ABC News needs to post the list of Palfrey's clients. What's the point of saying you have the list if you won't post it?

But who is the real "madam" of Washington?

If Palfrey is the only one charged and convicted, then this society still engages in unjust practices. Why should she be the only charged? It takes two or more to tangle.......If she committed a crime, she did not do it alone. Those officials who participated in this mess should be charged too. What kinda of stupid lopsided so called criminal non-justice system is this?

Post the list. They are involved just like she is, and should be named. This is just more of the double standards that run amuck. POST THEM ALL

The fact that the D.C. Madam ran a business that was probably in violation of D.C's rules is not the argument here. She says that "she did run this escort business". But what she alleges is that she should not be punished because some of her clients were people in responsible positions in government and industry. The reality is these paying customers of the D.C. Madam may be married and this notoriety may cause great grief for them when there spouses find out. It's possible that the Madam may not have have reported the escort income on her Federal Income tax and this will probably lead to severe penalties.

Post the list. They are much more culpable than Palfrey because of their hypocrisy. Their adherence to a double standard should be exposed to protect people from their duplicity.

It's nonsense trying to take only Palfrey to Court. Her customers are as guilty as she is. Post their names and let's hope justice is done!

Post the list already.

Or are you protecting ABC News people on the list? I'll bet that's why you don't post the list, because you are covering up for somebody(s) at ABC, huh? Otherwise you would post the list.

So post the list!

Why is prostitution illegal again?

I agree that the slimeballs should pay. But I have to admit that I feel for the families. Why humiliate the wives and children of these guys? Don't post the list.

Hey! post the list and the phone number..I am so stressed out reading about all the scandals in Washington DC..I really can use a massage...

Its absurd that she is prosecuted, or that anyone is prosecuted. Whoever started the prosecution should be castigated by the press and the voters.

It'll help the cause of legalization for all the hypocrites to be exposed.

Post the list!!! We are ALL dying to know...!!!

Palfrey for President!!! Go for it Jeane!
ABC post the darn list. Report the news now that you have it,

Typical politicians covering their own arses...nothing new here. Likely, they are mostly the right-wing conservative hypocrites that promote family values, when in fact, they are the ones that are usually the most guilty, unethical and morally corrupt people of all. There will never be justice when it comes to government being held accountable because it is and always has been a double standard. They make the laws yet feel they are above them. Total B.S.. Unless more of us stand up and take a stand against these injustices, nothing will ever change. It's so curious though why it is the media itself that often protects these people the most. It's back to the scarlet letter, let's persecute the one woman while the men (who were cheating on their wives, and even likely using taxpayers dollars for some of these expenses) go free. So typically American...no wonder we have become the laughing stock of the world.

Post the list and there pictures. Everybody is getting tired of these politions thinking they are better than anyone else.

What we wnat to know is: Is John Stossel on the list?

lets see the list already...

The DC madam wants her clients to testify..Testify about what..that they got good massages..I wonder if this is a client rating system for the services. Well I will hold up the 5 card..

ABC, are you afraid of the political & possible financial repercussions of publishing the "Client List" of the D.C. Madam? Perhaps someone in the upper levels of YOUR organization may be on the "List"???????? Check!

The government is still up to there old tricks. Have everyone who use her service to be called to court.

I hope there turns out to be
dc judges and prosecutors on the list. That would be justice.

Each and every person on the list should be posted, and called as witnesses. They are either legitimate witnesses, or should be charged themselves.

Do I feel sorry for the wives and families? Sure. But the clients should have thought of that when they patronized the service. The judicial system is there to carry out the law, not to be a social service for families with cheating husbands. Any other outcome is a failure of the courts and ABC as a legitimate government watchdog. After all, are there any ABC people on the list?

Funny that this come at this time?? Or not! The 2008 elections are right around the corner and now this bombshell!! Is Bill on the list??? Hillary wants to be president and Bill could ruin it for her!!!

Don't post the list. Let her call "each and every one" during her trial and then cover it for "Sweeps Week". That's how ABC News gets the most devistation out of it.

Once again, we worry focus on sex instead of the dying in Iraq.

If Palfrey owes the government any money allow her to pay it and drop the charges againt her. A lot of innocent peolple could get hurt (i.e. wives, children, entire families destroyed). Is it really worth it? The media will have a field day with this; if it does not end NOW!!!!

