Frank, 49, whose actions are under investigation by the House =
ethics committee, has acknowledged purchasing sexual services from =
Gobie, 33, and other male prostitutes. He also has admitted employing =
Gobie as a personal assistant while knowing that Gobie continued to work =
as a call boy, but has insisted that he did not know that the services =
of prostitutes were being sold from his apartment.=20

      The congressman has said he threw Gobie out in the summer of 1987, =
ending their two-year relationship, after he discovered the call boy was =
running a prostitution business from the apartment.=20

      "Barney was hot," Gobie told the magazine. "He said, 'The landlord =
found out what's going on. One of your girls asked if this was the place =
to come for escort interviews. . . . Do you realize what could happen if =
The Washington Post got a hold of this?' "=20

      But Mr. Frank has conceded that he remained in touch with Gobie =
through New Year's Day 1988, even allowing the prostitute continued use =
of his car with its congressional license plate.=20

      In the Penthouse article, Gobie said Mr. Frank even offered him =
$10,000 to $12,000 to help him relocate to Florida. Gobie, who once said =
he thought about opening up an escort business along Florida's "gold =
coast," said he rejected the offer.=20

      Gobie has said Mr. Frank, whom he dubbed Sweet 'n' Low for "sweet =
guy, low on cash," was aware of the larger prostitution operation and =
delighted in being told about the call boy's sexual encounters.=20

      Mr. Frank also has admitted to using congressional stationery to =
write several letters to Virginia probation officials to persuade them =
to shorten Gobie's probation stemming from felony convictions for drug =
offenses and for sex offenses involving a minor girl.=20


     Moreover, Mr. Frank has admitted fixing parking tickets that Gobie =
had obtained while servicing clients using the congressman's Chevrolet =
Chevette. Although Mr. Frank told The Times he could not remember how =
many tickets he fixed using his congressional immunity, Gobie estimated =
the number at between 50 and 60.=20
      Gobie told Penthouse that "those letters kept me in operation. . . =
. The letters and Barney's [congressional] perks were worth far more to =
me than any fees I could have charged him. I wasn't a gold digger, but =
I'm not a dumb escort, either."=20

      In fact, Gobie told the magazine that it was Mr. Frank who came up =
with the idea of hiring the call boy as a driver and providing a cover =
for the prostitution business, which catered to men as well as women.=20

      "He said, 'You can use me as a reference to the probation people,' =
" according to Gobie, who said he listed Mr. Frank's house with Virginia =
law enforcement authorities as his address.=20

      Mr. Frank said in an Aug. 23 interview with The Times that he =
allowed Gobie to use the apartment as "his house," but admitted that the =
call boy never lived there - even though the congressman told probation =
officials and at least one court-appointed social worker that the =
apartment was Gobie's home address.=20

      Another prostitute, whom Penthouse identified as Ricky, also =
backed Gobie's claims that Mr. Frank benefited from the prostitution =
operation with reduced rates for sexual acts.=20

      Ricky, described as an "especially . . . trim, six-foot blond," =
told the magazine that Mr. Frank paid him a discounted $100 fee on one =
occasion for a sexual tryst arranged by Gobie and that he agreed to =
waive his usual referral fee as a favor to the congressman.=20

      Gobie said he made about six prostitutes in all available to Mr. =
Frank at reduced rates.=20

      Mr. Frank acknowledged in a Sept. 25 Newsweek magazine interview =
that he purchased sexual services from several male prostitutes but did =
not elaborate other than to say: "I knew it was wrong, but I just =
couldn't sit home."=20

      Gobie, according to Penthouse, said Mr. Frank also daydreamed =
about living a secret life as a paid escort. "He said, 'If I'd been 20 =
years younger, I would have liked to have tried hustling. . . . I think =
it would be a thrill to get paid for sex," Gobie quoted the congressman =
as saying.=20

      The Penthouse article also expanded on the relationship between =
Gobie and Craig J. Spence, the former lobbyist who was under =
investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in connection with alleged =
bribery of Secret Service officers, unauthorized White House tours and =
credit card abuse connected to a male prostitution ring he frequented.=20

      The magazine said Mr. Spence had agreed to "provide lurid details =
of Washington's bisexual wonderland." But before the interview could =
occur, Mr. Spence committed suicide in Boston on Nov. 10.=20

      In the magazine, Gobie - who was not a source of The Times on the =
Spence story - also confirmed many of the things others had said about =
the lobbyist with ties to the upper echelons of the Reagan =
administration.=20

      He said Mr. Spence tried to recruit him to help "in a sordid =
scheme to blackmail the powerful politicians invited to his lavish =
parties."=20

      Gobie also said he "sexually serviced" Mr. Spence for money three =
times and, according to the magazine, "watched [the lobbyist] snort =
cocaine and then do sit-ups as he hung upside down, half-naked, in =
gravity boots."=20

      According to Gobie, Mr. Spence told him, "Do you know what kind of =
power you can have over people if you've got something on them? . . . I =
need boys and girls for people in government and high-level businessmen =
for my parties, for individuals, for whatever comes up."=20

      The magazine quoted Gobie as saying Mr. Spence was "the most =
dangerous man I'd ever met. If he hadn't turned into such a crackhead, =
he could have blackmailed half this town. He used to say, 'Hey, foreign =
intelligence agencies are doing it.' "=20

      * Michael Hedges contributed to this report. The Washington Post
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  MINGO HIRES CONTROVERSIAL DOCTOR=20
      Maryclaire Dale The Charleston Gazette; News; Pg. P1A July 01, =
1997, Tuesday

      A Williamson doctor facing an August medical licensure hearing and =
a possible criminal retrial in Kentucky was recently named Mingo =
County's medical examiner.=20

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            "A physician has nothing to gain from a suicide. A mortician =
does."=20
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      Diane Shafer, who was charged with bribing a Kentucky hearing =
examiner she later married, will replace former sheriff and funeral home =
owner Gerald Chafin, who had been named county coroner earlier in the =
month. Shafer is apparently now married to or involved with Henry =
Vinson, the former Mingo County coroner who served time in prison for =
running a Washington, D.C., male prostitution ring which reached the =
White House.=20

      Since 1975, all West Virginia counties have been required to have =
a physician serve as a county medical examiner, responding to homicides, =
suicides, accidents and questionable deaths. The examiner's role is to =
survey the body, talk to police on the scene, and gather information for =
the state medical examiner offices in Charleston, Morgantown and =
Wheeling.=20

