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		N.Y. Governor Eliot Spitzer at the press conference held on Monday where he apologized to the public, as his wife looks on. (Reuters)

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N.Y. Gov. Spitzer in sex scandal; pimp said to hold Israel passport

By The Associated Press

Tags: Eliot Spitzer

New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, touted in the past as the first potential Jewish U.S. president, found his political career on the brink of collapse Monday after he was accused of paying for a romp with a high-priced call girl, in a prostitution ring allegedly led by a man found with an Israeli passport at his home.

The Associated Press reported that U.S. Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger ordered Mark Brener, 62, of Cliffside Park, N.J., to be held without bail after the passport and $600,000 in cash were found in his apartment.

Brener's lawyer, Jennifer Brown, said her client was a U.S. citizen who had lived in the United States for 20 years.

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The scandal Monday drew immediate calls for his resignation after a news
conference in which a glassy-eyed Spitzer, his shell-shocked wife at his side, apologized to his family and the people of New York.

"I have disappointed and failed to live up to the standard I expected of
myself," said the 48-year-old father of three teenage girls. "I must now
dedicate some time to regain the trust of my family."

He did not discuss his political future and ignored shouted questions about whether he would resign. And he gave no details of what he was apologizing for.

Spitzer, a son of Jewish Eastern-European parents, grew up in Riverdale, N.Y., and was a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law.

Spitzer was clearly examining his legal options following the break of the scandal; a spokesman said the governor had retained the Manhattan law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, one of the nation's biggest.

Spitzer was caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet in a Washington
hotel room the night before Valentine's Day with a prostitute from a call-girl business known as the Emperors Club VIP, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still going on.

The governor has not been charged, and prosecutors would not comment on the case.

But an affidavit based on the wiretap told of a man identified as Client 9 - Spitzer, according to the law enforcement official - paying $4,300 in cash, some of it credit for future trysts, some of it for sex with a petite brunette, 5-feet 5 inches (127 centimeters), and 105
pounds (48 kilograms), named Kristen.

The scandal came 16 months after Spitzer stormed into the governor's office with a historic margin of victory, vowing to root out corruption in New York government in the same way that he took on Wall Street executives with a vengeance while state attorney general.

But his first year in office was marred by turmoil, and the latest scandal raised questions about whether he would make it through the week.

Lawmakers call on Spitzer to resign
"He has to step down. No one will stand with him," said Rep. Peter King, a Republican congressman from Long Island. "I never try to take advantage or gloat over a personal tragedy. However, this is different. This is a guy who is so self-righteous, and so unforgiving."

Democratic Assemblyman John McEneny said: "I don't think anyone remembers
anything like this - the fact that the governor has a reputation as a reformer and there is a certain assumption as attorney general that you're Caesar's wife. It's a different element than if you were an accountant."

Democratic Lt. Gov. David Paterson would become New York's first black
governor if Spitzer were to resign.

The allegations were outlined in papers filed in federal court in New York.

A defendant in the case, Temeka Rachelle Lewis, told a prostitute identified only as Kristen that she should take a train from New York to Washington for an encounter with Client 9 on the night of Feb. 13, according to the complaint. The defendant confirmed that the client would be paying for everything - train tickets, cab fare from the hotel and back, mini bar or room service, travel time and hotel.

The prostitute met the client in Room 871 at about 10 p.m., according to the complaint. When discussing how the payments would be arranged, Client 9 told Lewis: "Yup, same as in the past, no question about it - suggesting Client 9 had done this before.

According to court papers, an Emperors Club agent was told by the prostitute that her evening with Client 9 went well. The agent said she had been told that "the client would ask you to do things that ... you might not think were safe ... very basic things, according to the papers, but Kristen responded by saying: I have a way of dealing with that ... I'd be, like, listen dude, you really want the sex?"

The next day, Spitzer testified before a congressional subcommittee about
regulations on the bond industry.

The ring arranged sex between wealthy men and more than 50 prostitutes in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Miami, London and Paris, prosecutors said. Four people accused of helping to operate the ring were arrested last week.

