Henry W. Vinson - Confessions of a D.C. Madam: The Politics of Sex, Lies, and Blackmail

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Confessions of a D.C. Madam The Politics of Sex, Lies and Blackmail

Copyright 2014 Henry Walter Vinson. All Rights Reserved.

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Vinson, Henry Walter

Confessions of a D.C. Madam1st ed.

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Includes index and references.

Epub (ISBN-13) 978-1-937584-30-6

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1. Vinson, Henry Walter. 2. Vinson, Henry Walter -- Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Escort services -- Washington (D.C. 4. Political corruption -- Washington (D.C.) -- Case studies. 5. Sex scandals -- Washington (D.C.) 6. Spence, Craig J. 7. King, Larry -- (Lawrence E.) I. Vinson, Henry Walter II. Title

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Only the small secrets need to be protected. The large ones are kept secret by public incredulity.

Marshall McLuhan

C onfessions of a D.C. Madam lifts the veil on a facet of Americans politics that has been embargoed by the media: The sexual blackmailing of our power elite. If prostitution is indeed the worlds oldest profession, politics is probably the worlds second oldest profession. Or perhaps politics preceded prostitution, because its conceivable that prehistoric hierarchies were established before sexual barter. Regardless of which profession emerged first, sexual blackmail seems to naturally tiptoe into their merger.

At first glance, Henry Vinson seems to be an unlikely harbinger of these secrets. Aristotle wrote, Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope, and Confessions of a D.C. Madam chronicles the treacherous odyssey of Henry, whose youthful hope, ambition, and naivet delivered him to the wrong place at the wrong time. Youthful sojourns to the wrong place at the wrong time arent uncommon, but theyre generally accompanied by a round trip ticket. So most ill-fated, youthful diversions are eventually righted and the vast majority of such sojourns have a tendency to culminate in adulthoods that unfold with the trappings of normalcy. Conversely, Henrys sojourn to the wrong place at the wrong would have enduring and dire consequences.

Henry came of age in rural West Virginia in the 1960s, and he was a shy, reserved kid, who had to quash the slightest traces of his sexuality. But as a 26-year-old, he became enmeshed in an extremely unlikely chain of events that ultimately transformed him from an unassuming, introverted mortician to the proprietor of a gay escort service in Washington, D.C. His unplanned and unforeseen metamorphosis was the product of the impetuousness of youth, and it occurred quite literally overnight.

Henrys youthful ambition and innate ingenuity enabled him to considerably enlarge his escort service. His ambition, however, was accompanied by an inexperience that didnt permit him to see that he was freefalling into an abyss that was forged by the most shadowy and sinister aspects of Washington, D.C., power politics. Henry eventually found himself ensconced by a cast of ominous characters, and he proved to be the perfect foil for their devious scheming, because he quickly found himself over his head.

Henry eventually encountered a sociopathic powerbroker who spent $20,000 a month on gay escorts for himself and his cronies. Although $20,000 a month augmented Henrys coffers, he came to the realizationalbeit too latethat he had unwittingly entered into a Faustian pact. The powerbroker had connections to the elite strata of Washington, and a seeming hotline to Mount Olympus. He arranged midnight tours of the White House with male prostitutes in tow, and he had a cadre of operatives at his disposal. He also had a lavish house in an upscale D.C. neighborhood that was wired for audio and visual blackmail. Henry was a firsthand witness to the concealed cameras that were used to compromise the rich and powerful.

To Henrys shock and dismay, he would ultimately discover that elements of the American ruling class eclipse even Caligulas depravity. Young men and women and even children are merely sexual playthings for some of our countrys power elite. When Henry became fully aware of the malevolent forces that had ensnared him, he attempted to escape their stranglehold, but he quickly realized that his Faustian pact didnt have an exit clause. His life was threatened, his family was terrorized, and he became a dispensable pawn in the ruthless game of power politics.

Although Confessions of a D.C. Madam gives the reader a rarefied glimpse into D.C. Babylon, the import of the book is its elucidation of the age-old story of sexual blackmail. Blackmailed powerbrokers and their blackmailers would never divulge the secrets that submerged Henry, so his story is unique in that he is definitely the man who knows too much, and hes alive to tell his tale. Although Henrys life has been spared, hes had to contend with the brazen malice of elements within the federal government who are resolved to never break the seal on the secrets Henry chanced upon.

Indeed, Confessions of a D.C. Madam shows the extraordinary measures that entities within the federal government are willing to take to ensure that such secrets remain a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. Henry was twenty-nine years old when the government decided that the time was ripe to dismantle his escort service, and he was pounded with a 43-count, sealed indictment, which translated into nearly 300 years in prison. In addition to a draconian Department of Justice, and facing life behind bars, Henry had to contend with a duplicitous Washington Post that was resolute in its reinforcement of the governments cover story. So Henry found himself crushed by the juggernaut of wayward government might and the deception of the media.

The feds initially slapped Henry with 63-months in prison. He thought that if he were mum about the crimes he had witnessed, he would be allowed to live out the balance of his life in relative obscurity, but he eventually discovered that respites for a man who knows too much are a rarity. Affronts from the Justice Department and demonization by media have continued to plague him since his initial incarceration nearly 25 years ago.

I initially spoke to Henry 12 years ago. I was writing a book about the malignant constellation of events that ensnared him, and he was extremely reluctant to talk to me. In fact, it took him two years before he mustered the nerve to give me an interview. I never thought he would muster the nerve to write a tell all book about his life. But in 2012, Henry was in the midst of enduring yet another round of assaults by the government and media, and he was exasperated. He phoned me and said that the time had finally come for him to write a book about his life and illuminate the nefarious matrix of events that had overwhelmed him in Washington, D.C. I was surprised by his decision, because hes assiduously attempted to live his life in anonymity.

Although the latter round of onslaughts by the government and the media incensed Henry, it nonetheless took him months to steel himself to discuss the particulars of his life. And even as we worked on this book, Henry had to contend with government persecution and media assaults. After several stops and starts, we finally completed