      The Mingo County post had been vacant for about a year, forcing =
police to wait up to two or three hours for a medical examiner to come =
from Charleston.=20

      In early June, Mingo County commissioners appointed Chafin county =
coroner. He has had his own legal troubles in recent years, having been =
twice indicted on federal wiretap charges that were later dismissed.=20

      "I told them he really doesn't fit the guidelines. Do you have a =
physician down there? Then she [Shafer] called," State Medical Examiner =
Irwin Sopher said.=20

      Sopher knew of Shafer's controversial history, which included a =
bribery conviction in Kentucky that was later overturned, the current =
loss of her Kentucky medical license and a prior suspension of her West =
Virginia medical license.=20

      "Well, she has a license to practice medicine, and I discussed =
some of these things with her, and I think she'll be able to handle some =
of this," Sopher said. "The job is mainly a reporting position.=20

      "They don't do examinations, or actual autopsies."=20

      He said the job pays $50 per case, making it difficult sometimes =
to attract physicians. At times, nurses, dentists, funeral directors or =
other people have served as interim coroners, as is currently the case =
in about six counties, Sopher said.=20

      Sopher said the Mingo County medical examiner would typically =
handle about 60 cases a year.=20

      Shafer's criminal conviction on bribery charges in Kentucky was =
overturned in 1995 by the state's Supreme Court.=20

      The retrial had been set for earlier this year but was apparently =
postponed. Shafer said she thinks the charges will be dropped. She was =
convicted in Kentucky state court of bribing Gregory Holmes, a Kentucky =
hearing examiner who was reviewing charges she overbilled insurers for =
her work. Holmes, a blind and already married 39-year-old lawyer, =
cleared her of wrongdoing 10 days after they were allegedly married and =
after Shafer allegedly gave him $ 42,500. Holmes, who denied marrying =
Shafer, was convicted of bigamy and bribery. A medical board panel in =
West Virginia found probable cause to take=20


     Shafer to a hearing, now set for Aug. 20, 21 and 22, on charges she =
fraudulently signed four disability papers during a period when her West =
Virginia license was suspended.=20
      Shafer said Monday someone approached her to apply. "Well, people =
ask me to do house calls. This is certainly less work than that," she =
joked, when asked why she wanted the post.=20

      She said the job should be held by physicians as opposed to =
funeral directors. "A physician has nothing to gain from a suicide. A =
mortician does. He would probably process the body for burial," she =
said. "I don't think it's [the funeral industry] a charity business."=20

      She could not be reached for comment later in the evening about =
her relationship with Vinson.=20

      Shafer, who ran unsuccessfully for the House of Delegates in 1996, =
gave her age Monday as 42.=20

      According to a story published under her byline in a Temple =
University alumnae magazine, she graduated from Temple's medical school =
in 1976.=20

      The story described her long days working in an impoverished =
Appalachian community.=20

      Shafer collected more than $ 500,000 in a six-year period from the =
West Virginia Workers' Compensation Fund alone.=20

      During the time of her licensure troubles, when she had an office =
in Kentucky but no license and a license in West Virginia but no office, =
she was photographed handing pieces of paper presumed to be =
prescriptions to patients out of her car at a small airfield in Mingo =
County.=20

      Chafin said Monday he was not upset Shafer replaced him. "If we =
have an M.D. that is agreeable, then it is to be an M.D.," he said. =
Sopher, told later that Shafer appears to be involved with Vinson, said =
he wanted time to think about the situation before commenting on her =
fitness for the job.=20

      Vinson's sister, Brenda Copley of Fort Gay, said Monday that as =
far as she knew, Vinson married Shafer after his late 1995 release from =
federal prison.=20

      A man who answered the phone at Shafer's medical office Monday =
initially identified himself as Shafer's husband, Henry Shafer, and said =
he could answer questions about her medical examiner appointment.=20

      "We were married years ago, and then we tried it again recently," =
he said.=20

      Later in the day, the same man denied saying he was her husband =
and made a series of sexually explicit and racist remarks when asked if =
his name was actually Henry Vinson.=20

      "Would you like to come and have sex with me, you f-- n--- b--. =
What the hell is your problem?" he shouted loudly into the office =
telephone line.=20

      Several longtime Williamson residents said Monday Shafer has been =
seen around town with Vinson.=20

      Vinson served as Mingo County coroner from 1985 to 1986 before =
resigning after a widow complained he left her husband's body in a =
funeral home for 42 days because of her inability to pay him. In 1990, =
he was charged with running prostitution rings which advertised in =
Washington newspapers under the names "Man to Man" and "Dream Boys."=20

      Prosecutors said the business made $ 500,000 to $ 1 million =
between 1987 and 1989, and clients included low-level staffers in the =
Reagan and Bush White House.=20

      Vinson, who was represented by lawyer-turned-legal commentator =
Greta Van Susteren, eventually pleaded guilty to racketeering and credit =
card fraud charges in the 43-count indictment.
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[From 'Connecting the Dots: Nathan Landow']:=20

Then, there is this AP credited bookreview and summation:=20

During a 1982 investigation into the use of "drugs and sexual activity =
to lobby congressmen," Shoffler did indeed advise congressional =
investigators to look into a male prostitution ring that serviced =
Capitol Hill. The veteran police detective believed that the sex ring =
might be linked to high-flying Washington lobbyist, Robert Keith Gray, =
who had more than a few connections to CIA folk. According to Peter Dale =
Scott, some Washington investigators also suspected that the gay sex =
ring was connected to DC crime boss Joe "the Possum" Nesline.=20

Most interestingly, the Watergate madam, Heidi Rikan, was a girlfriend =
of mobster Joe "the Possum" Nesline, whose alleged connection to the =
Capitol Hill gay sex scandal a decade later aroused the suspicion of =
Washington detectives.=20

Assorted boyfriends and former husbands of both Rikan and her sometimes =
roommate, Maurine "Mo" Biner (who married key Watergate figure John =
Dean, which makes Mo a pivotal character, according to scandal =
revisionists) were associated with the Quorum, an early 1960s "swingles' =
club run by Bobby Baker, a former aide to Lyndon Johnson. Scott surmises =
that all roads led to Baker's club for a reason: the Quorum functioned a =
lot like the mob-and-intelligence-infested sex traps of the 1970s.=20