The club's Web site displays photos of scantily clad women with their faces hidden. It also shows hourly rates, with prices set according to each woman's ratings, which range from one to seven diamonds. The highest-ranked prostitutes cost $5,500 an hour, prosecutors said.

"I have acted in a way that violates my obligations to my family and violates my, or any, sense of right and wrong," Spitzer said at the news conference. "I apologize first and most importantly to my family. I apologize to the public, whom I promised better."

The case began as a financial investigation by Internal Revenue Service
agents, and at some point was referred to the public corruption unit of the U.S. Attorney's office, authorities said. It was not clear from the
authorities whether Spitzer was a target of the investigation from the start, or whether agents came his across his name by accident.

Prosecutors compiled statements from a confidential source and an undercover officer and examined more than 5,000 telephone calls and text messages and more than 6,000 e-mails, as well as bank, travel and hotel records.

The four people arrested were charged with violating the Mann Act, a 1910
federal law against crossing state lines for purposes of prostitution.

Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond, noted that
prostitution customers are often not charged, and said charges against Spitzer might be unlikely.

"Especially if he resigns, he may just be left alone. It may be that the public is satisfied by his resignation as governor," Tobias said.

Spitzer clashed with Wall Street executives throughout his two terms as
attorney general. Among other things, he uncovered crooked practices and
self-dealing in the stock brokerage and insurance industries and in corporate board rooms, and went after former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso over his $187.5 million compensation package, calling it unreasonable.

He soon became known as the Sheriff of Wall Street. Time magazine named him Crusader of the Year, and the tabloids proclaimed him Eliot Ness.

His campaign slogan during his run for governor was Day One Everything
Changes. But his term as governor has been fraught with problems, including an unpopular plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants and a plot by his aides to smear his main Republican nemesis.

Spitzer had been expected to testify in front of a state commission he had created to answer for his role in the scandal, in which his aides were accused of using the state police to compile travel records to embarrass Senate GOP leader Joseph Bruno.

His cases as attorney general included a few criminal prosecutions of
prostitution rings and tourism involving prostitutes. In 2004, he took part in an investigation of an escort service in New York City that resulted in the arrest of 18 people on charges of promoting prostitution and related charges.

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1.	At least he has good taste in hookers	11:06	\|	Dror	11/03/08

2.	Prostitution and (boundless) U.S. hypocrisy	11:28	\|	Swiss (Dino)	11/03/08

3.	$5500 ? that is way too much	11:34	\|	Dror	11/03/08

4.	Wifey wifey	11:44	\|	Sam	11/03/08

5.	come to Israel you will be in good company here	11:46	\|	SJ	11/03/08

6.	Shoot...no time to run back to the safety of Israel	12:07	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

7.	Question for Sam #2	12:10	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

8.	Numbers 32:23	12:22	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

9.	clickdick actually made me laugh	12:27	\|	Dror	11/03/08

10.	Barely a woman	12:29	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

11.	attorney general	12:51	\|	eddie	11/03/08

12.	If we were muslim....	12:53	\|	cir	11/03/08

13.	Have fun in the ME this week, guys...	12:53	\|	Aphemia	11/03/08

14.	Big or small, no big difference as long as they are not minors	12:54	\|	Dror	11/03/08

15.	ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND YOU IS,	12:54	\|	petra	11/03/08

16.	New Jersey-N. York...	13:06	\|	Buzaglow	11/03/08

17.	#10 Clickfool: Now We KNow Where YOUR Mind Spends Its Time	13:23	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

18.	Elliot blew it	13:26	\|	oh well	11/03/08

19.	Stupid Elliot	13:38	\|	amalia	11/03/08

20.	Please Do NOT Remove #10 Clickfool Talkback	13:43	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

21.	#10: Petite Women Need Not Apply, For Sex, in Clickfool`s World	13:48	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

