We've got unjustified judicial firings, secret prison networks, and unauthorized wiretaps-- all good, solid scandals based on important ethical principles. Meanwhile, in Israel...
Israel has recalled its ambassador to El Salvador after he was found drunk and naked apart from bondage gear.
Reports say he was able to identify himself to police only after a rubber ball had been removed from his mouth.
Mark Foley, eat your heart out.
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Was anyone else in there with him? I would understand if there was some hot lady/man/child involved, but.....it looks like he was alone. Or is getting naked and gagging yourself just one of the things that drunks do?
Yes, I liked the Israeli ambassador story. The rubber ball was a nice touch.
I'll offer you a quick summary of a minor-league but delightful one from Ontario a few years back involving an Ontario cabinet minister. In a heated public discussion about medical cost issues, she said that the government was considering action against a specific doctor for some over-billing offenses, and claimed that her information was based on a particular government file. It was pointed out that the file was confidential and as she was not the health minister, she had no business seeing the file. The opposition demanded her resignation for unauthorized access to confidential medical files. She backtracked and said that she'd made the whole thing up in a moment of anger.
Here's the delightful bit - she then took a lie-detector test to demonstrate that she was telling the truth when she said that she'd lied about her access to the confidential file.
There was no rubber ball involved that I recall, but it's still one of my favourite scandals ...
Sadly this is small potatoes compared to having your president indicted for rape...but what is this poor guy punished for? as far I can tell there is no crime involved.
Where did he find a Jewish girl in El Salvador? He's lucky he didn't get a bitchy one. If collected evidence included a hot pastrami sandwich, he'll be vindicated - entrapment.
Moshe: Indeed, no crime. This is essentially an "employment action" by the Israeli government. Embarrassing your boss is always a no-no!
So he was fired for visiting a _shikse_ dominatrix.