Cooked Crack Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Quote Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. Or at least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. I’m glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing. Rather than capitulate to extortion and blackmail, I’ve decided to publish exactly what they sent me, despite the personal cost and embarrassment they threaten. Quote In the AMI letters I’m making public, you will see the precise details of their extortionate proposal: They will publish the personal photos unless Gavin de Becker and I make the specific false public statement to the press that we “have no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI’s coverage was politically motivated or influenced by political forces.” If we do not agree to affirmatively publicize that specific lie, they say they’ll publish the photos, and quickly. And there’s an associated threat: They’ll keep the photos on hand and publish them in the future if we ever deviate from that lie. https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f Written my Bezos himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FanboyOf91 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just watched it. (painfully on Hardball 🙄) Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumbo Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 yeah, big story, full of fun, and of course, connectivity it will take numerous years just to catalog all this debris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 That must be some good strange. Lauren leaked all of this info on my dude and he's still trying to get it. I would feel sorry for my dude if he wasn't worth billions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 14 minutes ago, spjunkies said: I would feel sorry for my dude if he wasn't worth billions. Well, as I've heard it, that's the big efff u. He's got the money to fight, so he's gonna. (for us little folk who can't) 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 What a crazy thing to have to (have your lawyers) write. I love Bezo’s line about if HE can’t stand up to this kind of thing, who can? This is the scene from Scarface when Tony is like “who the **** you think you talkin to huh? Do yo wanna go to war?!?!” But like with nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 minute ago, visionary said: That's a really serious accusation. Completely unsupported. (And cannot possibly be supported.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Oh ffs, we all know the Trump goons had a hand in this. Considering his pettiness towards Bezos for the last decade+, I'd be surprised if Trump didn't order it directly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spjunkies Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Just now, The Evil Genius said: Oh ffs, we all know the Trump goons had a hand in this. Considering his pettiness towards Bezos for the last decade+, I'd be surprised if Trump didn't order it directly. Spoiler He did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visionary Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 34 minutes ago, Larry said: That's a really serious accusation. Completely unsupported. (And cannot possibly be supported.) Not necessarily an American agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearrock Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 32 minutes ago, Larry said: That's a really serious accusation. Completely unsupported. (And cannot possibly be supported.) de Becker can form a reasonable suspicion based on process of elimination and in depth look at potential security breaches. Bezos had trove of texts and pictures leaked, which suggests more than a fortuitous find of a random picture by the person supplying it to AMI. If all traces of malfeasance comes up clean then you could narrow it down to either Sanchez or someone close to Bezos or Sanchez leaking it or potential intercepts. Bezos probably has a host of security measures on his communication devices to prevent run of the mill hackers anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Russians hack Bezos, Russians give dick pics to Trump, Trump gives them to National Inquirer. 🤔 Also, I wonder how far the extortion goes. Could they be trying to shape American news with extortion of agencies, reporters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I have trouble believing the NSA leaking SIGINT data to the National Enquirer so they can try to blackmail the WaPo. Similarly, I have trouble believing MI6 or Mossad would do so. (Not because I think Mossad is too ethical, but because I don't see them wanting to keep WaPo from digging into Saudi influence in the US. I would expect them to be cheering it.) Russia I could find less difficult to believe. (They're protecting their asset in the White House). But I don't see the Russians trusting anybody in the Trump administration with SIGINT. (Although maybe they just gave it to the Enquirer directly. They might trust the Enquirer more than they trust the Trump White House.) standard disclaimer: Just because I find something hard to believe, doesn't mean it didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Ha! They posted this sleezeball’s office and cell #, along with his email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skin'emAlive Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 IM surprised that there is no mention here that Bezos is the owner of the Washington post. Or that immediately following the leak, whopper jr hands gloats about it on Twitter...Though you all most likely already know that. So you are telling me that while under investigation from every direction, and facing treason for you and your entire family and circle of “friends”, you thought it was a good idea to furiously **** on the richest man in the worlds living room via blackmail and extortion? A man that is currently going through the biggest payout in a divorce the world will ever see... A man that the entire country relies on for cheap shipping of goods. You want to come at that bro? This dude probably has higher security than any institution in the world. No one worth billions skimps out on cyber security. Trump drew first blood here, and I’ve seen enough Rambo to know what happens when a man is pushed too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Skin'emAlive said: So you are telling me that while under investigation from every direction, and facing treason for you and your entire family and circle of “friends”, you thought it was a good idea to furiously **** on the richest man in the worlds living room via blackmail and extortion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozo the kKklown Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 AMI has an immunity deal with the SDNY office. That may get ripped up. Also Trump is such a chatty patty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Regular people would have been arrested for less than half of this **** long long ago. What a ****ed up country. At least Trump is exposing it all through his unbelievable depth of corruption and his ham handed inability to hide it well. We need a headsman, and i am not kidding. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Rachel's A-block was all about it. They violated their agreement in terms of "shall not commit another illegal act" within a 3-year period from the signing of the agreement (I'll just throw in...WTF? just 3 years?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springfield Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 Yeah I think this story has legs. I think the Inquirer has been doing Trump’s dirty work for YEARS and hopefully Bezos can start the ball rolling to take down this skeezy ****. It was the Inquirer that hushed all of the Trump sexual harassment, sexual assault stories, no? I think this this is deep. Bezos is basically alleging that AM wanted him to use the WP to claim that the Inquirer was above board when it was anything but. That they’re NOT actively helping the Saudi’s in the coverup of Jamal Koshaggi (I ruined that name) death. This is BIG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshile Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 I think this is the one that sinks trump. Seems very Nixonian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogofWar1 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 If I was going to put down on a bet on who the government agency is tied to, I'm betting Saudis. Could be wrong, but the reporting that NE seems to take most issue with seems to be Saudi linked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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