It was Bobby Baker who introduced President Kennedy to an East German =
bombshell named Ellen Rometsch, whom JFK, true to form, promptly bedded. =
Scott speculates that J. Edgar Hoover leaked word of this international =
indiscretion to the press. Whether or not Hoover was behind the leaks, =
they nearly ignited a global scandal.=20

Hougan, Jim. "Secret Agenda: watergate, Deep Throat and the CIA." New =
York: Random House, 1984.=20

Scott, Peter Dale. "Deep Politics and the Death of JFK." Berkeley, CA: =
University of California press, 1993.=20

[And who was one of Nesline's best buddies, and landlord? Yep. Nathan =
Landow. Mr. Landow knows the 'game', and has for a long time.]=20


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The individual further advised me of circumstances which indicated that =
the investigation into the activity of the Finders had become a CIA =
internal matter. The MPD report has been classified SECRET and was not =
available for review. I was advised that the FBI had withdrawn from the =
investigation several weeks prior and that the FBI Foreign Counter =
Intelligence Division had directed MPD not to advise the FBI Washington =
Field Office of anything that had transpired.=20

No further information will be available. No further action will be =
taken.=20

ACTION TO BE TAKEN BY LESD/TECS:=20

No action to be taken on the basis of this report.=20


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  'Call boy' leader gets 5 years=20
      Paul M. Rodriguez The Washington Times, Part A; NATION; Pg. A3 =
June 13, 1991, Thursday, Final Edition

      The head of the District's largest male prostitution ring was =
sentenced to 63 months in jail yesterday after an unusual tirade by U.S. =
District Court Judge Harold Greene directed at the U.S. Attorney's =
Office.=20

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            "I can't recall a single case in which the government has =
asked for departure before just because somebody pleaded guilty and got =
others to plead. . . . I don't think it's warranted . . . because there =
are sentences being handed out [more severe] for crimes below this."=20
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      The judge specifically criticized U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens' =
office for seeking a departure from mandatory sentencing guidelines for =
Henry W. Vinson, operator of the callboy ring.=20

      "Why propose this departure?" Judge Greene asked. "I can't recall =
a single case in which the government has asked for departure before =
just because somebody pleaded guilty and got others to plead. . . . I =
don't think it's warranted . . . because there are sentences being =
handed out [more severe] for crimes below this."=20

      Judge Greene's rebuke followed a panel discussion Friday in which =
Mr. Stephens suggested that federal judges in Washington stop =
complaining about being overworked and having no room to tailor =
sentences to specific crimes.=20

      Mr. Stephens, in an eight-page statement, said that federal judges =
in the District spend an average of only 13 hours a week in the =
courtroom and only five or six hours of them on criminal cases.=20

      Federal judges, including Judge Greene, bristled at Mr. Stephens' =
comments and said they have been swamped with an influx of small-time =
criminal drug cases.=20

      Yesterday's sentencing of Vinson, 29, of Williamson, W.Va., =
culminated a two-year investigation of the prostitution ring by the U.S. =
Secret Service, the Internal Revenue Service and District police.=20


     The ring included a small number of female prostitutes. Over a =
two-year period, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the ring =
generated between $500,000 and $1 million in revenues.=20
      At his sentencing, Vinson told the judge that "my behavior has =
certainly not been very complimentary. I'm sorry if I did hurt society." =


      He had pleaded guilty to one count each of credit card fraud and =
conspiracy to violate the Racketeering, Influence and Corrupt =
Organizations Act.=20

      Ten days ago, Robert Chambers, 39, of Upper Marlboro, son of the =
owner of The Chambers Funeral Home, was sentenced to 41 months for =
helping to operate the prostitution ring, which went under various names =
in the District area, such as "Man-to-Man," "Jovan" and "Dreamboys."=20

      Two other manager-prostitutes of the ring - James A. Macko, 29, of =
Michigan, and James T. Smith, 23, of Florida - were sentenced to federal =
prison earlier this year.=20

      The investigation of the ring was triggered when police raided a =
house in the 6000 block of 34th Place in Upper Northwest in February =
1989.=20

      In his remarks yesterday, Judge Greene excoriated Assistant U.S. =
Attorney Alan Strasser for seeking a waiver from the mandatory =
sentencing guidelines that became effective in November 1987. Judge =
Greene said Mr. Strasser's request was "one of the worst" made "by the =
faceless departure committee."=20

      The committee is an internal group in the U.S. Attorney's Office =
that determines whether a defendant's cooperation merits a sentencing =
waiver.=20

      "I don't think that's warranted" because Vinson was the leader of =
a "sophisticated scheme," Judge Greene said, noting that others in the =
case had received stiff sentences.=20

      Vinson's lawyer, Greta Van Susterne, said the judge's decision =
would dampen efforts by prosecutors to gain cooperation from defendants. =
"You'd have to be crazy to cooperate when the whole point of such =
cooperation is to get something in return."=20

      In an apparent contradiction, Mr. Strasser sought a waiver from =
federal guidelines but in a separate sentencing memorandum called for a =
harsh sentence because the prostitution ring was cavalier about the =
spread of the AIDS virus.
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  U.S. EXPANDS PROBE OF 'CALL BOY' RING=20
      Paul M. Rodriguez and George Archibald The Washington Times; Final =
Section: A Page: A1 Thursday, July 6, 1989

      A Secret Service officer assigned to the midnight shift at the =
White House was interrogated for more than 10 hours Monday about his =
association with Craig J. Spence - Washington lobbyist; host to the =
capital's political, business and media elite; and patron of homosexual =
call-boy services - and the officer was said to have failed a =
lie-detector test.=20

      The officer, Reginald A. deGueldre, accepted a gold Rolex =
wristwatch valued at $8,000 in return for "unspecified favors" from Mr. =
Spence, for whom he arranged at least four middle-of-the-night private =
tours of the White House for high-ranking military officers, well-known =
figures in the news media and male prostitutes.=20

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            Mr. Spence, said one law enforcement official close to the =
case, also asked Officer deGueldre to intervene on his behalf to help =
clear Secret Service records of a 1987 arrest at a White House gate for =
disorderly conduct, described by one source as a lewd sex act.=20
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      Officer deGueldre has been told he will be called to testify =
before a federal grand jury.=20