I'm happy to see the govt is going after these types of businesses. Truth be told, Palfrey would have never been so successful if it wasn't for those seeking those services. Their names should be made public. The govt should continue to pursue the many organizations offering these types of services via the web.

i hope it will open they eyes of our people here. She is a scape goat for someone that was trying to get out of something. and they had to use her. our country is going in the wrong direction. we use to work together not distory each other. i'm getting to hate the so called new living. there is always someone out there that will cry discrimation or racis or what ever. life is to short. we r hear today and gone tommorrow. lets make the best of what we got. and lets get along. lets be looking at the big jobs that r moving out. most every job here is a service. and not manufactor. what about the food for our pets that was purbisly taint. if they do that to our aniamals. it can get worse.

If names of clients will make everyone self satisfied and add to the fun, then let's post every single one of the "madam's" client list or are we, as usual, just interested in the ones we can see humbled and broken from power? Who's being two faced now?

It isn't just the idea of a madam getting caught, or "using other women" for her profit. All of them were doing it of their own free will and making money on it. It isn't the idea that families will suffer or be torn apart, the people who used the services knew what they were doing. What bothers me most is the total lack of morals that plagues our whole society but particulary those in higher positions. It goes clear back to the Kennedy/Monroe era, Clinton/Lewinski, etc. What has happened to our government and the rest of us for sitting on our butts and putting up with it? Maybe it's time we really paid attention who and what we are voting for.

Had Jeane Palfrey been a (recreational) drug dealer, wouldn't her 'clients' charged with a crime and subsequently listed? What's the difference? Why should Palfrey be the only party charged? If there wasn't a demand for her services then she would not be in the business.

Come clean and list the names please.

I think ABC should post the list. The network isn't the one who cheated on a wife, the JOHNS did. The DC elists should be outed as any common criminal would be. To be honest, I think it's grossly unfair to arrest the madame but not the customers. The woman shouldn't bear full responsibility. Afterall, if a dealer is busted for selling drugs, their customers are arrested for using. Right? On that note, I don't think the johns deserve a free pass, either. I want to know if any of the johns were guys who slammed Clinton.

ABCNews give us the names of the national disgraces we call our leaders! The time has come to out these rats.

I think the client list should be posted because she wasn't the only one involved in this. Why are only the women prosecuted and not the men? If they have been cheating on their wives or significant others then that's their problem and they need to be exposed. The law is very unjust when they only go after the woman. The U.S. judicial system if very hypocritical when it comes to escort services etc....
I say the government is trying to cover their on butts....I bet some of them are on her list and this is just a big cover up so they can protect themselves and their friends.

Post every single name. If ABC post one name or a few names. ABC will be hypocrites if one name is mentioned and not all of them.

Lets continue to go after this type of discrimination against women while historically protecting the men.
Post their names, their jobs, and then send them to prison for the same amount of time if not more. This is hypocrisy if it ever existed !!! And send them off without their pension plans.

Please POST the list. By not posting, ABC news is an accessory to criminals, just like how ABC News and other media were used by this administration to sell doctored/bogus intelligence to the public in the runup to the IRAQ war. SHAME, Shame ABC NEWs. Where 's the independent media in this country ?

The list will not be made public because there is way too much corruption in these politicians, whatever it takes, money, threats, or other favors, it will be done and we will all forget about this.

Better do your homework with accuracy, integrity, and honesty ABC. That means even if you find a name on the list of a person you don't want to "out," you'd better post it if you post one name. If you put my name on that list in error, I'd have your butts in court in a heartbeat.

From what I've seen so far, you're out for conservatives. Sorry everyone, I trust no one in the media anymore because they all have an agenda whether left or right ... just like many who've posted on this site.

Solicitation for prostituion runs across all parties, ethnicities, and money lines. If you go after one of these men/women to embarrass and ruin them, better go after all of them.

If you think that is bad, go to Phoenix where the local sheriff spends more timing tracking down prostitutes than actual criminals. The customer usually is let go if they promise to testify against the girl. How fair is that?

Don't post the list. It's hearsay.

Prostitution has been in existence since biblical times. It has long and touted history.
If this puritanical country treated it like many already have, it may not be so news-worthy, veneral disease would be wiped out or least controlled, and we'd have the biggest tax base of all time. Post the list or don't. Who cares? Those people that have patronized the service, have already ruined their personal and professional lives. (I would not want to be the husband of a wonderful woman that I married because I loved her, once-upon-a-time). Just don't be hypocritical about charging the "little person", the "system" has identified as a viable scapegoat. The so-called movers and shakers shouldn't get a free pass. Round them ALL up, or let them ALL go free! This is so infantile.