22.	Mark Brener as the Emperor	13:59	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

23.	Ovadiah	14:02	\|	Dror	11/03/08

24.	Spitzer`s Israeli Connection	14:03	\|	new_york_loner	11/03/08

25.	Big Deal	14:08	\|	rich	11/03/08

26.	Eliot blew it #15	14:09	\|	JoJo	11/03/08

27.	For Ovadiah ben Avraham # 14, # 17 and # 18	14:09	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

28.	For Ovraham again # 18	14:12	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

29.	A New Yorker surprises us all # 23	14:18	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

30.	CFOOL Actually Israel&USA have an extradition treaty signed 1963	14:21	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

31.	#26: Always, When Caught Out, Smile Foolishly and Deflect	14:28	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

32.	#24	14:31	\|	Hal	11/03/08

33.	Wheres the ADL	14:32	\|	Jim	11/03/08

34.	My hard work for the likes of Clickfool	14:36	\|	Warren	11/03/08

35.	Goodbye and Good Riddance to an Arrogant SOB	14:37	\|	MIKE	11/03/08

36.	NY LONER People having outside sex only with Israeli connections?	14:43	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

37.	#27: "Protesting Too Much"	14:44	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

38.	Apparently Emperor Brner Didnt Expect	14:44	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

39.	No Cigar for Spitzer	14:45	\|	Klaudia	11/03/08

40.	For Ovadiah ben Avraham again # 31	14:53	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

41.	Jim on Foxman, the ADL and anti-semitism	14:57	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

42.	#28Clickfool: "Touched a Nerve"? No, I Nailed You	14:58	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

43.	Surronded by JOHNS	15:00	\|	Mary	11/03/08

44.	Only Difference	15:02	\|	JBYRD	11/03/08

45.	Thanks for the chuckle, Warren, supposedly in London # 34	15:05	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

46.	Advice for Ovadiah, stop digging the hole # 41	15:10	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

47.	prostitution, drugs, corruption: Israel`s leading role	15:12	\|	Moise	11/03/08

48.	honey trap	15:16	\|	al	11/03/08

49.	NY LONER the "Mayflower" madam was an Israeli spy? Right?	15:20	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

50.	to NY Loner and Dror	15:22	\|	Aphemia	11/03/08

51.	Clickfool & Ovadia=Punch & Judy	15:24	\|	Dani Reiss	11/03/08

52.	No need for Spitzer to come to Israel, he can consult w. Billary	15:29	\|	Genuine Tosefta	11/03/08

53.	What an idiot !!!!	15:33	\|	Avrum	11/03/08

54.	Spitzer did not commit terrorism, nor physical violence	15:35	\|	Genuine Tosefta	11/03/08

55.	By the way, the name "Spitzer" in German.....	15:39	\|	Swiss (Dino)	11/03/08

56.	Moise, unfortunately, this is often true	15:39	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

57.	THE SARSSUR WHO CAME IN FROM THE HOLY LAND	15:40	\|	Iskander	11/03/08

58.	PETER SM on the other "Revelations"	15:43	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

59.	For Dani Reiss # 51	15:46	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

60.	To clickfool	15:50	\|	Jeff	11/03/08

61.	#44 Clickfools Dark Undercurrents (All I have to Do Is Quote You)	15:50	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

62.	To moise	15:55	\|	Jeff	11/03/08

63.	MOISE corruption?? go no further than the Pals	15:58	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

64.	#51 Danni Reiss: Disgusted With Both of Us = My Success	16:01	\|	Ovadiah ben Avraham	11/03/08

65.	Ha Ha Ha.... The Guy Has What it Takes To Do All This	16:07	\|	Eli	11/03/08

66.	Hash, hash widespread prostitution exists in all Islam countries	16:12	\|	Genuine Tosefta	11/03/08

67.	SULLIVAN What has that got to do with obligatory Israel bashing	16:14	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