      President Reagan was in the White House residential quarters =
during one of the Spence visits, which was restricted to the West Wing, =
site of the Oval Office.=20

      U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens, meanwhile, widened his investigation =
of the homosexual prostitution ring, which has ensnared Mr. Spence and =
several key Reagan and Bush administration officials.=20

      Mr. Stephens' office is now looking closely at the White House =
tours and the activities of Mr. Spence, 48, a consultant to Japanese =
government officials and others.=20

      John Pyles, the Secret Service special agent assigned to direct =
the investigation of allegations of breaches of White House security, =
said only, "We're not in a position to talk about this."=20

      Mr. Pyles and Secret Service spokesman Allan Cramer said they were =
ordered to refer inquiries about the investigation to Assistant U.S. =
Attorney Alan Strasser, who is preparing evidence for presentation to =
the federal grand jury.=20

      "You'd have to ask them why they referred you to me," Mr. Strasser =
said yesterday. "There is nothing I care to say to you about this at =
this time."=20

      The Secret Service, after accounts were published in The =
Washington Times, has talked to people who took the July 3, 1988, White =
House tour set up by Mr. Spence, several of those interviewed say.=20

      The agents are investigating possible security breaches by those =
who entered the White House compound as well as by Officer deGueldre, =
The Times was told.=20

      One of those reached yesterday by the Secret Service said =
questioning focused on Mr. Spence and his associates. Questions were =
also asked about Mr. Spence and the use of cocaine.=20

      Officer deGueldre failed the portion of a polygraph test involving =
favors he may have done for Mr. Spence, the law enforcement official =
said. The Secret Service officer visited on several social occasions =
with Mr. Spence, who was said to have held out the offer of a =
high-paying security industry job in Florida to him.=20

      Officer deGueldre, who said he immediately reported himself to his =
superiors when the story of the late-night Spence visit appeared in the =
June 29 editions of The Washington Times, said he had done nothing =
wrong.=20

      "To this day, I still believe that Craig is still an American =
hero," the Secret Service officer said. "The guy never hit on me. . . . =
My relationship to him was officer to citizen. . . . That's how I met =
him - when I was walking the street (as a patrolman in the embassy area =
of the fashionable Kalorama neighborhood where Mr. Spence lived).=20

      "The first time he called me was maybe five years later," Officer =
deGueldre said. "He said he wanted to be my friend and invited me to a =
party. . . . I was shocked.=20

      "I was introduced on a one-to-one basis with some very important =
people. . . . I met top brass, politicals . . . I was invited to a lot =
of functions at Craig's house. There was all kinds of heavy types =
there."=20

      But, the officer added: "I had no idea about sex, drugs, nothing =
like that. . . . A lot of stuff now makes sense though. . . . I always =
suspected he worked for the CIA."=20


     Officer deGueldre said he understands, given his free access to the =
White House and the president's living quarters, why the Secret Service =
is concerned about the Spence tours.=20
      Mr. Spence, said one law enforcement official close to the case, =
also asked Officer deGueldre to intervene on his behalf to help clear =
Secret Service records of a 1987 arrest at a White House gate for =
disorderly conduct, described by one source as a lewd sex act.=20

      Three persons who went along on the post-midnight tour of the =
White House arranged by Mr. Spence July 3, 1988, recalled being admitted =
by a uniformed Secret Service officer named "Reggie."=20

      "Reggie met us at the gate, and he was the one who let us in," one =
man said in an interview. "There was another guard who was obviously =
upset by this."=20

      The three persons also remembered seeing "Reggie" at various =
parties given by Mr. Spence at which "Reggie" appeared to be serving as =
a bodyguard or security man for the host.=20

      Others said Mr. Spence used "Reggie" to arrange other White House =
tours, including one that Mr. Spence took with a 15-year-old boy, whom =
he identified as his son Will.=20

      That tour, according to former friends and associates of Mr. =
Spence, occurred June 29, 1988. The "son" had a Southern accent and was =
actually a male prostitute who provided sexual services for Mr. Spence =
and several male friends.=20

      Mr. Cramer, the Secret Service spokesman, declined to answer =
questions about these tours, too. All inquiries about Mr. Spence's past =
White House dealings and visits were covered by the gag order imposed by =
the U.S. Attorney's Office, he said.=20

      Evidence concerning Mr. Spence - even information about his past =
White House connections - is being tightly held by the Secret Service =
"because it's tied into a criminal fraud case we are investigating."=20

      "We're under orders from the U.S. attorney. . . . The U.S. =
attorney has restricted us from commenting on that case at all, or =
anything peripheral to it, because of the judicial tie-in," Mr. Cramer =
said.=20

      Mr. Stephens' office, which first agreed to discuss the call-boy =
ring investigation with reporters for The Times last week but later in =
the day declined to do so, did not respond to inquiries yesterday.=20

      The U.S. Attorney's Office to date has said only that it is =
investigating "possible credit-card fraud" in connection with arrests =
made in raids on a house on 34th Place NW, described as the headquarters =
of a homosexual prostitution ring operating as an escort service.=20

      The Times learned that the FBI is eager to investigate illegal =
interstate prostitution activities and other possible federal violations =
incurred by operators of the homosexual prostitution ring, but evidence =
confiscated by the Secret Service during raids on the house on 34th =
Place in February and in May is not being shared with the bureau.=20

      This evidence includes information involving high-level government =
officials and political celebrities who were clients of the ring.=20

      Several law enforcement authorities said relations between local =
and federal law enforcement agencies have been strained by the Secret =
Service's behavior in the call-boy case.=20

      The Secret Service - an agency within the Treasury Department =
whose 1,900 special agents and 960 uniformed personnel are charged with =
investigating currency counterfeiting and credit-card fraud as well as =
protecting the president and vice president - is largely dependent on =
the Metropolitan Police Department, U.S. Capitol Police, National Park =
Police, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies, Mr. Cramer =
acknowledged in an interview yesterday.=20

      For example, when the Secret Service arrests anyone on the White =
House grounds, the person is turned over to D.C. police for "processing, =
transportation and lock-up," Mr. Cramer said. He declined to discuss =
allegations that the Secret Service had "frozen out" the FBI in the =
call-boy investigation.=20

      Craig Spence was linked this week to a Japanese politician, Motoo =
Shiina, a leading member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party who is =
considered an inside favorite to succeed Prime Minister Sousuke Uno.=20

