Jeff Bezos calls out AMI (National Enquirer) for blackmail

Started by Barrister, February 07, 2019, 10:30:13 PM

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Barrister

February 07, 2019, 10:30:13 PM
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mongers

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February 07, 2019, 10:36:17 PM
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Barrister

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February 07, 2019, 10:37:52 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 07, 2019, 10:36:17 PM
Quote from: Barrister on February 07, 2019, 10:30:13 PM
https://medium.com/@jeffreypbezos/no-thank-you-mr-pecker-146e3922310f

Long but worth the read.

Exec.sum. please.

National Enquirer threatens to publish Bezos' dick picks unless he calls of investigation into how AMI got his texts and agrees that AMI did not act for a political purpose.  Bezos declines, and publishes AMI's blackmail emails.
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alfred russel

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February 07, 2019, 10:49:19 PM
Man the National Enquirer seems dumb as fuck.
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Barrister

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February 07, 2019, 10:52:17 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on February 07, 2019, 10:49:19 PM
Man the National Enquirer seems dumb as fuck.

Yup.  In particular since they already made a settlement with prosecutors over the Stormy Daniels situation.
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Barrister

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February 07, 2019, 11:37:23 PM
Lead story on huffingtonpost.com is "Bezos exposes Pecker" :lol: :(
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chipwich

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February 07, 2019, 11:50:30 PM
If it's blackmail why did he "call out" NE to the public instead of the District Attorney?

PRC

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February 08, 2019, 12:25:28 AM
How did AMI get the images?

Zoupa

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February 08, 2019, 12:34:26 AM
Quote from: PRC on February 08, 2019, 12:25:28 AM
How did AMI get the images?

It all belongs to Mother Russia.

Probably.

Barrister

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February 08, 2019, 12:48:21 AM
Quote from: chipwich on February 07, 2019, 11:50:30 PM
If it's blackmail why did he "call out" NE to the public instead of the District Attorney?

Blackmail by itself is not a crime.  "Don't do X or else I will do Y" doesn't break any laws.  AMI publishing intimate pictures of Bezos is probably not an offence by itself (which AMI goes at length to establish in their emails).

Doesn't make it any less sleazy though.
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Richard Hakluyt

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February 08, 2019, 12:49:10 AM
I approve of Bezos' approach, as would the Duke of Wellington, "publish and be damned".

viper37

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February 15, 2019, 12:24:50 AM
Quote from: PRC on February 08, 2019, 12:25:28 AM
How did AMI get the images?
AMI got tipped of about the relationship by the brother of his new girlfriend, one of Donald Trump's friend.

Either he took his sister's phone and sent pictures to AMI, or AMI got the phone number and hacked through it, or AMI hired someone to find dirt on Bezos by any possibly mean.
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February 15, 2019, 01:03:28 AM
Have any of the pictures been published yet?

Razgovory

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February 15, 2019, 01:12:33 AM
Quote from: Barrister on February 08, 2019, 12:48:21 AM
Quote from: chipwich on February 07, 2019, 11:50:30 PM
If it's blackmail why did he "call out" NE to the public instead of the District Attorney?

Blackmail by itself is not a crime.  "Don't do X or else I will do Y" doesn't break any laws.  AMI publishing intimate pictures of Bezos is probably not an offence by itself (which AMI goes at length to establish in their emails).

Doesn't make it any less sleazy though.


I'm not sure that's quite true in the US.
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dps

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February 15, 2019, 01:34:45 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on February 15, 2019, 01:12:33 AM
Quote from: Barrister on February 08, 2019, 12:48:21 AM
Quote from: chipwich on February 07, 2019, 11:50:30 PM
If it's blackmail why did he "call out" NE to the public instead of the District Attorney?

Blackmail by itself is not a crime.  "Don't do X or else I will do Y" doesn't break any laws.  AMI publishing intimate pictures of Bezos is probably not an offence by itself (which AMI goes at length to establish in their emails).

Doesn't make it any less sleazy though.


I'm not sure that's quite true in the US.

Technically it is true in the US.  As I understand it, it's only a crime if it's used to extort money or something else of economic value, or to get someone to do something that would be illegal in and of itself.  If you had pics of Bezo's penis, and threatened to publish the unless he showed up at your sister's birthday party and sang happy birthday to her, that wouldn't be illegal because him being there and singing doesn't have economic value (if you tried the same thing on, say, John Mellencamp, that might be different), nor is it illegal for him to attend your sister's party.
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