68.	For Ovadiah # 61	16:23	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

69.	PETER SM IS REALLY DOWN UNDER AND CAN`T GET UP	16:26	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

70.	For Eli # 64	16:26	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

71.	you schmuck!	16:26	\|	Jochanan	11/03/08

72.	There Is Nothing New Under The Sun	16:28	\|	Yosemite	11/03/08

73.	He wasnt running for papal office...clikfool and other judges..	16:44	\|	gabriel	11/03/08

74.	An "Israeli pimp." Doesn`t surprise me. Israelis luv the sex biz	16:47	\|	POP	11/03/08

75.	Good taste; got unlucky; Vast LIKUD conspiracy	16:48	\|	omolll	11/03/08

76.	Clickfool # 70 _ Only You Would Know About UGLY	16:50	\|	Eli	11/03/08

77.	Clickfool post 10: not everyone likes chubby woman	16:52	\|	omoll	11/03/08

78.	Government, sex & political privilege.	16:54	\|	curious	11/03/08

79.	Greek tragedy?...	16:56	\|	bat yam	11/03/08

80.	72 Yosemite. the best post ever! A mirror for the self-righteous.	17:01	\|	common sense	11/03/08

81.	Yosemite; worst post hereand full of bigotry	17:12	\|	omolll	11/03/08

82.	#55 so hes not homosexual and likes sex!	17:15	\|	v hardman	11/03/08

83.	Pop on Israeli Pimps	17:17	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

84.	the lord works in misterious ways	17:19	\|	yehuda ashkenazi	11/03/08

85.	#6 Clickfool: Isn`t Sussex where all the British Antisemites Live	17:22	\|	Laila	11/03/08

86.	spitzer	17:28	\|	dano	11/03/08

87.	Strange, all the equations with the Muslim world	17:29	\|	Colin Wright	11/03/08

88.	re #30 `CFOOL Actually Israel&USA have an extradition treaty ...`	17:31	\|	Colin Wright	11/03/08

89.	totally appalled with this hypocrisy...	17:34	\|	Smadar	11/03/08

90.	Spitzer`s esx scandal	17:35	\|	Joseph	11/03/08

91.	This article is in error	17:44	\|	MARK KLEIN, M.D.	11/03/08

92.	This isnt fair.	17:45	\|	Anton	11/03/08

93.	to Clickfool	17:45	\|	Hilda	11/03/08

94.	Valentine with God, which direction?	17:45	\|	Simon	11/03/08

95.	NY Loner, that is quite a conspiracy theory	17:46	\|	Ibrahim	11/03/08

96.	#ClickFools Views on Israel	17:49	\|	Israel	11/03/08

97.	Sorry Clickfool #29	17:49	\|	Bob Smith	11/03/08

98.	ISRAELIS IS THE BEST	17:50	\|	indrajaya	11/03/08

99.	He who is without sin	17:53	\|	Brod	11/03/08

100.	When I Was A Kid...	18:08	\|	Yosemite	11/03/08

101.	new york loner	18:15	\|	Danite	11/03/08

102.	Ibrahim	18:16	\|	danite	11/03/08

103.	Sex Scandal,Smendel	18:21	\|	james hazan	11/03/08

104.	Couldn`t have happened to a nicer guy	18:24	\|	Avram	11/03/08

105.	For Laila # 85	18:32	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

106.	Award her Israel Prize	18:37	\|	Herbert Kaine	11/03/08

107.	Spitzer Ivy League	18:41	\|	Amos	11/03/08

108.	danite, I don`t think so...	18:41	\|	Ibrahim	11/03/08

109.	For Hilda # 93	18:43	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

110.	Clickfool	18:43	\|	Connie	11/03/08

111.	Why pay for it when you can get it for free? What a schmuck!	18:46	\|	Murray of Montreal	11/03/08

112.	Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories?	18:49	\|	new_york_loner	11/03/08