      Federal court records in Washington revealed that Mr. Spence and =
Mr. Shiina engaged in a bitter lawsuit in 1984 over the ownership of a =
house on Wyoming Avenue NW, valued last year at $1.15 million. The =
two-story Victorian house in which Mr. Spence later lived, was planted =
with electronic bugs and video recording equipment that, according to =
homosexual call boys and others who routinely visited the house, was =
used to make incriminating tapes to blackmail guests.=20

      Mr. Spence has told several current and former friends that, after =
obtaining the money, he blackmailed Mr. Shiina by threatening to reveal =
that the cash to buy the house had been brought into the country in =
violation of currency regulations. Mr. Shiina settled the lawsuit out of =
court after he was ordered to answer questions about the money's =
origins.=20

      * Michael Hedges and Jerry Seper contributed to this report.
    =20




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  A little outrage for the children?=20
      Wesley Pruden The Washington Times; Part A; NATION; PRUDEN ON =
POLITICS; Pg. A4 August 25, 1989, Friday, Final Edition

      O.K., you guys over there on 15th Street, if you sleep through =
this one, too, you ought to go back to Dubuque to sell shoes.=20

       =20
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            That's the energy and curiosity level of a lot of Washington =
reporters. They get a press flack's lie and that satisfies them.=20
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          =20
      When last we left those wonderful folks at The Post, they were =
explaining that the way to cover the Great Summer Sex Scandal, starring =
Craig Spence and a cast of frightened dozens, was to tell their readers =
that actually there's no story there.=20

      "The Bombshell That Didn't Explode" is the way Eleanor Randolph, =
the O.P. media critic, described on Aug. 1 the story that everybody in =
town has been talking about since the story broke here June 29. The Wall =
Street Journal even did a story about how The Times had got the best of =
The Post.=20

      "Journalists have been left debating whether The Times published a =
blockbuster or a 'blockbluster,'" she wrote. The second 'l' in =
"blockbluster" was supposed to be the equivalent of a nudge and a wink =
from the classy Miss Randolph.=20

      Leonard Downie Jr., the managing editor at The Post, stroked his =
chin whiskers, put on his wise-old-owl look, and told her: " . . . we =
[had] already reported about this raid and we wondered what more there =
was in this story that we would want to publish." What he didn't say, =
but what his readers could only conclude, was that he couldn't get =
anybody to find out. So he just wondered.=20

      The usual suspects were brought in to help. Jack Nelson of the Los =
Angeles Times conceded that his newspaper defers to The Post and The New =
York Times to decide what's news in Washington, and said he sent =
reporters out to see whether there was a story and they couldn't find =
anything.=20

      Howell Raines of The New York Times seemed, as usual, a bit dazed =
by it all. He agreed there was "obviously some kind of investigation =
going on," but danged if he could figure out what it was about. He said
     he would wait, as befits a proper New York Timesman, to see whether =
there was anything in the story about "public policy." (He ought to =
thinka little faster, since he's keeping Mr. Nelson's California readers =
waiting.)=20
      "Other reporters around Washington said they were interested in =
pursuing the story but decided against it when they checked with the =
Secret Service and other investigative agencies and were told the raid =
was relatively routine."=20

      Alas, she's probably right. That's the energy and curiosity level =
of a lot of Washington reporters. They get a press flack's lie and that =
satisfies them.=20

      Fortunately for the community, that doesn't satisfy The Times, and =
in particular it doesn't satisfy Paul Rodriguez and George Archibald, =
the two reporters whose work is arrayed across the top of Page One this =
morning.=20

      Despite the lady-like grunting and straining by Miss Randolph, =
seeking to explain why The Post never considered this a story, her =
editors have in fact tried to keep the story in sight. They ran not once =
but twice a story on the White House guard's accepting a gold watch from =
Craig Spence. Despite The Post's disdainful insistence that the story is =
merely about a commonplace local prostitution ring, its editors devoted =
60 inches of newsprint to profile Henry Vinson, the "madame" of the =
ring. Despite scoffing at the importance of mid-level White House =
figures, as named in The Times' coverage, they ran a fanciful front-page =
story, citing unnamed sources (one of whom is said to be John Belushi, =
interviewed by Bob Woodward at Forest Lawn) about Fawn Hall, a mere =
secretary at the White House, who was supposed to be snorting coke.=20

      But not to be too hard on Miss Randolph, who was only doing what =
she was told, and whose heart may not be in the debunking, anyway. Her =
husband, Peter Pringle, a reporter for the London Independent, has =
written several stories about the call boy scandal, with none of The =
Post's pouting skepticism.=20

      Now, with this morning's disclosures, a little domestic harmony =
can descend on the Pringle/Randolph breakfast table. "The bombshell" has =
exploded at the seat of Ben Bradlee's pants.=20

      This morning's accounts show the male prostitution ring to have =
reached into Congress, the White House and a public elementary school. =
The disclosures about Barney Frank won't surprise many of us. But unless =
this city, the Congress, the journalists who live here, and the U.S. =
attorney's office have lost the last vestige of public and private =
decency, we can expect a little outrage in behalf of our children.=20

      Wesley Pruden is managing editor of The Times.
    =20



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West Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Sopher, who hired Diane Shafer  =
was on the medical team that examined the remains in Oswald's coffin to =
determine the identity of the exhumed corpse.

  a.. MINGO HIRES CONTROVERSIAL DOCTOR=20
Alexandra Colen, "Some Post-Christian Realities," The Human Life Review, =
Spring 1997 issue, pp. 53-60.

