Blackmail

America's First Political Sex Scandal: The Reynolds/Hamilton Affair

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Americas First Sex Scandal, Sally Hemings, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Sex Scandal, Chris Weigant, Hamilton, Sex, Affair, Hamilton Reynolds Affair, Political Sex Scandal, Blackmail, Thomas Jefferson, Jacobins, Maria Reynolds, Reynolds, Politics News

In the summer of 1791, Alexander Hamilton was the target of what a modern-day espionage novel would call a "honey trap," set by a blonde 23-year-old named Maria Reynolds.

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Sakey's Newest Suffers in Comparison to His Earlier Works

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Blackmail, Marcus Sakey, Television Writer, Police Corruption, Amnesia, Books News

Marcus Sakey is a talented writer that America has not yet discovered, and it is about time they did.

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Why Unions Get a Bad Name

Laura Mola | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Production Companies, Filmmaking, Right to Work, Big Business, Mob Tactics, Scam Tactics, Incentives, Blackmail, Flipping Companies, Union, Minorities, Business News

My dad was in a union, my aunts and uncles, relatives, extended family, all staunch union members. It afforded my sister and me, daughters of an immig...

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In Dealing With Blackmailers, We Can Help You, Mr. President

Steven G. Brant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tax Cuts, Treason, Blackmail, Obama Bush Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, Republicans, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

If Obama had asked the American people, I think he would have found almost unanimous agreement that it was worth spending $3,000 over the next 12 months to break the backs of those who were trying to blackmail him.

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Child Porn E-Mails Sent To Wisconsin Senators In Blackmail Plot, Investigators Say

AP | SCOTT BAUER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Marchant, State Senate, Wisconsin, Ed Wall, Patrick Fuller, Madison, Crime, Child Porn, Blackmail, Emails, Technology News

MADISON, Wis. — Investigators are trying to determine who sent e-mails containing images of child pornography to Wisconsin lawmakers as part of ...

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Some Conservatives Equate Lindsey Graham's Bipartisan Cooperation with Homosexuality

Scott Janssen | Posted 05.25.2011

The message from William Gheen seems pretty straightforward--the only way a Republican like Graham could possibly be joining forces with Democrats on so many issues is that he is gay and being blackmailed.

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Letterman's "Blackmailer" Has Legitimate Defense

Jeff Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blackmail, Robert Halderman, David Letterman, Media News

It's a fallacy that there's a morally or legally significant difference between what Robert Halderman stands accused of doing, and what agents and lawyers do all the time.

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David Letterman Blackmailed Again?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pre-Trial Statements, Blackmail, Extortion, Duty of Counsel, Sexual Harassment, David Letterman, Media News

Even if sexual harassment (as opposed to conduct) should become relevant, in my opinion, the public statements of the defendant's lawyer were aimed at threatening the victim rather than vindicating his client.

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Letterman Type Blackmail Common in Legal System

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Blackmail, David Letterman Extortion, David Letterman, Secret Settlements, Confidential Settlements, Politics News

So many law suits that are settled are designated confidential because they are frequently the result of blackmail and extortion, which has become an accepted and common practice in our legal system.

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China: Mentally Ill People Murdered, Used In Extortion Of Mine Owners

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mental Illness, Mentally Ill, Mining, Mines, Blackmail, Mining Extortion, China, World News

BEIJING — Police have arrested nine people in southwest China suspected of trafficking mentally ill people to be murdered in mines across the co...

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Rethinking David Letterman: Exactly How Are We Supposed to Feel About All This?

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Sex Scandal, Monica Lewinsky, Today Show, Maureen Dowd, Blackmail, Tabloid TV, Cbs, Media, David Letterman, Media News

We have not yet, as a pop culture-breathing, tabloid-fueled nation, decided how we feel about powerful older guys seducing the young women who work for them.

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FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

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Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

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