These government-linked "officials" haven't been charged with anything, they are being called as witnesses so there should be no need to publish names. Those that want the names published are only left-wing activist rumor-mongers or bloggers who want to "stir up the pot" by slandering the reputation of those that may have participated in legal activities. Those activists will get enough mileage out of this story once the trial begins, so there's no need to fuel their fire ahead of time. Whatever happened to responsible journalism? Whatever happened to "the juicy details" are nobody's business but their own. Seems that's what the activists were saying when Slick Willy was "redesigning clothes" for Miss Lewinski. Let the trial reporting worry about the "who" and "what", and the jury worry about who should be held accountable.

POST the NAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY are the women in trouble but not the men?
Is this fair?

Tell me O'reilly is on the list... please!

We are human beings...
Moral majority...? Any time that a
person or group claims to be above
another due to morals, religion or
even government. You can bet that
they aren't. We are witness to that
every day.
David, Port Angeles, WA.

Put the list out there. I am a Republican and am not surprised that Ms. Martin's clientele are family values candidates.

Hah!

This should provide some entertainment
for awhile.

Please post the list.
Americans have a right to know. This woman cannot be the scape goat for an entire city. I want these jerks off their moral high horses.

Post the list. You owe it to us all after your own complicity in furthering the Iraq and 9-11 lies that prevail.

Post the list.

Post the list. Restore your honor.

Do I feel sorry for the wives and families? Sure. But the clients chose prostitutes over their families, so who am I to pass judgement?

Fill the popcorn bowl and get a good seat, folks. The show is about to begin.

Of course, ABC News is gonna milk this for all its worth. Would anyone expect otherwise?

This is juicy stuff. I wonder if there are any high profile holy rollers on the list.

Signed
John Doe

P.S. Dave W., thanks for the kind words.

Now, Voyeur?
Could be.
So cut the tease, ABC.
Let's see the list.

What's new? Nothing! Just the Republican Party giving hypocrisy a bad name.

I heard there are many journalists and whitewash house press corps that used this service and their fantasy act was practicing something called media embedded where the sun don't shine...TED...SAM...? please no

I have no problem with posting the names. Just make sure all the liberal Democrats are included.

Want to bet that only Republican and Conservatives will get named. Democratic or left leaning Liberal customers will be protected by the press.

Can anyone prove that the law was broken? If yes, then the names of all should be published, but if no, the ABC needs to drop the story. This is just another attempt by the media to destroy the current administration, which has done enough on it's own, and get someone with thier own poilitical views in office.

Want to bet that only Republican and Conservatives will get named. Democratic or left leaning Liberal customers will be protected by the press.

Posted by: Rich | Apr 30, 2007 12:33:00 PM

Like sexual faatasists, Republicans are also mostly paranoiacs.
The poor dears have never seen a conspiracy they wouldn't pay $300 a hour for.

USAID should be taken away from the Department of State whose officials either are perverts or "suck ups". It was a great agency once and really did the "hearts and minds" work MOST American people wanted to see in our overseas programs. Between US Department of State running everything with a big club held behind thier back and a lying smile on their face in the name of "foreign policy" and the Military trying to do "development" work with a gun in hand, the American people are not being served. It's a crime what Bush has done to the face of the American people overseas. In my humble opinion.

Post the names - or are your advertisers/sponsors on the list?

sex was what... made all the newspapers just cry for more and media too.. about bill clinton... this woman has 15,000 names and some are top people in Washington and no one.. is investigating.. but ABC news? come on now.. if all channels. .and all newspapers could do it in the 90's.. surely you can do it now?

maybe it has something to do with money by having war? republicans love war. republicans love sex.. but if the money is stopped due to removal of men who love war? .. oh my goodness that will not do. no matter what these men do.. they can get away with it all... if they keep handing out the big bucks.. to the republicans and those who want their empire and their greed. we are all rooting for the madamn... you go girl.. you go...

I hink that everyone that is on the lis should have to tell all he or she knows about what went on. I think that the madman shooul go free. All she did was what the people in washington wanted. She is just a small business woman trying to make a living. That is wha Bush tell's everyone that he is doing. He keep's tell people that he want's to set up more small business's so what is wrong with what she did

They're going to sit on the list until sweeps week. Patience!

Glad that you have given the maximum publicity to Ms. Palfrey. She is such a worthy example of business acumen and social responsibility. And so righteously indignant about facing jail for trading in flesh over the course of more than a decade. Why don't you shill for her book and movie rights? Ah, the sweet smell of journalism!