The author, a member of the Belgian Parliament and former lecturer at =
the Universities of Ghent and Antwerp, discusses the pervasiveness and =
excesses of pedophilia and pedophilia-related murders and underground =
events ("The Pink Ballets") in Belgium. Pink Ballets and Protected =
Pornographers ... "Post-Christian Realities" by Alexandra Cohen (Human =
Life Review, Spring 1997)

Of course, this is all very complicated and convoluted, that's how they =
know they can get away with anything.
That's how they got away with the Kennedy hit.=20
By burying their actions under a mountain of outrageous and heinous =
acts,=20
they can count on most peoples natural tendency to disbelieve=20
that such nice looking people like the Bushes could be capable of being =
such monsters -=20
That such evil could exist.=20
It is chilling that such evil people like the Bush family really do =
exist.=20
But they do.=20

Know Your Enemy
Wake up those around you=20

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following is=20
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<P><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#111111 size=3D-1>KARLYN BARKER, =
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24, 1990: The alleged leader of what authorities have called the largest =
male=20
prostitution operation in the Washington area surrendered to federal =
agents=20
yesterday and pleaded not guilty to racketeering charges that have been =
filed=20
against him and three alleged accomplices. Henry W. Vinson, 29, of =
Williamson,=20
W.Va., a coal miner's son accused of setting up the homosexual escort =
service,=20
was arraigned in U.S. District Court here yesterday afternoon after =
turning=20
himself in to Secret Service agents . . . At a news conference after the =

arraignment, [U.S. Attorney Jay] Stephens said the investigation into =
the=20
alleged prostitution ring "is concluded" and that the indictment, which =
was=20
unsealed yesterday, focused on those who allegedly set up the ring =
rather than=20
on clients who reportedly patronized it. Asked about earlier reports =
that some=20
of those clients included high-level officials in the Reagan and Bush=20
administrations, Stephens said the investigation had not revealed =
"additional=20
conduct which suggests criminal conduct on behalf of other people." . . =
. The=20
Vinson case provoked additional notice after The Washington Times =
published=20
reports last summer suggesting that the alleged prostitution ring had =
been=20
patronized by government officials. The Times named as clients several =
low-level=20
government employees and Craig J. Spence, a Washington lobbyist and =
party-giver=20
who, the paper said, took friends and prostitutes on late-night tours of =
the=20
White House. Spence was found dead in a Boston hotel room last fall, and =

authorities ruled his death a suicide . . . To date, however, =
investigators have=20
disclosed no evidence linking any high-level government official to the =
escort=20
service.</FONT></P>
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<P><B>THE ARTICLES BELOW CHRONICLE THE VERY REAL BEHAVIOR OF THE POWER =
ELITE IN=20
AMERICA</B></P>
<HR>

<UL>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article0">"MINGO=20
  MESS BAFFLING TANGLE" The Charleston Gazette, Editorial; Pg. P4A, July =
03,=20
  1997.</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we hear of the appointment of a coroner who had been =
convicted=20
  of bribery and who supposedly had been married to a Henry Vinson, a =
mortician=20
  who had operated a "call boy" service utilized by White House =
officials</I>=20
  <P>This is the hook into a long story.=20
  <P>We now turn to some news stories that appeared in the <I>Washington =

  Times</I> more than a decade ago, but apart from a few having to do =
with=20
  Barney Frank, these stories have never generated much attention. We =
then=20
  recover as full a story as can be constructed from accounts in the =
press, in=20
  chronological order. </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article1">"'CALL-BOY'=20
  SERVICE PROSPERS USING HIGH FINANCE, HIGH TECH," Paul M. Rodriguez and =
George=20
  Archibald , <I>The Washington Times</I>, June 20, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we see Henry Vinson's name first surface, along with =
Robert=20
  Chambers, a funeral director, who operated a call boy network that =
laundered=20
  money through umbrella organizations in the District of Columbia area, =

  Florida, Kentucky and West Virginia.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article2">"POWER=20
  BROKER SERVED DRUGS, SEX AT PARTIES BUGGED FOR BLACKMAIL," Michael =
Hedges and=20
  Jerry Seper, <I>The Washington Times</I>, June 30, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn of Craig J. Spence, who arranged midnight =
tours of the=20
  White House, threw lavish parties for the famous and powerful where =
cocaine=20
  was generously served, spent $20,000 a month on male prostitutes from =
a D.C.=20
  prostitution ring, and bragged of connections to the CIA, whom he =
worried=20
  might kill him and then make it look like a suicide.<BR></I></P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article3">"RNC=20
  CALLS SCANDAL A 'TRAGIC SITUATION,'" George Archibald and Paul M. =
Rodriguez,=20
  <I>The Washington Times</I>, Friday, June 30, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn of the resignation of an aide to Secretary of =
Labor=20
  Elizabeth Dole, and of the reaction of Rep. Barney Frank, who is "not=20
  surprised" by the revelations.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article4">"White=20
  House mute on 'call boy' probe," Frank J. Murray, <I>The Washington =
Times</I>,=20
  July 7, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn that President Bush followed the story, and =
that a=20
  Uniformed Division officer of the Special Service, Reginald deGueldre, =

