Hello... recently on July 30th, I spent an hour - in an interview setting - speaking with sex worker and political activist, Radical Vixen. Radical was a good interviewer, with a solid sense of the real issues involved in my case. The interview took place during a confluence of disturbing events in my life, whereby everything from my website and email program to my land lines, to even my American flag (flying on my front porch) were hacked, comprimised, tampered or desecrated. Consequently, I likely spoke with Radical, via my cell phone; this combined with her less than stellar tape recorder resulted in likely errors in the ultimate transcription. The reader correspondingly should excuse obvious typos and gaps in the Q & A. Nonetheless, the overall substance of the conversation steers away from the tantalizing and ever popular "Who's Who List" and instead focuses upon the truly relevant aspects of my bizarre circumstance. I invite the recipient here either to listen to the interview in audio format OR read the transcript for an excellent overview of this history-in-the-making case. -Sincerely, Jeane Palfrey
From Radical Vixon's blog, she writes:
I first heard of the DC Madam case in March of this year. Her client list seemed so tantalizing. Which hypocritical politicians would be exposed? Which moral majority leaders would be shown to love the very “sins” they preached against? I’ll admit when the phone records became freely available I got myself a copy. Am I searching them? Yes, but I haven’t found anything. What I did find is a story that got more troubling the more I investigated.
How would the mainstream media portray her and to an extent, the adult industry? I wanted to see coverage treating sex workers as just that-workers. I wanted to hear discussion of how politicians impose anti-sex politics on the world yet are clients themselves. I wanted to read articles about how the government seizes people’s homes and savings before even trying them in court.
However I didn’t read that type of coverage in the mainstream press. I’m disappointed with ABC and others like them. This situation has so many angles begging to be explored. A responsible media would see this and report these angles to the public.
The more I learned about Ms. Palfrey’s case the more interested I became. Yes, that juicy client list still intrigues me but there is a more sinister angle. The actions of the government in this case are very disturbing-the way the government spied on her, watched her money transactions via methods meant to watch terrorists and seized her assets.
I asked Ms. Palfrey for an interview. To my utter delight she granted my request. We talked for over an hour and I have transcribed our conversation. I also have made it available as an mp3 file.
I found Ms. Palfrey to be an excellent interviewee. She worked around my schedule and answered all of my questions. She was well spoken, compelling and feisty. She’s a fighter and is not backing down.As I said in the interview if more people stood up to the government this country wouldn’t be in the state that it is in now. It is my hope this interview inspires people to learn more about Ms. Palfrey’s situation, sex workers rights and the many troubling aspects of our political judicial system.
Listen to the audio version of the interview.
On a side note: Here is an interesting statement by Ms. Palfrey:
JP: And certain people will be revealed in time. And again, the people who will be revealed are not going to be household names. I mean you’re not going to hear Karl Rove’s name mentioned probably. You’re not going to hear Dick Cheney’s name mentioned. But you’re going to hear people that really are powerful individuals inside the Beltway. You’re going to hear their names mentioned quite a bit.
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