113.	Yaakov Sullivan #69 - only someone deficient...	19:11	\|	SHIMON	11/03/08

114.	Yaakov Sullivan #69 - only someone deficient...	19:11	\|	SHIMON	11/03/08

115.	Yaakov Sullivan #69 - to "captian moral" who supports murder	19:12	\|	SHIMON	11/03/08

116.	Common Ground?	19:14	\|	new_york_loner	11/03/08

117.	Anti-Semitism?	19:19	\|	John	11/03/08

118.	Ibrahim	19:19	\|	Danite	11/03/08

119.	Let`s hope he`s not the last to go	19:23	\|	hollingsworth	11/03/08

120.	Behind every scandal, there are Israelis	19:28	\|	hollingsworth	11/03/08

121.	Ovadiah has obviously not read..	19:35	\|	hollingsworth	11/03/08

122.	to Clickfool and specially for you	19:40	\|	wman	11/03/08

123.	I wonder what other notables	19:44	\|	Scharker Yid	11/03/08

124.	Behind every scandal are very stupid and arrogant men	19:46	\|	wman	11/03/08

125.	Dow up 250, S+P up, nasd up nuff, we reap what we sow!	20:04	\|	Avram	11/03/08

126.	Spitzer´s parents were from Austria	20:05	\|	Viola	11/03/08

127.	Legalize Prostitution	20:07	\|	Jhon Honest	11/03/08

128.	For wman # 122	20:30	\|	Clickfool	11/03/08

129.	He had the money to pay for some honest sex.	20:51	\|	Persian CAT	11/03/08

130.	Behind every sexual scandal is a horny man who can afford...	20:57	\|	Persian CAT	11/03/08

131.	Ain`t it a unique and weird American ritual?	21:03	\|	Mark B.	11/03/08

132.	@130 Persian CAT	21:16	\|	Mark B.	11/03/08

133.	Casting the first stone.	21:17	\|	Baz Mann	11/03/08

134.	Danite	21:35	\|	Ibrahim	11/03/08

135.	Dear `Honest`	22:01	\|	hollingsworth	11/03/08

136.	It is to my own great shame that I used to be a pimp myself.	22:38	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	11/03/08

137.	# 29 Clicky...silly thing	22:57	\|	Lynn	11/03/08

138.	MOISE MULLAH Iran one of the opium addict capitals of the world	22:59	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

139.	Clickfool	23:05	\|	Deborah	11/03/08

140.	SULLIVAN."It`s the occupation".So why is it rife everywhere?	23:05	\|	PETER SM	11/03/08

141.	If his wife stands by him then..........	23:08	\|	Deborah	11/03/08

142.	Hilarious	23:32	\|	W	11/03/08

143.	About Gov. Spitzer at the New York Times.A great Shame..	23:43	\|	I	11/03/08

144.	Now they will be in need of something....	00:09	\|	Theodor	12/03/08

145.	WHAT`S NEW?	00:21	\|	JACK	12/03/08

146.	GOV. SPITZER DESERVES A BENEFIT OF DOUBT AND FORGIVENESS	00:22	\|	scogostology.com	12/03/08

147.	"HONEYTRAP"!	00:37	\|	Chris	12/03/08

148.	Gee Chris	01:52	\|	Tom	12/03/08

149.	RE:141 Forgiveness yes, public office, no!	04:04	\|	People, Chill	12/03/08

150.	Update! no safe sex for Spitzer	04:12	\|	Aphemia	12/03/08

151.	Elliot Ness Busted By A John	04:21	\|	Yosemite	12/03/08

152.	#120 Hollingsworth - What is your price??	04:58	\|	* BEN JABO	12/03/08

153.	#17, Ovadia ben Avraham...	05:11	\|	Silvienne	12/03/08

154.	#21, Hey Ovadiah, Clickky must have hit a nerve...	05:12	\|	Silvienne	12/03/08