  arranged the midnight White House tours for Craig Spence and two male=20
  prostitutes, and was moonlighting as Spence's bodyguard.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article5">"Spence=20
  was target before raid on ring," Jerry Seper, and Michael Hedges =
<I>The=20
  Washington Times</I>, July 10, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn that Craig Spence brought a 15-year old boy on =
at=20
  least one of his midnight tours of the White House, that Spence asked =
detailed=20
  questions about the Delta Force operations, that he partied with =
former U.S.=20
  Attorney Joseph diGenova and his wife, Victoria Toensing, and that he =
bragged=20
  of having blackmailed a high-ranking Japanese politician, Motoo =
Shiina.</I>=20
  </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article6">"Spence=20
  ma[y] be Shiina's downfall," Edward Neilan, <I>The Washington Times, =
</I>July=20
  18, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we hear of the connections between Motoo Shiina, =
groomed to be=20
  a future prime minister of Japan, and Craig Spence: how Spence had =
made more=20
  than $700,000 from Shiina's Policy Study Group, and how Spence had =
refused to=20
  pay back a loan made by Shiina for the purchase of Spence's house.</I> =
</P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article7">"First=20
  lady not worried about hookers' tour of White House," Paul Bedard, =
<I>The=20
  Washington Times</I>, July 10, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn that First Lady Barbara Bush was not concerned =
about=20
  the security questions raised by midnight White House tours, but did =
think it=20
  good that the Washington Post had not followed the Times' story.</I> =
</P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article8">"Secret=20
  Service furloughs third White House guard ," Jerry Seper, and Michael =
Hedges,=20
  <I>The Washington Times </I>, July 26, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we hear that, contrary to earlier White House claims, 1 =
a.m.=20
  tours were "totally out of the ordinary." We also learn that Spence =
introduced=20
  a 15-year old boy to Ted Koppel in the Nightline studio right before =
one of=20
  the tours.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article9">"SEX=20
  PARTY HELD AT AUSSIE EMBASSY 'WE'RE NOT TALKING CROCODILE DUNDEE =
HERE,'"=20
  Michael Hedges and Jerry Seper, <I>Washington Times</I>, July 28, =
1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which a woman who worked for one of the prostitution rings =
linked to=20
  Spence claimed she worked a party held at the Australian embassy. She =
also=20
  claimed that one of her military clients told her Spence was =
blackmailing=20
  him.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article10">"SPENCE=20
  ELUSIVE, SAID TO BE EVERYWHERE BUT ISN'T," Jerry Seper and Michael =
Hedges,=20
  <I>Washington Times</I>, Thursday, August 3, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn that Spence has disappeared, but has told his =
friends=20
  not to take any account of his death at face value. We also discover =
that Ted=20
  Koppel is a longtime friend, and that the Special Service is not as =
interested=20
  in credit card fraud as they are in Spence's military and political=20
  connections.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article11">"SPENCE=20
  ARRESTED IN N.Y., RELEASED BIZARRE INTERVIEW IS NO NIGHT ON THE TOWN," =
Jerry=20
  Seper and Michael Hedges, <I>Washington Times</I>; August 9, 1989</A>=20
  <P><I>In which Craig Spence is interviewed and speaks of his own death =
and of=20
  the connections he had to powerful people who will pretend never to =
have known=20
  him.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article12">Spence=20
  arrested in N.Y., released; Once-host to powerful reduced to begging, =
sleeping=20
  in park, Michael Hedges, and Jerry Seper, <I>The Washington Times</I>, =
August=20
  9, 1989.</A>=20
  <P><I>More from Craig Spence's interview. Highlights include his hint =
that=20
  Donald Gregg arranged the late-night White House tours. Spence also =
speaks of=20
  more significant secrets that he plans to take to the grave.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article13">"Sex=20
  sold from congressman's apartment: Frank's lover was 'call boy,'" Paul =
M.=20
  Rodriguez and George Archibald, <I>The Washington Times </I>, August =
25,=20
  1989.</A>=20
  <P><I>The only story that received much attention. A male prostitute,=20
  identified by the alias Greg Davis, entertained clients in the =
apartment of=20
  Rep. Barney Frank. Frank admitted having a relationship with the =
prostitute,=20
  but denied knowledge of the use of his apartment for illicit =
purposes.</I>=20
</P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article14">"Sex=20
  sold from congressman's apartment: School used as base for sex ring," =
George=20
  Archibald and Paul M. Rodriguez, <I>The Washington Times</I>, August =
25,=20
  1989.</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn that Barney Frank's call boy also did business =
in a=20
  local public school.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article15">"THE=20
  GOBIE STORY: Frank's 'call boy' tells all," George Archibald, and Paul =
M.=20
  Rodriguez, <I>The Washington Times</I>, September 1, 1989.</A>=20
  <P><I>In which Stephen L. Gobie, whose professional name in the =
underground=20
  prostitute trade is "Greg Davis," insists that Rep. Barney Frank knew =
of the=20
  use of his apartment as a base for prostitution. Gobie also reveals =
that one=20
  of his clients was Craig Spence.</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article16">"IN=20
  DEATH, SPENCE STAYED TRUE TO FORM," Michael Hedges, and Jerry Seper, =
<I>The=20
  Washington Times</I>, Monday, November 13, 1989.</A>=20
  <P><I>Craig Spence is found dead in a Boston hotel room. Near his body =
is a=20
  newspaper clipping that details legislative efforts to protect CIA =
agents=20
  called to testify before government bodies. Friends of Spence reported =
that he=20
  had claimed the CIA used the call boy service to compromise other =
federal=20
  intelligence officials and foreign diplomats. One friend quoted Spence =
as=20
  saying, "Casey's boys are out to get me,"</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article17">"SPENCE=20
  AS MUCH AN ENIGMA IN DEATH AS HE WAS IN LIFE," Jerry Seper, and =
Michael=20
  Hedges, <I>The Washington Times</I>, November 13, 1989.</A>=20
  <P><I>In which we learn how slow had been the federal investigation =
into the=20
  allegations swirling around Craig Spence. Spence himself had been =
handed a=20
  subpoena more than two months before his death, but was never called =
to=20
  testify. Officials of the Reagan and Bush administrations, identified =
in The=20
  Times as having used the call-boy service, had not even been contacted =
by law=20
  enforcement officials. One witness reported: "They asked me what I =
thought=20
  Spence wanted to know about the Delta project."</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article18">"Prostitutes=20
  corroborate Frank stories," Paul M. Rodriguez, <I>The Washington =
Times</I>,=20
  February 2, 1990.</A>=20
  <P><I>In which other prostitutes corroborate Gobies' claims that Rep. =
Barney=20
  Frank knew of his use of the congressman's apartment for use as a =
bordello.=20
  Gobie also claims that Craig Spence was one of his clients and had =
tried to=20
  recruit him to help "in a sordid scheme to blackmail the powerful =
politicians=20
  invited to his lavish parties." Gobie claimed that Mr. Spence said to =
him, "Do=20
  you know what kind of power you can have over people if you've got =
something=20
  on them? . . . I need boys and girls for people in government and =
