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Ted Kennedy Arranged to 'Rent' Brothel in Latin America, '61 Memo Says
Fox News ^ | 02/28/11

Posted on 02/28/2011 11:05:56 AM PST by MissesBush

The late Sen. Ted Kennedy arranged to "rent" a brothel for a night while on a visit to Chile and other Latin American countries decades ago, according to a 1961 State Department memo obtained and published by the watchdog group Judicial Watch.

Judicial Watch released several documents said to be from Kennedy's FBI file. The group said it obtained a cleaner copy of the State Department memo after a mostly redacted version was made public earlier.

The Dec. 28, 1961, memo described a tour of several Latin American countries Kennedy made while he was an assistant prosecutor with Suffolk County, Mass.

Traveling with a professor, Kennedy "insisted on interviewing 'the angry young men' of the country," according to the memo. This included "communists and others who had left-wing views."

The memo said that during Kennedy's stop in Santiago, "he made arrangements to 'rent' a brothel for an entire night." The memo said Kennedy allegedly "invited one of the Embassy chauffeurs to participate in the night's activities."

The memo suggested other officials had run-ins with Kennedy on the trip. It said that in Mexico, Ambassador Mann -- presumably longtime State Department diplomat Thomas Mann -- pushed back when Kennedy wanted to invite "certain left-wingers" to the embassy residence for interviews.

"Mann took the strong position that he would not invite such people and stated that if any such interviews were to be conducted, all arrangements should be made by Kennedy himself," the memo said.

A State Department official in Lima said Kennedy "made similar requests" in Peru.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: 1961; 19611228; brothel; chile; communists; henhouse; judicialwatch; kennedy; mann; massachusetts; mexico; peru; santiago; suffolkcounty; tedkennedy; thomasmann; whorehouse
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This was the least of Teddy's sins. I'd say killing a mistress by driving her into the drink then trying to cover it up was far worse. No surprise that Teddy wanted to meet with left wingers in Latin America. Interesting he got away with all this but a New York Congressman is forced to resign because he sent a shirtless picture to some woman.
1 posted on 02/28/2011 11:06:05 AM PST by MissesBush
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To: MissesBush

No doubt that Teddy was an expert in international “relations”


2 posted on 02/28/2011 11:13:56 AM PST by ghost of nixon
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To: MissesBush
And they want the tax payers to build a museum for him.
3 posted on 02/28/2011 11:15:03 AM PST by Spunky (Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue.)
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To: MissesBush

Working all countries with Senatorial DNC privilege?


4 posted on 02/28/2011 11:15:57 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: MissesBush

Ted Kennedy was the Charlie Sheen of the US senate...


5 posted on 02/28/2011 11:16:05 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: MissesBush

Come on! Lighten up on the Tedster! At least he didn’t try to buy the brothel.


6 posted on 02/28/2011 11:17:54 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer.")
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To: Spunky

It will be the finest Museum Brothel.
Only the best.
With an arboretum for the select few.


7 posted on 02/28/2011 11:18:03 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: MissesBush
Why rent only one night? Rent room whole month!
8 posted on 02/28/2011 11:19:46 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: MissesBush

Comealot


9 posted on 02/28/2011 11:22:41 AM PST by heights
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To: MissesBush

“Errr..aaaghh...where are my pants?”


10 posted on 02/28/2011 11:25:07 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: MissesBush

Yep, the Lion of the Left - Fat Uncle Teddy was the perfect figurehead for the democrat party.


11 posted on 02/28/2011 11:26:52 AM PST by skeeter
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Ted Thread #4........


12 posted on 02/28/2011 11:32:33 AM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: MissesBush

“Well my views are on the left, got a bimbo to the right...”


13 posted on 02/28/2011 11:33:38 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Diogenesis
He wasn't a senator yet at the time of the trip--he didn't turn 30 until the following February.

He was married and the father of two children at the time of this trip.

14 posted on 02/28/2011 11:35:30 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Beowulf9
Beautiful Nancy Kwan played a prostitute in a movie. She never was a prostitute.
15 posted on 02/28/2011 11:46:04 AM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: MissesBush

Well he DID have to spend the night somewhere. And sharing his whores with the local commies probably saved a few burned US flags.


16 posted on 02/28/2011 11:47:31 AM PST by AmusedBystander (An America which elected Obama is not capable of leading the world.)
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To: MissesBush
He had to find a home for all that off-the-books cash he'd earned from his best-selling CD (which is STILL a Billboard #2).

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Someone really ought to erect a statue on the Mall to Mary Jo for keeping this reprobate out of the White House. She really DID give her life for her country.

17 posted on 02/28/2011 11:51:03 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Le Chien Rouge

Careful, Charlie sues at the drop of a hat. At the very least, you can expect a nasty letter from his lawyer for the reference.


18 posted on 02/28/2011 11:52:28 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: Steely Tom

“She never was a prostitute”

Cagney wasn’t public enemy number 1.


19 posted on 02/28/2011 11:54:21 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: MissesBush

Its SO much worse than this document illustrates. The real stories here are an electorate which continued sending him to DC and media who refused to report any of this even tho they knew. In fact in his later years Ted didn’t even bother to hide his antics, coming to press conferences drunk etc. Basically he was an untouchable quantity no matter how badly or criminally he acted.


20 posted on 02/28/2011 11:57:23 AM PST by 556x45
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