155.	#23, Dror...	05:15	\|	Silvienne	12/03/08

156.	#27, Clickfool...	05:16	\|	Silvienne	12/03/08

157.	Why the Bushiz want wiretaps without court approval	05:36	\|	Mark Lincoln	12/03/08

158.	Dear Governor	05:40	\|	Mark Lincoln	12/03/08

159.	"...failed to live up to the standard"	06:18	\|	Cholly Two Step	12/03/08

160.	FIRST JEWISH PRESIDENT of US? He could still make it in Israel.	07:34	\|	Israel_is_Done	12/03/08

161.	#19 amalia it`s because	07:57	\|	MaryRose	12/03/08

162.	Does this end S	08:04	\|	Governor Pimp	12/03/08

163.	Does this end	08:05	\|	Governor Pimp	12/03/08

164.	Da Hookahs	08:07	\|	Governor Pimptzer	12/03/08

165.	LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION	08:12	\|	Elliot for President	12/03/08

166.	Useless	08:52	\|	Eric WIlson	12/03/08

167.	Do as I say, not as I do	09:19	\|	Patrick Warner	12/03/08

168.	All the U.S. has to do is issue an extradition order	16:30	\|	* BEN JABO	12/03/08

169.	You guys & gals are all jealous	21:55	\|	Ibn Musa	12/03/08

170.	#167 Patrick Warner - grow up!!	22:01	\|	* BEN JABO	12/03/08

171.	The only profession older than prostitution is...	22:02	\|	Veritas	12/03/08

172.	Re: the only profession older than prostitution is:::	22:44	\|	Daniel	12/03/08

173.	126 Viola All the jews born in Austria	02:00	\|	Maria	13/03/08

174.	117: of course!!!	02:05	\|	Maria	13/03/08

175.	LEGALIZE PROSTITUTION	03:21	\|	Bruce	13/03/08

176.	tosefta, typical amoral jew	03:35	\|	hollingsworth	13/03/08

177.	What if Olmert was Gov. of NY	06:33	\|	Aaron Kinsberg	13/03/08

178.	size	15:55	\|	f	13/03/08

179.	A New Yorker Clarifies a Few Matters	16:26	\|	Mr. Amalek	13/03/08

180.	in Muslim countries	19:22	\|	hollingsworth	13/03/08

181.	who are you?	20:30	\|	Africano	13/03/08

182.	#176 Hollingsworth -Who said it was taxpayer dollars?	23:27	\|	* BEN JABO	13/03/08

183.	#178 Amalek	23:35	\|	* BEN JABO	13/03/08

184.	#179 Hollingsworth - In Muslim countries	03:09	\|	* BEN JABO	14/03/08

185.	Ben Jabo and the "Saudi" sex trade (one eye shut, as usual)	05:14	\|	PADDY	14/03/08

186.	#183 PADDY - glad to see your back	05:39	\|	* BEN JABO	14/03/08

187.	#183-2 PADDY - You`re just jealous	05:43	\|	* BEN JABO	14/03/08

188.	BEN JABO....Your turn	08:02	\|	PADDY	14/03/08

189.	BEN JABO - Typical response!	08:26	\|	PADDY	14/03/08

190.	#187 PADDY - Typical lack of response	17:07	\|	* BEN JABO	14/03/08

191.	#187-2 PADDY	17:09	\|	* BEN JABO	14/03/08

192.	to the all knowing ben jabo	19:46	\|	hollingsworth	14/03/08

193.	Judge Not	01:57	\|	Lily Seymour	15/03/08

194.	Gov. Spitzer	03:43	\|	Tim	15/03/08

195.	#BEN JABO 191...READ 188....	06:55	\|	PADDY	15/03/08

196.	#195 PADDY - You`re not supposed to bear "False Witness"	16:38	\|	* BEN JABO	15/03/08

197.	BEN JABO - example of "mind-slip".	07:31	\|	PADDY	16/03/08

198.	Funny -- he doesn`t look Jewish. Who knew?	09:07	\|	Larry	16/03/08

199.	SPITZER	14:00	\|	JIM MAC	16/03/08

200.	Spitzer sandal	01:27	\|	Jeff Fitzhugh	17/03/08

201.	Spitzer sandal	01:39	\|	Jeff Fitzhugh	17/03/08

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