high-level=20
  businessmen for my parties, for individuals, for whatever comes =
up."</I> </P>
  <LI><A=20
  =
href=3D"http://www.voxfux.com/features/bush_child_sex_coverup/article_arc=
hive.htm#article19">MINGO=20
  HIRES CONTROVERSIAL DOCTOR, Maryclaire Dale, <I>The Charleston =
Gazette;=20
  News</I>, July 01, 1997.</A>=20
  <P><I>Returning full circle to the Mingo case, we find the newly =
appointed=20
  medical examiner of Mingo County arguing that the fact that she is a =
physician=20
  argues in favor of her having the position over the previous nominee, =
a=20
  funeral home owner. Shafer argues: "A physician has nothing to gain =
from a=20
  suicide. A mortician does. He would probably process the body for =
burial," she=20
  said. "I don't think it's [the funeral industry] a charity business."=20
  Ironically, Shafer's "husband" is Henry Vinson, a former mortician and =
coroner=20
  who is linked, as we saw above, to the child sex ring scandals. We =
also learn=20
  that his lawyer is the legal commentator Greta van Susteren.</I> =
</P></LI></UL>
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    <CENTER><B>MINGO MESS BAFFLING TANGLE </B></CENTER></FONT><FONT=20
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    <CENTER><B>The Charleston Gazette Editorial; Pg. P4A July 03, 1997,=20
    Thursday</B></CENTER>
    <P></FONT><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#3366cc =
size=3D5><B>P</B></FONT><FONT=20
    color=3D#000000 size=3D3>ERHAPS world chess champion Garry Kasparov =
(or his=20
    nemesis, the Deep Blue computer) would have the mental capacity to =
keep=20
    track of the amazing complexities involving Mingo County public =
officials.=20
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          <FONT face=3Darial color=3D#3366cc><B>Vinson vowed that he'd =
never be=20
          convicted, because he said his "call boy" service had been =
utilized by=20
          officials of the Moore administration in Charleston and by =
officials=20
          of the Reagan-Bush White House in Washington.</B></FONT>=20
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        </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Consider:=20
    <P>State Sen. Truman Chafin, D-Mingo, was indicted on federal =
wiretap=20
    charges in his messy divorce, but was found innocent.=20
    <P>Former Mingo Sheriff Gerald Chafin - no relation to Truman, and =
part of a=20
    rival Democratic faction - likewise was indicted on federal wiretap =
charges,=20
    supposedly stemming from an attempt to blackmail a "whistleblower" =
deputy,=20
    but likewise was found innocent.=20
    <P>Ex-Sheriff Chafin, a mortuary owner, was appointed coroner by =
Mingo=20
    County's commissioners - but state rules require that coroners be=20
    physicians, so he couldn't take the post.=20
    <P>Next the commissioners gave the job to <SPAN=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND: #7fffd4"><B>Dr. Diane Shafer of Mingo County, =
who=20
    previously was convicted of bribery in nearby Kentucky.</B></SPAN> =
(She had=20
    been under investigation in Kentucky for suspected overbilling, but =
she=20
    married the overbilling investigator and gave him $ 42,500. They =
both were=20
    convicted of bribery, and he of bigamy, but the convictions were set =
aside.=20
    West Virginia's Board of Medicine has set August hearings on whether =
to=20
    revoke her license.)=20
    <P><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: #7fffd4"><B>Meanwhile, Dr. Shafer may =
- or may=20
    not - have married a former Mingo coroner, Henry Vinson, who was =
convicted=20
    of running a male prostitution ring in Washington, D.C.</B></SPAN>=20
    <P><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: #7fffd4"><B>Vinson, also a =
mortician</B></SPAN>,=20
    had been ousted as Mingo coroner after he was convicted of making =
harassing=20
    phone calls to a rival funeral home director. <SPAN=20
    style=3D"BACKGROUND: #7fffd4"><B>Then he was accused in a paternity =
suit. Next=20
    he moved to Washington, where he was charged with operating "Dream =
Boy," a=20
    male escort service.</B></SPAN>=20
    <P><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: #7fffd4"><B>While the Washington =
investigation=20
    was in progress, Vinson "died" and his obituary was printed by =
newspapers=20
    around West Virginia - but his sister in Mingo County said the obit =
had been=20
    phoned to papers as a hoax.</B></SPAN>=20
    <P><SPAN style=3D"BACKGROUND: #7fffd4"><B>In 1990, Vinson vowed that =
he'd=20
    never be convicted, because he said his "call boy" service had been =
utilized=20
    by officials of the Moore administration in Charleston and by =
officials of=20
    the Reagan-Bush White House in Washington. But the next year, he =
pleaded=20
    guilty and got a five-year prison term.</B></SPAN>=20
    <P>Now Vinson's sister says she thinks he's married to Dr. Shafer. =
Reporter=20
    Maryclaire Dale (who is white) called Dr. Shafer's office Monday and =
talked=20
    to a man who called himself "Henry Shafer." When she asked if his =
name is=20
    Henry Vinson, he screamed: "Would you like to come and have sex with =
me, you=20
    [racial obscenity]?" Is this another count of phone harassment?=20
    <P>Well, that's just this week's developments in murky Mingo, where =
public=20
    officials have always been bizarre.=20
    <P>Matewan Police Chief Sid Hatfield led strikers in a historic =
shootout=20
    with Baldwin-Felts detectives; Sheriff Johnie Owens "sold" his =
elected=20
    office to another politician for $ 100,000; Kermit Fire Chief "Wig" =
Preece=20
    and his relatives sold drugs from the firehouse - that's public life =
in the=20
    Deep South coal county.=20
    <P>Mingo residents must wonder if they're living in a=20
  zoo.</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE><!--end text--><!--begin 1 =
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      <CENTER><B>'CALL-BOY' SERVICE PROSPERS USING HIGH FINANCE, HIGH=20
      TECH</B></CENTER></FONT><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>
      <CENTER><B>Paul M. Rodriguez and George Archibald The Washington =
Times;=20
      Final Section: NATION Page: A7 Thursday, June 29, =
1989</B></CENTER>
      <P><BR></FONT><FONT face=3Darial color=3D#3366cc =
size=3D4><B>E</B></FONT><FONT=20
      color=3D#000000 size=3D2>laborate telephone switching equipment =
and=20
      out-of-town check cashing and credit card processing centers make =
it=20
      possible for Washington's homosexual escort services to launder =
hundreds=20
      of thousands of dollars annually from clients.=20
      <P>Professional Services Inc., the dry name that appears on =
customers'=20
      American Express, Visa and MasterCard bills when they charge their =
sexual=20
      liaisons with male prostitutes, is a cover for half a dozen =
different call=20
      services linked in a gigantic regional sex-for-hire network, =
according to=20
      an investigation by The Washington Times.=20
      <P>The upscale Northwest Washington residence that served as a =
switchboard=20
      center for dispatching male prostitutes to local hotels, clients' =
homes=20
      and other meeting places was raided Feb. 28 by federal and local =
police=20
      authorities investigating interstate prostitution and credit card =
fraud.=20
      <P>The escort firm has relocated and - using a 50-line Merlin =
computerized=20
      call-forwarding system - is still in operation while local =
authorities try=20
      to track down individual call boys with information gathered from =
seized=20
      documents.=20
      <P>In want ads placed in local tabloid newspapers and Yellow Pages =

      telephone directories, Professional Services hawks its wares under =