Most writers on this page seems to assume that only Republicans are customers. The article seems to imply that. Hypocrisy crosses party lines. I have no problem with the press outing corrupt Republicans, but it is in the public's interest to out all corrupt politicians. Those of you who want Republican blood only are blinded by partisanship.

Who said USAID were not on top of things?

Of course the projects in Iraq are crumbling.

He was very busy.

We are human beings...
Moral majority...? Any time that a
person or group claims to be above
another due to morals, religion or
politics. You can bet that
they aren't. We are witness to that
every day.
This admin. has it down to a art.
And Karl Rove is the artist.
David, Port Angeles, WA.

Please let the head of the conservative think tank be Grover Norquist. And then there's Newt - maybe he's moving on to wife #4. LOL.

Here's hoping somebody steals the list from ABC and posts it on the internet. We all need a good laugh at the expense of the Best Congress and Administration money can buy !

Don't post the list. None of these names should be made public until the case is closed.

Have we learned nothing from the Duke Lacrosse case?

The clients that called initated the events of the evening.......they are just as guilty as she is........

I am laughing at the comments from the "left" on this site. Do they really think only conservatives are on the list. They may be the only ones revealed because it is ABC. When one can't make any logical argument it is easier to spit venom. It is laughable.
Washingtom is full of hypoctrites. It is bipartisan.

She should have given the list to multiple news groups!

I think that ABC news and the other media outlets that publish these names are no better than the National Enquirer. There is no legitimate news value to disclosing these names other than the purient interest most of us have for this type of story. The harm that will be done to so many families will be far greater than any legitimate news value. It is completely irresponsible and done primarily for ratings.

If even 1 name is released, Then, all names should be released. It doesn't matter If the people are WELL KNOWN ,or not. They are teachers?husbands? who knows! I'm sure it's quite a mix of types of people and the public should know all! EVERYONE should Be able to read for themselves now...

Phil, Kathy, we do focus too much on
those things that feed our dark side.
And I agree that they have turned this
into a soap opera.
But..... this administration did run on
a supposed moral superiority campaign.
And of course they really played the
fear card. I don't think, and many dems.
I know don't feel that we have any moral
advantage over republicans.
In fact I don't recall any democrats
ever trying to claim so.
Unlike those in this corrupt admin.
So suck it up, take your lumps, like
we did and Clinton did.

would rather not have to wait until Friday for the release of names, and pictures...?are you really waiting for sweeeps, or will you get the truth out asap...?today

Post the list or stop talking about the story! Why does the press get to pick and choose whose names are released? do your damn jobs and just release the list before someone else scoops you.

In my local paper, they publish the names of shmucks that get caught soliciting hookers; why shouldn't the rich and powerful be humilated just like Joe American?

ABC has no right to release this "list" that will embarrass men who have no chance to refute the implications. Does ABC need the ratings so bad that this release of names will happen? What is next - men who bet on football/horses/baseball? Get real ABC.

Right. Don't pick and choose . I want to see the entire list. It's only fair because they did release ONE name!

Of course, ABC being the Far Left group that they are, will only release the names of Republicans.
And Rosie O'Donnell will smirk with glee, as she considers herself the great moralist.

People in this country are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. Unfortunately, accusations in the media so heavily bias outcomes that the system has become worthless. Just look at the guys on the Duke lacross team. The media should never identify the accused until AFTER a trial. Anyone can write a list and put whoever the hell they want on there. Suppose she hates Bush even half as much as I do. What stops her from adding him to the list even if he's never used the service?

Shame on ABC for sinking this low. What would Peter Jennings do?

Cherry picking to advance an agenda? As best I can tell, so far no liberals, no Democrats. Realease all or none.

"I'm sure as heck not going to be going to federal prison for one day, let alone, four to eight years, because I'm shy about bringing in the deputy secretary of whatever," Palfrey told ABC News correspondent Brian Ross in an interview to be broadcast Friday on "20/20." "I'll bring in every last one of them in if necessary," she said.

FINALLY! A woman that is willing to stand up for herself in front of all the Republican & Conservative folks and not allow herself to be soley persecuted for supplying the two-timing, wife-cheating fat cats a service, a woman who tells it like it SHOULD be told! YOU GO, GIRL!!

She is living in Fantasy Land if she thinks that clients pd 300.00+ just for a massage. She knows the truth! Cients expcet discretion and should have it.

This service was very FULL sevice and catered to all of DC and most of the hotels.